Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-13
WILL SPEND ITS MONEY.
State Fair MANAGEMENT Will Use
Its Surplus for Building
Improvements.
Hull-Prouty Contest Growing
Warm at the Start.
Prouty's Coup.
Cummins Will Make Only an
Evening Speech at AT.
lantic Tomorrow.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines Sept. ia meeting of
the state board of agriculture will be
held soon to close up all the business of
the year. The exact financial status of
the department will MT be known until
that time but it is certain that the de-
partment is prepared to make Still
greater Improvements at the fair
grounds during the next year and still
have comfortable cash balance in the
treasury. All those interested agree that
the fair did better than expected. The
premiums have all been paid in full. The
speed premiums were largely paid at
once and in the case of the larger ex-
hibitors half their winnings were paid
as soon as the sums could be ascer-
tanned. The remainder of the warrants
went out today to the exhibitors and
prize winners, and this cleans it all up.
John Simpson, assistant secretary, has
days. and has at last cleared the books.
The demand for immediate payment of
premiums was less this year than for
many years. A few years ago the prize
winners would be lined up four or five
deep in front of the secretarys office
demanding their money right away. The
last two years they nave been less
demonstrative. This year they went
home quietly and waited to get their
warrants by mail, feeling secure in the
financial safety of the association. In
other years some trouble has resulted
from the Willingness of the secretary
TO pay a few of the needy exhibitors be-
fore they left the fair grounds. Several
We're overpaid by accident. as shown by
a closer figuring up later on. They We're
notified of the fact, but the association
rever got cent back. Exhibitors are
afflicted with forgetfulness under such
circumstances. The largest sum realized
by any exhibitor this year outside of the
speed classes was by j. r.. Peake, OF
Winchester, ILL.,, on standardized
horses. This was the largest of the war;
rents which went to 1876 successful eX-
hibitors in various classes. The largest
ir cattle went to I. F. B. Sotham, of
Chillicothe, Mo-, S31S on his herd of
Herefords. More money was paid out on
Shorthorns, but 1t was much divided.
The largest sum realized in the hog de-
partment was by George w. Trone, of
Rushville, Mimi, s216, but Thomas Teal
s. Son. of Utica, Iowa, were close sec
ond with warrant for s2l0. E. C. Ra-
bers & Co., of Fort Atkinson, Wis, got
about 5000 on chickens, and George
Harding & Son, of Waukesha, Wis.,, the
Cor mo Gil pp G y,
o. Des Moines, got 1884 on farm products
and L. G. Clute, of Greeley, s2S1 on
farm products. The total of winnings
for about thirty-five horse owners in the
speed department was s4,750.
Incidentally it may be mentioned that
the resolutions passed in some places
censuring the state fair management on
the matter of cutting off the free passes
to old soldiers have been in bad taste
The officers of the department say they
are willing to take the blame for cutting
off free passes and expect to be criti-
cised; but as matter of fact none of
the officials have ever given any expla-
nation of the act of the board in cutting
off the free passes that in any way re-
fleets upon the old soldiers. So far as
known no official has said anything that
could be construed as intimating that
the veterans were either dishonest or
careless in the use of tickets issued to
them. The only complaint ever made
was that those who had the distribution
CT the tickets permitted them to get into
the hands of persons not entitled to
them. But this was not to the discredit
of the soldiers themselves However,
the board has simply ignored the entire
matter thus far, and it will hardly be
heard from again.
Indications are that the congressional
fight in the Seventh district will be un-
usually warm right along from this
time. Judge Prouty is evincing Gispo--
| sition to force things. His letters to
Capt. Hull proposing that they agree
that whichever gets the majority of the
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