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Show Til FALLS GUI 1 1 PREPARING FOR Fi Race Course Is Completed and Several Buildings Are Under Construction. GIRLS TO MILK COWS Interesting Feature of Contest Con-test Is Dairy Competition for Young Women. Special to The Tribune. TWIN FALLS, Idajio. July 30. With the race track completed, several buildings build-ings in course of construction and active work in progress all over the grounds at Filer, the Twin Falls County fair begins to attract attention as a coming event of considerable magnitude. The fair is to include all of southern Idaho, and keen Interest Is being shown in all parts of the county and adjoining counties in ths preparations for the big event. Programme and premium lists for the fair, which is to be held September 19 to 2.". inclusive,, were issued this week. Premiums aggregating several thousand dollars will be given in the various lines. A unique feature scheduled In "Jhe programme pro-gramme and which promises to attract much attention will he the dairy maids' milking contest. A first prize of $20 will be given, a second of $10 and a third of $5 in this contest, which requires the contestants to milk five cows each by stop-watch time. The event will be In charge of Professor W. N. Birch, county agricultural advisor. A three days' but-terfat but-terfat contest will also be conducted. Wednesday, September 19. will be children's chil-dren's day, and special features will be put on for this event. In charge of Miss LJertha Isoel, county superintendent of schoujs. The "better babies' " contest, another special feature of the fair, will be in charge of Mrs. John li. White, superintendent su-perintendent or' tills department. The livestock parade will be held on Friday, September 21. Is Well Situated. The county fair grounds are adjacent to and within the city limits of Filer, on the east side, and are connected with Kiler by broad , cement walka, just recently re-cently laid. The grounds consist of forty acres of choice, level land, bordered on almost the entire south, west and north sides by a row of shade trees. The grounds, valued at $10, 000, were purchased pur-chased by Filer people and deeded to Twin Falls county for fair purposes, provided pro-vided that the county construct the necessary nec-essary buildings thereon for a county tair. Tli rough the law, which allows a county to levy a Vs-mlll tax for maintaining maintain-ing fair grounds. Twin Falls county was able to raise 910,000 for this purpose. A large force of men is now at work on the construction of various buildings. All buildings are being erected on permanent perma-nent foundations of concrete and will be painted and have shingle roofs. When all is completed the grounds and buildings build-ings cill represent an investment of some 3u,0.)0. Along the north side of the grounds are the barns for the stock. One row of barns for the cattle will be 130 feet long unit will contain about 330 stalls. Facing this, across a roadway, will be 6u0 feet of stalls for horses. South of the horse sta.bles will be at least 15u pens for sheep and hogs. A 600-foot row of stalls Is being erected an the south side of the grounds for the racing horses. The grandstand will be 100 feet long and will seat J 2 uo people. There will also be several balls for agriculture, horticulture, I fine arts, etc. I Big Parking Space. A splendid feature in connection with i the excellent half-mile race track Is the I broad roadway built two-thirds of the ! way around tiie outside of the race track for thp parking of automobiles, where motorists may sit In their cars and view ; the races to splendid advantage, without In any way obstructing the view of those in the grandstand and bleachers. The special auto parking track will accommodate accommo-date several hundred cars. Many Inquiries In-quiries are coming in to the county fair board from race-horse, men with regard to the racs to be held here. A number of incpiiries have come from east of the Mississippi. The premium list shows that In the department de-partment of horses and mules there are fifty-two first prizes and the same number num-ber of second prizes, with ribbons for third and fourth. In the cattle department, depart-ment, which includes Holsteins, Guernseys, Guern-seys, Herefords, Aberdeen, Red Polled, etc., there are eighty-two first and the same number of second prizes offered, with ribbons for third and fourth places. The hog list includes Chester Whites, Poland China. Duroc Jerseys, Berkshire, Yorkshire, Hampshire, Tamworths, etc with 127 first and 127 second prizes. In tiie sheep department there will be represented rep-resented Hampshire, Shropshire, Lincoln. Cotswold, Marino and Hambouiilets Numerous Nu-merous prizes are also offered in the dairy product, poultrv, apiarv. agriculture, agricul-ture, horticulture, better babies' and other departments. Roster of Officers. The officers, directors and superintendents superintend-ents are as follows: Officers II. G. Munyon, Filer, presi- ! dent: C. W. Case, Filer, secretary; George ! I I. Smith. Twin Falls, , field iecretarv 1 Grover Iavls. Filer, treasurer. ' ! Directors H. G. Munvon, Filer- Grover ! Davis. Filer: C W. Case, Filer; W E i Sanger Twin Falls; YV. F. Breckon, ! Knnhei'ly. i Superintendents W. M. Lambing. Twin I Falls, horses; A. A. Davis, Filer, cattle; : j. DeLong, Twin Falls, sheep; Dan Connor. Filer, hogs; John Mcpherson Duhl. poultry: Mrs. Charles Me-UlNter' 1-der, dairy products; C. H. Stinson Twin 1 Falls, apiary; James Fitzgerafd Filer horticulture; George Leonard Filer a- 1 rlcuiture. Mrs. J. E. White, Twin Falls, better baliies; Professor W j p,trch Twin Falls, milking contest; S. H Proctor. Proc-tor. Kimherly. speed department- C V Case uf Filer and V. K. Breckon of Kim- ' berly, amusements; Grover Davis FUer grounds and buildings. ' ' i |