Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24
ESpELL BROKEN
ndance at the Fair on the
Il Increase.
ARE MUCH PLEASED

lding and the Wonderful Things To
eS~en In 1.-THE States Exhibit of
estry.
RID's FAIR, Aug. "a Especial. -
hoodoo' is lifted. The spell is
IA. The evil spirit of unbelief is ex-
a and the people are coming to the
It is noted that on each special state
day thecrowd is much bigger than
preceding one and at noon today it
VI to look as if all Illinois were here
1 citrate her day. Two weeks ago the
Atl talk was that 100000 a day YER
Sas q big paid attendance. Then it
! TO rise rapidly and soon ran up to
q or more, and now the sanguine be-
talk of an average of 10000 a day.
lndlords of the Hyde Park annex
once more, for the baggage wagons
rough the streets piled high with
and the jingle of the daddy dollar
III in the trousers of the incoming
81.
| this region the Hyde Park annex
n fair, and q queer creation it is.
Is an east and west street through
ftth of which it is illegal to sell
and north Of it, / might almost
IS illegalrto sell anything else. Now
were on the line between Kansas
u Missouri, or anywhere else that state
A8grty comes in, or ven IL it were o
N line, these small hotels and cheap
Fellows would probably have some
/ for it. but in the same cosmopoli-
y they look on it as foolishness and
IL the law many a time and oft. So
s a storm center hereabouts. Mrs.
Foster has been lecturing us about
Ne law and order leagues and the
u purity leagues and divers other
are at work among us, while "0ld
her" "veritas," "Pro Bono Pub
md the rest of that gang entertain
ae newspapers.
it is a fact oft commented on that
as little drunkenness and disorder
n Y e saw in so large a crowd,
wa walk home of evenings through
angled wilderness of pine sheds
halls and hotels by courtesy I
Z ave to laugh at the careless secur-
aides and other strangers to the
side of life. The American woman
ere for her health. She came TO
entire show and she is seeing it re
!. | stepped into a concert hall
80 the other evening (my hotel Is
~ horth side of the street above men
and sat down near the door when
'reeted with a merry laugh from
s%ttable. There sat n matron and
hing ladies of myacquaintance from
md town. I'VE take in the play
s bmorrow,V said the matron, land
atj on q preliminary lesson tonight.v
bust be careful there / remarked,
Is reported that some Of the shows
IF there's anything one bit inn
'g,Ag' was the retort, ''we'll tell the
b. ell about il, for we shall quail
ftlyes totestify.n
My danger / can imagine in this
bd and plaster village is Of fire.
all the buildings are low and there
M a spaces inplenty, butif fire should
HkE started Tear that this new and
Vie would go in o flash and before a
ifStld get wide awake and jump Ont
bnd story window. From Sixtieth
*sfb the south end of the grounds all
ide IS thick set with every kind Of
low and open air games. Buffalo
slere OF course. A small party vf
uimaux have seeded from the
bdy aIA set up an independent
sfhere. In short, it is 4 "Coney III.
1vdn all through. The Manitoba
S too is outside, the more's the
it mas a really fine exhibit and
people think of looking outside
nds for a state II provincial build
80
ngton's state building is a wonder
a immense structure of stone
and cedar, resting on n founda-
NNN mammoth logs, and almost
with every curious and useful
45of the state. Everything is on a
sf scale from the flagstaff IN front,
9.trunk of fir 207 feet long, to the
Az seleton mammoth in the hall, the
II ever dug up outside of Siberia.
ing in the structure is from
,hNlgton except the glass and the
a*(he ground plan is that Of a modi-
y TEX cross, 22Sx125 feet in extent,
is a floor space of $4,000 square
the main hall is that represcn-
|odel of a Washington grain farm
xf5 50 much has been said. While
irtistic as the famous grain-and-
tture in the Illinois building
the wall while this is on the
is still a faithful and curious re-
pm.
ngton's day is TO bein September,
lime cannot be set till Governor
I#. McGraw can state positively
I'll he a be here. Commissioner
; N. Calhoun, in charge of the
,{fs adds that the size of the crowd
o good deal on how the railroads
you see Washington is q long
E' and most Of our 40e, 900 people
Y busy and have not made their
yet, and SO we could not expect
4bussnds here on any one day.
pgs forming the foundation are
ong and average 40 inches in
sf5z and a much longer flag pole
ye been secured but could not be
ed over the crooked mountain !