The frontiersman., 1954-09-02

be or, display at the 1854 Matan- uska Valley Fair, which will be held in Palmer this week on September 1, 5, and 6. The Alaska Railroad is again this year CO., operating to make this tremen- dous display possible.
 Following it's regular custom, the ARR will offer special service for patrons of the Matanuska Valley Fair, and for exhibitors at the fair. During the three days of the 1854 fair round-trip trans portation to Palmer will be pro- vided from any point along the railbelt, for the price of a one way ticket. Free transportation will be furnished for exhibits by the ARR. The railroad will also give free transportation to care takers of livestock exhibits.
 Added transportation to the fair has been assured by the Ma tanuska Valley Bus Line who have announced that schedules will be maintained sufficient to handle all passengers both coming and going. In addition there will be plenty of parking space pro- vided for the many thousands who are expected to drive their own vehicles to the fair. Round trip from Anchorage ito Palmer will be only $500 on any of the three dates of the Fair.
 Season tickets to the three day affair are now available at S2.50 for adults, and $1.00 for children under 12 years of age. Single ad- missions, day or night ,are $l.0O for adults, 50 cents for children under 12 years of age, and chil- dren of pre-school age will be admitted free of charge, if accom- panied by their parents. Saturday, September 4, is Family Day. All members of a family unit admit ted for the cost of two adult tickets ($2.00).
 1 Displays
 For those interested in seeing for themselves the prize-winning vegetables the Matanuska Valley has become famous for, there will be a special class for the largest vegetables with cash priz- es offered for the largest vege- table in each class. Fair-goers will see cabbages running around 30 pounds each-huge beets, car rots, potatoes and turnips, along with local-grown and wild rasp- berries and strawberries, entrants,
 lueberries, cranberries and goose kerries.
 i Always a favorite with photo graphers, the individual farm dis plays will again this year be pre- sented, with the first prize of S100 spurring families on to bigger and better displays each year. The products displayed in the individ- ua1 farm display division must have been grown in the Valley, or have been made by the exhibitor and his immediate family. Dis plays will be arranged in sections SIX feet deep and six feet wide. Backgrounds will be decorated by ] he exhibitor.
 Livestock
 During the past year several farmers of the Matanuska Valley have purchased new stock for their dairy farms. Today there are more cows in the Matanuska Val ley than the combined total of the rest of the territory There will be guernsey, holstein, crossbred, Red dane, brown Swiss and others on display. The best COW in the show will receive a special prize of S35 as well as bronze placque, to be earned three years before be- 'oming the permanent possession of the winner. There will be cows, bulls, heifers, and calves on dis play, along with beef cattle, hors- es, sheep, goats, swine, poultry and rabb4s.
 Art Show
 Rusty Dow, "shoepac artist of the Valley" will supervise the art display again this year. Rusty will have some of her own crea- tions on display. However, they will not be entered for competi- ton.
 Fred Machentanz, famous Alas kan artist, who also makes his home in the Matanuska Valley, will have several of his original paintings, Autographs and photo graphs in the display.
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