Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-08-06

THE STATE FAIR.
A Part OF the Programme OF Iowa's
Great EXPOSITION.

A Part of the Programme OF Iowa's
Great Exposition.
The preparations at the fair ground
are going rapidly forward. From this
time forward there will be but one
word used, and that will be 'rush.
1t is now only a few days, until the
the peop,e will begin TO flock TO the
great exhibition, and in the interim
an immense amount of work must be
done. But the Improvements are now
well under way with every assurance
that no detail will be left unattended
to by the officers and directors.
As is well known, the fair dates arc
August rs to September 4. Within
these dates will be packed attraction
after attraction.
Friday and Saturday, August 2S and
29, will be the general preparation
days, and will be devoted largely to
getting exhibits in place.
Sunday afternoon, August so, ut 3
o'clock, divine service and II sacred
concert will be held on the ground.
An eminent divine will preach the
sermon. No one need come with the
expectation OF seeing the exhibits; all
the halls will be closed and the bust
ness of the fair will be suspended on
that day SO far rs it is possible to do
SO.
On Monday at IL o'clock a. m. the
opening exercises of the fair will take
place. Children's day will be on Tues
day. All under II years of age will be
I'D, I'D n nT
request that parents give their child
rem an opportunity TO visit the fair.
On Monday and Tuesday the cour-
tesy of free admission 10 all soldiers OF
the Mexican and late war will be en-
tended. Commanders of posts will
please address John X. Shalfer, secre
tary, Des Moines, for soldiers tickets.
The tickets will be sent to the COM
manders TO distribute if application is
made for them on or before August
10Th.
On Wednesday will be the grand
parade on the race track of cattle en-
tered for exhibition. This attraction
will give an opportunity of seeing the
finest display of live stock ever shown
in a western state. On Thursday
there will be "a like procession Of
horses. The horses exhibited in 1890
were u delight to all and one of the
never failing features, and 1861 prom
ises to excel it.
The racing will be as heretofore,
one of the leading features, The race
track, one-half mile, is one of the
finest in the west. The two-story
amphitheatre, (Which has been greatly
improved) will comfortably seat 5000
persons. There is every assurance
that the people will have an oppoltun-
iJy to witness some of the finest and
fastest of races.
There are IL cattle barns that will
accommodate 52S head, II horse barns
that will give room for 1884 head, 6
speed barns provided with 120 box
stalls, $50 hog pens, 120 sheep pens,
a fine poultry house provided with 264
wire net coops. Exposition hall that
covers a space of 2j0XlS0 feet. Fruit
and floral hall 54x120 feet. Agricul-
tural hall has been enlarged by an
addition of 64X6S feet that will give
apiarians grand place TO make a fine
display and will provide greater facil-
tiles for the exhibit of farm products,
and the exhibits of pantry and kitchen.
The building is now 160XlS0 feet.
Dairy hall is made much larger and
greatly improved. provided with cold
storage room for exhibit of butter,
cheese cases, etc. Additional power
will be added sufficient to run all the
machinery. Butter and cheese men
and manufacturers of dairy machinery
and goods will appreciate this i'm
provement. Power hall is enlarged
and provided with a new boiler and
eighty horse power engine. This de-
partment OF implements and machinery
will be one of the greatest and finest
attractions of the fair. Besides the
society's halls there are twenty-three
large and commodiOus buildings erect
ed by private firms and individuals for
the exhibition of their goods.
The ground will be beautifully
lighted with electric lights and ar
rangements are being made to give
the people an entertainment on the
track at night which is lighted every
fifty feet with electric lights. The
nocturnal illumination of the fair
ground, buildings and race track will
be new feature of the fair, and visit
to the ground in the evening will well
repay visitors. All the principal
streets, buildings, amphitheater. track
and camp will be brilliantly illumi-
mated. The unrivaled grandeur of the
scene will delight the throngs of pso-
pie who visit the great Iowa State
Fair.
In NATAL grove of timber there
viii be beautiful camping ground
lighted by electricity. This ground
will be laid out in streets and camps
provided with water from hydrants.
Horses will be separated from the
camps to prevent accidents. All this
is provided free for those who wish to
come out and enjoy the pleasures of
camping.