Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-26
FAIR Barns ARE Full
Great Number Of Exhibits al the
State Fair...Fast Racing
Today.
Fruit Exhibitors Were Slow Get.
ting Around and Many We're
Kept Out.
Democrats Leaving Their Party
to Support Cummins..Larra.
bees Attitude.

to Support CumminS..Larra.
bees Attitude.
Special to Times -Republicn.
Des Moines, Aug. 26.-The first three
days of the Iowa state fair were days of
preparation, and the fair opened for
visitors today for the first time. The
grounds have been much improved and
the fact that a good rain fell Saturday
night has done much to add to the com
fort of the grounds. They were never
dustier than this year, and the grass on
the fair grounds is as dead as in mid
winter because of the prolonged drouth.
Perhaps no spot in Iowa has suffered
more from the drouth than the state
fair grounds and that part of Polk
county lying just east of Des Moines.
But despite this fact, there is fine ex-
hibit on hand and one that will interest
the crowds that annually come to the
fairs. An immense cattle pavilion has
been erected, and beneath this fine tent
the cattle judges will do their marking.
The cattle barns are filled to overflow
ing and the same may be said of the
sheep barns. The machinery exhibit
Will also be good. The fruit exhibit is
better than one would think on such a
year as this. The exposition building
proper Is we'll filled with manufactured
products and things of interest The
races commenced this afternoon with
trotting and pacing for $500 purses. To-
morrow will occur the 1928 pace, with.
seventeen entries and purse of 81, 900.
The track is in fine condition and some
excellent time ought to be made during
the week. Every afternoon there will
be miscellaneous amusement program
with music and In the evening fireworks
sss
Some friction was caused on the pre-
liminary days by the shutting out of a
large number of exhibitors by the rule
requiring that entries must be made by
midnight of Friday. Heretofore the en-
tries have been accepted on Saturday.
In the fruit department this resulted in
shutting out fully half the exhibits.
President Wragg of the horticultural
Society has been at his wits end. He
had been up and down the state beg
ging fruit growers to bring their fruit
and maintain the reputation of Iowa as
a fruit state even in this terrible year,
and many had come, but owing to the
change in the time of closing entries
they were shut out Much inconveni-
ence was caused by this rule in the fine
art department and in the general expo
sition, and the fact that exhibitors did
not have the change impressed on them
sufficiently caused much disappoint-
ment. In the live stock department
many excellent exhibitors We're disap-
pointed. Men came to the fair with
stock brought hundred miles or more.
only to find they could not enter, and of
course there was nothing left but for
them to take their exhibits back home.
These old exhibitors had nobody to
blame but themselves, for the date of
closing entries was printed on all the
| literature sent out, and yet they were
blaming the officials for not having done
| more to make 1t plain to them there had
| been change.
The supreme court will consider an
| interesting slander suit as soon as ii
gets around to it. This is the case of
| John Zurewski VS.. A. Reichmann, from
Plymouth county. Reichmann had
| signed note for hail insurance which
was left at the German State Bank in
| LeMars for collection, and when Reich
mann called to pay up it is claimed that
| the figures in the corner of the note had
been changed from s62.5O to s312.5O
| Reichmann went to the agent who made
out the note, who declared he had made
| it out right. He went back to the bank
angry and after saying he had torn ur
the note declared: You are a damned
thief and forger." For so doing Zu-
rowski, who is connected with the bank
brought suit for damages for slandei
and obtain a judgment on the trial
Reichmann now appeals.
sas
f. B. Evans. who was register of the
land office in Des Mones as democrat
| has renounced his party and Joined the
| prohibitionists. Evans has always hac
/ quite following in the party here, anc
before the late convention was the NOV.
| ing spirit in the movement to have Jer
ry Hartenbower made the democratic
candidate for governor. But he can no
go the local option ideas of the demo
Il
Decorah, is also dsgusted with the atti
tude of the democratic party and goe.
over bodily to the republicans and will
make speeches for Cummins. H. H
Abrams, of the Anti-Saloon League, il
also one of those who will support Cum
Minis. 1t is announced that he has ex
pressed himself as we'll satisfied witt
Cummins position on the question O
the liquor laws of the state. It is ex
pected, in view of the general mixin,
Il up of parties, that there will be mucl
j changing announced this year.
4 For some time before the republica,
il state convention there We're contradic
tory statements made as to the position
of Ex-Governor Larrabee in regard t.
!, the candidates. The Arlington News
published in Fayette county, attempt
to clear it up as follows:
"Governor Larrabee could not hav
been very enthusiastic Trewin man
i He let his own township go for Cum
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