Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-29
STATE FA|R CLOSES
1t Has Been the Greatest Sue.
cess in the History OF the
Association.
Management is Now Certain
That There will be a Big
Surplus.
Cattlemen and Horsemen Al
ready Discussing Next Fair
Capital Comment.
Special TO Times Republi. an.

special TO Times Republican.
| les Moines Aug ~ Tie state fair
elosed today aud not for many years
has there been such general satisfaet-
ion with the event The fair officials
are dead certain that when the cash is
Ill counted and the hflls are all paid
there Will be a handsome balance on
the rish, side. lnasmuch rs for many
years this seemed impossible and now
for three OF -four years this is the rule.
The fair managers have cause for con
gr,uuatian. Good weather has had
! lnueh to do With this success, but it
viii be acknowledged by all that the
one thing which has done more for the
eail this year than any other is the
erection of the big stock pavilion. Coy.
/ Packard and MIR. Brown, whose depart-
ments have had the use OF the pavilion.
are nightly pleased. The pavilion
Mas not put forward 10 the horse men
like it'was to the c,tttle n1en as an at
! traction. and as a consequence tn" cat
/ Ne men lro1ited most by the existence
| Of the pavilion. 1t has been busy for
four days all the time Next year the
| horse owners ar, going 10 make use OF
the pavilion more than this. one of
1.-THE most prominent breeders of the
state. who did not have an exhibit this
| year. was aked by Mr.. Brown what the
| fair people could do to induce him to
| ome next Year With horses. Nothing
inore." he said. that stock pavilion has
4 dome the business. | will be here every
Year hereafter" That is the sentinert
Icf all The cattle aud horse exhibits
ithis wear have made this the greatest
live stock show of the country, but
next year the show will be still greater.
NET the fair managers are aware that
ithere are some things needful. The
state Invested s31.5oO in the pavilion
land it has paid. Other buildings Will
be asked for and first a big machin
cry hall. one thing that Will have to
| he remedied another year IS that of
enssrrtaiicn. The street lar corr
lpany handle most of the business but
il must come into the grounds or am
lOtDef
Rock Island company does not want
the business and Will not run trains
after sunset some other road Will be
asked to get 10 the faic grounds.
one night after the night show there
were thousands of people waiting at 2
o'ciock in the morning for cars to get
to the city on This was little less than
Iscandalous The fair managers had
cone all they could to get the service
but failed. The street car company
did everything in its power, but the
Rock Island railroad Went all wrong. AS
tor the order and freedom from
crime the city and special police forces
have done quite We'll this year and have
kept the crooks cut of the city
Senator Trewin. chairman of the code
commission and in charge OF the work
of editing and publishing the code sup
element, was IN the city yesterday and
Went over the work With Mr.. Carter
editor of the SUPPLEMENT-. He Reports
that the work has been getting along
Very we'll and the printing has been en-
tlrely satisfactory. The book will be
out very nearly on time. The finish
ing will be lone as rapidly as possible
and the lawyers of the state VIII be
able to get books some time about the
middle of next month.
Rev. III. III. Abrams. agent of the state
anti-saloon lea que for Legislative work,
is engaged in moving from Des Mcines
to Iowa City where he will make his
Headquarters in the future. MIR
Abrams goes there because of neal ness
TO the state university for educational
advantages. II is probable that NJ the
next meeting of the anti saloon league
to be held here about the middle of
September he will be again elected
state agent for the enforcement Of the
laws and will re- engage in that work.
The experience of the authorities at
* eobuk with the new law in regard TO
appeintint guardians for children and
placine them in homes recalls the fact
that when The Law was passed. and il
VAS PASSED after much coaNing and ca
loling. MANY members OF the lesisla-
ture felt THAT il Was of doubtful utility.
The argument against it WAS that "
WAS attempting 20 place the state and
Its. ll1nlS ABOVE inc liSulS q. lht PAU
5e.llls. that i'm fact it was a return 10 the
old t;reoiai idea of the children belong
ing primarily to the state. iSut the lazy
WAS urged by certain persons inter-
csta,l in philanthropic work in this
state and MAS insisted ON BY them as
something necessary il their societies
are TO care for the children who are III
bad homes. 1t 9ppears that III the keo-
llt!l case the question MS toae of conn
Potency TO care for a child and ability
Ia do SO. while in fact the strong point
in the LAW us it Was urged upon the
legislature last winter. was that ii was
TO enable the home finding societies 10
take children from dissoltlte or criminal
ptrents ana TO put Them Where they
would not be led or forced into crime.
ls,rt Mise legislators shook their heads
and said they feared the result OF such
l;lw.
Those who saw the Mitchellville re-
form school girls marching about The
state fair grounds yesterday could not
help recalling the scenes of few years
ago when the same school WAS all riot
Gus aud given over to mutinN. The
nearly 200 girls marched about the
grounds and visited all departments,