Glacier County chief., 1939-07-14
North Montana State Fair, Great Falls
Six Exciting Days--August 9TH to 18th

will be held in Great Falls, Mon
tana between August z and Au.
gust IL this year. As usual it will
comprise six day and evening
performances. Full educational
and entertainment features will
be provided. including those fea-
lures which have proven most
popular in the past, plus several
Innovations.
The daytime grandstand pro-
gram is built around six after
moons of thoroughbred horse rae
ing. The pari-mutuei booths will
be in operation for all of these
running events, and upwards of
300 Dlooded horses are expected
at the meet. Purses will total
5000 in cash. with the North
Montana State Fair Derby on
August II, paying the owners
81 900 for horses that show.
Starting Tuesday and contin-
uing through Saturday of this
fair, full and varied rodeo pro.
gram will again be seen. Bron-
cho busting. Brahma bull riding,
bull-dogging. calf-roping and
bull-fighting will be spotted on
the arena between horse races
each afternoon. Monte Montana,
famed movie star, and his horse
Rex will also be part of this
colorful show. highlighted by a
rodeo grand entry of 10 palo-
minas and paints.
Throughout the day and eve
ing grandstand shows, a variety
of specially acts will be seen,
changed at midweek for interest.
The midway will hold the second
largest carnival in the world,
playing both afternoons and eve
ing.
The night show in front of the
grandstand stars Bellies of Lii
berty Revue~-with an eutstand-
ing aerial ballet. the worlds
championship woman shot, COM
edy adagio. accordian group, ctm-
edy contortionist, beautiful girls
and Frank Cervone' s 14Sth Infan-
try Band from Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania. providing the music.
Each nights offering is to be
climaXed by elaborate fireworks,
both in the form of set pieces
and scintillating displays in the
skv.
An extensive, new building has
been built on the grounds to
house the Home Arts and School
Exhibits. aud Monday, August 7
is School Day. Free admission
will be given all school children
of the state on that day as guests
of the Montana Flour Mills Com
pany, who in the past five years
have been host to $4,000 Mon
tana boys and girls. General ad-
missions remain at the same low
schedule as in former years.
At the other end of the week,
SATURDAYS Thrill Day turns at
tention on Dick Granere, Can
adian World War Ace, who is the
! famous precision flyer and COM
edian starred for the past five
years at the National Air Races
at Cleveland. Graners will do
stunt flying and thrillers for
full half hour topped off with
his comedy performance as Col.
Throttlebottom, in which he
demonstrates all the things
good pilot shouldn't do.
Again the National Hereford
Show is a part of the North Mon
tana State Fair, Offering $4,000
in cash prizes and attracting the
finest Hereford cattle on the con-
tinent. A grand total of $40, 600
will be paid to exhibitors at the
fair, which is the biggest ia the
. Northwest. Exhibit entries are
to be made early, for proper res
ervations of space, and the ex-
hibits themselves are to follow
later, Immediately prior to the
fair.
Downtown activities on the
streets of Great Falls, during
fair week. include a rodeo parade
on Tuesday, August s, and the
children pet and doll parade
Thursday. August 10. along with
special decorations and store
events on the part of the towns
merchants.