The Daily Plainsman from Huron, South Dakota • Page 19

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1941 Lean Years Fail To Halt Progress Of Big Exposition Sunshine State Fair Forges Steadily Ahead To Become Fall Meeting Place For Thousands Of Dakotans By YOBK SAMPSON (Director, South Dakota Public Relations Bureau) Even from the standpoint of acreage, the South Dakota State Fair is a big show. The grounds, with their many buildings, the big track and grandstand, the zoo, the big children's playgrounds, the picnic grounds and all that goes to comprise the exposition coves 151 acres. It is in readiness for the 1941 Fair which starts Labor Day (Sept. 1) and runs through Saturday, Sept. 6.

South Dakota's greatest show has been a long time in building. This year will be its 57th. State Fairs were being staged in Sioux Falls, THE EVENING HUBON1TK HURON. S. D.

fAGE SEVEN--A Yankton, Watertown and Mitchell long before many of the prize exhibitors of this year's livestock were born. Those founding fathers early saw that a state which is mostly agricultural should have an annual Fair. Through many ups and downs, the Fair has steadily forged ahead and today it is the annual fall meeting place of South Dakotans and. the show grounds for cattle, swine, horse, sheep and poultry experts from many surrounding commonwealths. Even during those long, lean years of the 1930s the South Dakota State Fair drew much better livestock exhibits than conditions seemed to warrant.

Show Profil For the past three or four years, to my own knowledge, it has been built up to a point where the 1940 proceeds left the Fair board with a profit of more than $14,000. This year cash awards totalling more than $17,000 are being offered in various departments and C. B. Hansen, the secretary, says, "All advance indications are that this year will be a record breaker, due to the greatly improved crop conditions all over South Dakota." Hansen has made an unusual record of keeping the Fair on an even keel and putting Plan Now To Attend the STATE FAIR HURON September 1 to 6 Sell Your Poultry Eggs Cream To Your Dependable Market SWIFT COMPANY Huron, South Dakota Tor Top Prices- Honest Weights And Grades, always take my grain to the Huron Take advantage of the Government Loan program--and store your Wheat with us. We also specialize in custom feed grinding.

HURON MILLS, Inc. "We Serve to Serve Again" Phone 3830 East Market Road TO THE S.D. STATE FAIR September 1-6 SEE THE International Harvester Exhibit THE Largest Implement Exhibit AT THE STATE FAIR Trucks Tractors Engines Plows Tillage Tools flay Machines Corn Machines Threshers Many New Features And Attractions Makt The EAibtt Your Headquarter McConnick-Oeering Store under actual condttons. Machinery Rosv is located in the west central section Fair Grounds. of the State Lowest temperature ever recorded.

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DC lea-Built Controls. ART'S SALES SERVICE IN COSTAIN'S STORE SEE OUR EXHIBIT In The Home Appliance Building Dakota, N. it up into the place where it has showed a profit following the depression era -when it was pretty hard hit. Still young and full of vim, he was raised on a farm near Viborg and made good as a lumber man in Canistota before being named to -the Fair board several years ago. He is just the man for the job.

Many forward-looking South Dakotans have helped make our State Fair a success. The present Fair board is composed of Walton W. Thorp of Britton, who is president; T. C. Young and H.

Cornell of Huron, and Mrs. H. C. Wyman of Mobridge. Mrs.

Wyman, newest member, and takes the place of Emanuel Heilman of Eureka, who had a long and active record of service and is now a member of the State Cement Commission. Gov. Harlan J. Bushfield is an ex-officio member, and Secretary Hansen is, of course, a member. Helen Fennessey is secretary to the secretary.

Family Fail Women's work and hobbies have played a prominent part in our Fan-. In fact, it is a family institution and almost an axiom that when you come to the Fair, you bring the whole family. The idea of the board is to have a variety of entertainment and to get the best. But it must be the kind that the whole family can enjoy. Horse racing still draws big crowds, but the auto races fill the grandstand and bleachers to capacity.

Biggest single event of the Fair is Governor's- Day. That "comes on Wednesday. Through the years, regardless of politics, the state executive is honored with special ceremonies. Which reminds me that the State Fair is generally the occasion for "starting the campaign." Both Republicans and Democrats have special tents on the grounds. In the past four years, while in charge of the Press building, the writer has grown to have a keen ap- prepiation of the exposition and the problems which the.

board has to tackle. It is no easy job to handle the exhibitors, pitchmen, show people, and all those who make the grounds a busy, bustling pleasure city each year for a week in September. Recently the board decided to give up the idea of holding the Fair on Sunday, and also moved, the date forward a week to get a better line with the other state fairs in this part of the U. S. A.

Both moves seem to be working out advantageously. I must mention the grandstand stage show, and though it is only part of the Fair, should add as one who has long been interested in "show business" that this feature alone, is worth coming miles to see. It takes more than a smash-hit grandstand show, auto and horse races to make a Fair although they and the midway help considerably. There must be plenty of pens of fine fat hogs, Chesters, Durocs, Hampshires and the like. There must be plenty of cattle of all breeds and sheep of many varieties.

Sheep, you know, are the fastest growing live crop on our farms. Last year the lamb crop was the largest on record. 4-H Club Activities Over and above all these things is the 4-H activity. No successful Fair can be built today without this important factor. These 4-H boys and girls from our farms and ranches are the backbone I say it advisedly -of the South Dakota State Fair.

Yes, there are vast exhibits of farm machinery, Sowers, plants, many samples of work done by school pupils from one end of our state to the other. When you go to the Fair this fall, don't miss any of them. And let's not forget that fine exhibit the Fish and Game Department has with scores of live fish swimming around, and the zoo is close by. Your idea of South Dakota and its resources gets a surprise when you note the mineral treasures shown by the Homestake Mining Co. and other enterprises- which, have interesting exhibits prepared.

They even dismiss school in many towns and cities to permit students (who bring their gayly dressed bands) to come to pur Fair. This year the Fair board has voted to make Friday a special day for entertaining the editors of the state and their families. Any way you look at it, the State Fair is a meeting place for South Dakotans of all walks of life. It's a great institution and growing; better each year. Don't miss it Remember the dates, Sept.

1-61 SORE TOE BRINGS SOURDOUGH LUCK PERTH, Australia, Aug. Annoyed because he continued to stub his toe on a jagged piece of rock on the way to his campv Thomas Stanv a prospector in Kalgoorlie, applied his pick and shovel. OIL breaking the rock out of its earthy bed he noticed yellow gleams on the underside. He had tbe stone assayed and found- that it contained gold worth Hansen Hard Pressed To Find Space For Big Machinery Display At Fair Five Companies To Exhibit Equipment In "Machinery Smaller Pieces Of Mechanism To Be Shown Too Secretary C. Hansen is accustomed to hancmng just about all sorts of jobs in preparing for the 1941 South Dakota State Fair.

But there is one which has him just about stumped. It is that of trying to find space on the exposition grounds for the record-breaking array of farm ma- chinery exhibits which are clamoring for the opportunity of showing State Fair visitors the latest in the way of agricultural equipment. Five major farm machinery companies have taken space on "machinery row" at the State Fair Grounds, and a dozen other smaller firms will be here Fair Week with displays that will include everything from the tiniest farm gadget. Demonstrations of farming practices will be featured during Fail- Week so that rural visitors and land owners may have the opportunity of seeing the equipment operate WHEN IN HURON for the FAIR Visit the HURON PRODUCE "Huron's Oldest Produce House" YOUR BEST MARKET for POULTRY and EGGS W. JELGEHHUIS, Prop.

Opposite Reese Elevators WELCOME FAIR EXHIBITORS May Your Entry Win A Prize Exhibits like merchandise must have quality to win. For this reason we have always insisted on quality merchandise at our various yards to merit your patronage. Peter Mintener Lumber Co. Yards At Huron Pierre Philip SOUTH DAKOTA As an Independent Merchant I Recommend Rose oon BEL-DINE A And your independent grocer knows quality Canned Foods--first, because he makes it his business, and second, because of the demands made upon him by bis customers. There's only one way to test canned foods and that's to try them --and it's these repeat orders that tell a grocer the quality of his product.

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