The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01

Bang bang, bang, goes the hammer on
the fair grounds all day long, and much
of the night, too. 1t Is like seeing a
circus unload; only one doesn't hear so
many emphatic adjectives as are explod-
ed in the dewy dawn when the ele-
plants and camels are coaXed down the
gang plank from a box car to the rail-
road yards and led to the river to drink
Quick as circus work though, the final
coat of decoration is being applied to the
Minnesota state fair and 1t is promised
that no workman carrying the tools for
preparatory work will be seen upon the
grounds when the gates are thrown open
to the public at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. What this accomplishment is, only
those acquainted with such undertakings
can realize. The Worlds fair at Chi
cago; the Paris exposition, the Pan
American-al stretched out hand for
the price of admission before the shows
were complete.
It is well for the management of this
states big event that it's members have
been so energetic. A strong demand
upon them is promised. People seem to
be growing more hungry for fairs each
year and also more exacting in quality
The day has passed when the biggest
pumpkin in the state, a three-minute
trOtter and freak side show with Punch
and Judy, will draw a crowd. PERHAPS a
few years hence these may be interesting
as relics of antiquity just as an old
plow made of a limb of a tree may Dc
when compared with the chiIled-steel-
neutrality-suspicious. one of these
days
But fair managers who are wise, keep
posted upon current events and keep
pace with the times. That the managers
of the Minnesota state fair are of the
times speedy gait is evidenced by the
continually increasing attendance at the
show they provide. That tells the tale
of the past and would seem to be
sufficient guarantee of the future, but
there is more.
When great big transportation cor
porations, which don't know the differ
ence between a horse race and an ex-
hibit Of threshing machines, make special
rates for people to attend an exposition
1t is sign that crowd is expected to
travel and the people Of today usually
do not travel to show unless they ex,
pect to get value received. That the
knowing heads of railroads expect this
to be a. record-breaker in attendance at
the fair can best be understood by refer
ence to their having offered rates-every
railroad entering St. Paul or Mime
apolis is included-for the round trip of
one fare plus the admission fee to the
exposition. From these two cities sixty
four extra trolley cars are to be put in
service to the scene of festivities.
RUSHING THE WORK.
Hardly ever in the history of mush-
room boom towns has a city grown up
with the swiftness of the scene of bust
ling activity lying about half way be-
tween the city Of Saints and Flour
Hammers pounding, saws cutting. tents
quivering, flags ripping, shovels digging
men women, boys and girls working
working like Trojans too-were a part
terday
That part was large enough for ones
DAY investigation, but it was far from
all that was to be seen. That consisted
principally in work or arranging restau-
rants and some of the midway attrac-
t1ons The exhibits of industry and
nature are well Installed.
VI ali these, there is an increase over
iast year. 1t is impossible to particu-
arlze but take, for instance, the stocx
exhibit. Last year it was the greatest in
Che world up to it's time. Chicago-tha
second city in the country in size-man-
aseu 10 go one better in the winter hnt
from the entries registered at last count