The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-10-02
CROWDS AT THE FAIR.
Wisconsin Turned Out Well
on Governors Day.
Soms Figures on the Gato Receipts tx.
peHses We're Heavy.


AZ the State fair. II was Wisconsin day,
farmers day, The peoples day. Miiwau-
Hce day and C:crybody's day. Not least
among the exhibits was the display of
magnificent Wisconsin weather BY
noon the grounds were throrged with
thousands crowdin. through the seven
entrances. and with the indications ia
Torable to" IN "ttru;lancc OF 10000 or
10000 peor.e hy the time the kings of
the turf, Star Pointer and Joe Patchen,
appear on the tlFe-mil" track. which John
Burnham, iii charge Of racing events
announced this morning was never in
better condition and never faster than
today.
The tota! receipts at the gates ynstcr-
day amounted iii cash to exactly SllSJ
which means that 1210 adults passed
through the gates, 10 every, one who
paid yesterday there wore five free school
children, or nearly 120OO youngsters
swelling the admissions TO nearly 10000
with several thousand entering on eX-
hibirors' tickets. helpers tickets and
ether free admissions
Before 10 o'ci0ck today the most in
tercstng buildings, the manufacturers
hall, horticultural and agricultural hall,
the art hail, dairy building and poultry
house, were well filed with sightseers
while there Were several thousand pCo-
pie about the Cpcn grounds, inspecting
The big show Of agricultural machinery,
farm machinery. doing" the Midway.
which consists chiefly III peanut and can
dy stands. the ''niggcr" who exposes his
head to hascballS thrown by amateur
ball throwcrs: the ring" man and the
mysterious woman who Is said to eat
with moro poison than would kill all the
people on the ground" and other nauseat-
ing fakes of The old and new era.
The lone bison. in the big wire-fonced
yard near the dog show, paced about his
quarters with the seeming knowledge
that he is ''onc OF the few Of our fami-
ly now in captivity or at large, and
was making tn" most of his glorious dis
tincton, while the pet fawus. deer and
cub bears in the adjoining yard
acted as though thcy heartily wished
this ''cruel war was over" while
and admired the animal show of the fair.
and i'll another part y. the grounds the
band played on.
Speaking of bands. this is Il band show,
as well as an agricultural show. BY
noon today there were seven or eight fine
grounds. Early III the day the famous
Indian band from the oErjda reservation
marched to Secretary Flcmings office
and serenadcu the establishment. In the
| absence of the genial and busy secretary
his wideawakc assistant. Arthur Babbitt.
the Indian tongue. Among the other cX-
cellent bands on the grounds are the Sin
niSsippi band Of Watcrtown 80 pieces.
! Wilson's Park band Of Hartford Cd
| pieces, the Appleton band go picceSl. in
| brand-new uniforms. the Nauit0woc band
| the jefferson, ana last hui not least, the
elegant Primrose and West Minstrel
| band of 80 pieces. During the special
screnade to the secretary and press, the
Indian band ably handled and success
lHiy rh knOcked Hci,,; out bNie; IL; I'M M"f"hihs re- M
| Old Town Tonight" Aud Lang Sync'
and several other old and modern pieces.
There is nothing wrong with the Indian
! band.' was the univrr>ai comment.
| Shortly before noon Gov. Scoheld. un-
! der escort of scYcral members of his
personal staff. President Hubbard of the
| a association and others of u special com
mittee. arrived in carriage. The GOV
pruor was enthusiastically received and
| cheered by the thousands on the @roun.i>.
! At noon the governor was escorted to
! the judges stand. directl; opposite the
grand stand. which was well filed. The
| governors address was we'll received.
Milwaukee Day.
! Milwaukee. Wis. Sept % 1897
Milwaukee took the second heat" i'll
| every sense of the word, in the matter
of state fair attendance and Cnthusiasm
| This was milwaukee, day. and il was per-
haps the biggest and best Milwaukee, day
| in the history of the fair. Milwaukee
! does not love the present management
| has been intimatrd, the center Of oppo-
! sition to the S0cicty. 50 Milwaukee, goes
| 20 the fair. because It lS the state fair
! and because til" city has the interests
! Of all Wisconsin at heart
The facts as to the feeling against the
! ta.a f1j u hot
| the opposition came almost entirely from
outside the city last year, a. We're shown
| by the attendance last season. There
were. comparatively speaking. 10 farm
ers on the grounds year age, and the
only attendance. 10 amount to anything
was on milwaukee, day and not Wiscon-
sin day. The actual gate receipts on Wis
| cOnSin day Il year ago amounted to $500,
which means that about 1870 adults
! passed III on paid tickets. On Milwaukee
day year ago tho actual gate receipts
| were SI49421 representing 1i.9SS paid
| admissions as against 1850 on Wisconsin
day. These are figures from the treasur-
er's books.
Gate Receipts.
The figures. from the books for this
year. thus far. and for last, will be inter-
| esting just here.
The total gaze receipts yesterday
amounted to exactly Sl0GG3.2:i. This
| amount represents just 16.244 paid adult
admissions and 1874 half or 2o-ccnt chill
dren'S admission. making the total pad
admissions yesterday 1I,jiS in addition to
which there were several Thousand p9o-
pie came in on membership tickets. cN-
hbitors' tickets ana others. making the
| attendance something over 2n.0e. There
were over 10000 people in the grand
| stand during the great race.
| One man Al the GateS-Edward Elheid
| pf I1nASy-illa In 1r Ia. slp
tric car entrance Yesterday. sold indivldu-
ally and alone Il total of 1loS single ad-
mission tickets.
The total gate receipts on Wisconsin
day last year amounted To but S}'Hih,
and that of Milwaukee day 20 94.2J,
as stated.
The total gate receipts ior the two first
days this year, Tuesday and Wednesday.
amounted to S1l. l.S-'i.15. and the total
receipts from all sources this year. MP to
| this morning, amounted 10 Sl3.f -.
/ and it i estimated that added to that
will be about $4,000 today for admissions
and race entries. The association, which
started out this year without 4 dollar IN
| the treasury, * consequently liable To he
pretty we'll fixed 81 "a result OF the bug
fair of 1897
The total gate receipts Of Friday 4
year ago was hut 500.
The S13445.21 gwen as receipts thrs
/ far this season does not. II i said. IN
clude $1,000 for the beer privilege, not
yet paid in.
The gate receipts and privileges paid
for, for the entire week last year amount
ed to S16.1U2
Up 10 noon today there were 5000 or
! 10000 people on the ground. and they
We're coming in at ali gates in lively
manner.
Observer Wilson has made a special
effort for Milwaukee day. and 1t can be
rrr,'. h.A l.
ted the mercury to 60 up little too
high for perfect comfort.
Ex-Gov. Levi. Attends.
James I. Lewis Of Columbus, who
was governor Of Wisconsin from 1864
10 1866. attended the fair today. Two
of WiSconSin's wartime governors are
now alive: Mr.. Lewis Is one and the
other is Edward SalomOn. who has long
since severed y" ties that bound him II
the state whose chief executive he was
during the term preceding that Of Gov;
Lewis. Mr.. Lewis Is enjoying good
c,n,aS in Tla fan