Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-09-14
BIC CROWDS At THE FAIR.
Wisconsin State Fair at Milwau-
kee a Success.
FEATURTS INNUMERABLE.
Visitors Are Pleased with the Entertain
ment-Gov. La Toilette Delivers
~ Address-Dan Patch Exhibited.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 9.-The Wis
consin state fair, which closed here to-
day, is admitted to have been one of the
greatest exhibitions of it's kind ever held
here. The attendance ON the opening
day was upwards of 1000 and throughout
the week record breaking crowds en-
Joyed the agricultural and special eX-
hlblts, the racing programmes and the
spectacular features. An innovation
was introduced with more or less success
IN the form of an evening programme,
repeating each night the features of the
day.
Filipinos on the Ground.
The members of the Filipino band,
who took part in the programme Monday
and Tuesday, looked over the grounds
Monday. Some of them got in the
merry go-round and some of them had
girls with them. Monday night Mrs. D.
w. HOWE of the poultry department
took charge of the $1,000 worth of in
building where they were to be kept was
locked up.
Awarding the Prizes.
Judging in the various departments be-
gan Tuesday morning. Every department
was filled by noon and the fruit and
farm displays were better than ever be-
fore. Wisconsin is almost wholly alone
in these exhibits. In county displays the
Milwaukee county poor farm had one of
the best.
To Preserve Law and Order.
Chief Jansen had Lieut. Schmidt,
Sergts. Westness and Simonds and ff-
teen patrolmen at the state fair grounGs.
Sheriff Tegtmeyer and Under Sheriff
Clayton We're there with twenty deputies
and an automobile on Monday. Besides
this Marshal G. @. Cox Of the fair man
agement had large force Of watchmen.
Several Milwaukee detectives are also
present. No gambling was reported
Monday and order was supreme.
Among the Feathered Tribe.
Judging in the poultry and pigeon de-
partments began Tuesday morning, and
SHARP" Butterfeld, the famous Cana
dian poultry judge, acted. He says the
show is one of the most complete he has,
seen this year. The poultry house is
crowded with representative birds, and
the people have thronged the place all
day. William Phelan and T. B. Nc
Cauley Of Chicago are judging the pigeons
and say the show is a great one.
Judges Come from St. Louis.
w. A. Dobson, Marion, Ia, is here as
Judge Of horses He has come from the
same duty, and he says he was up
against the biggest stunt there in his
varied experience. He also declares this
display to be one of the best of any state
show this year. w. Z. Potts Of Chicago,
Judge Of cattle, also comes fresh from st.
Louis. He is pleased with the Wisconsin
cattle exhibit
Wisconsin Raises Much Fruit.
A. L. Herbst, Sparta, superintendent
of the horticultural department, is au-
thority for the assertion that the display
of fruits was the greatest and best ever
made here. eve have more than 200
varieties of apples and as many kinds
of plums, and they are all Wisconsin
grown" he says. IF any one labors I'M
der the idea that Wisconsin is not fruit
state the delusion will vanish if they see
this display. The grapes are also nuner-
Gus and of fine quality this year; in fact,
we are beating all previous records"
Former Gov. Edward Scofield was on
the grounds, looking over the Jersey dis
play. He was followed by former Gov.
George W. Peck.
Satisfied with Night Exhibits.
"Considering all things, we are perfect
~ satisfied with the first night exhibit at
the Wisconsin state fair" declared Presi-
dent George McKerrow.
1t was purely a test night, and we
lost money, considering the heavy ex-
pense and the light attendance; but we
proved that a night fair will win in Wis
consin, as it has in Minnesota for sew
eral years. In the first place, we had a
cool night; then we followed big Labor
day demonstration and people were over
worked. But the light and all the work
went off admirably, better than at the
Minnesota fair the first night Here
there were no bitches, and the pro-
gramme went off as well as we could
have expected. The night races were
good, in view of everything being new
and strange, even with tho horses and
drivers, as they were not accustomed tC
going by electric light"
Gov. La Toilette Speaks.
Gov. La Toilette and Dan Patch were
rival attractions Wednesday. The gov.
ernor kept his appointment and Dan would
have, had the rain of Tuesday night moi
been little too generous. 1t was an
nounced that the famous PAGER would moi
try to lower the worlds track record unit
Thursday.
Fire Run with Farm Horses.
The Milwaukee fremen stationed al
the state fair had their first call on Tues
day evening, when a leaky gasoline stove
started an inciplent blaze at the luncl
tent of Mrs. Ida Lorenz. The farm
horses engaged to haul the fire apparatus
were not UP in their parts and the fire
men were delayed in getting to the scene
In the meantime Officer c.. F. Utpate
had extinguished the fire.
Friday Carnival Day.
Friday was a sort of carnival day a.
the state fair, and in order to make
things and the scenes as pretty as posi-
bic A. G. Clas and Alvin p KIetzscl
arranged for large quantities Of confetti
and serpentine streamers for general use
Says $4,000 Were There
Secretary True estimated attendance al
2:30 p. m. on Thursday at $4,000 anC
people were still coming