The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04
PROSPECT IS GOOD.
Aidwinter Exposition VIII Be
Larger Than Ever.

T. A. Borman, secretary of the Kan
Eas State Dairy association, the annual
meeting of which will occur during the
first three days of the Midwinter eX-
position, January 26 to Is, says that the
attendance will be very large ana
that the display of dairy products and
dairying machinery at the Midwinter
fair promises to be of unusual extent
and interest. At the Dairymens gath
ering there will be a number of speak
ers of national acquaintance and, on
account of the other attractions in To-
peka a that time it is expected to get
the attendance of q large number of
dairymen who might not otherwise
come.
The list Of exhibitors which Manager
u. s. Brigham has already collected in
the course of his preparations for the
big show includes some of the best
known manufacturers. OF the United
States and this year contains a bigger
per cent of large eastern manufacturers
than has been received in the past. But
Topeka and Kansas manufacturers
have come well to the front with their
support of the exposition. large ma
5ority of the total viii be of Kansas
manufacturers. The gas belt will show
up we'll and for the first time viii be
given a display by Kansas glass
blowing establishm emit In fact the
space provided by the exposition man
Rgement has been about all taken up
In the course of a week or so the last
of the contracts which are now under
consideration will be closed up.
Among those who have already ar
ranged to make displays are the fol-
lowing: c.. w. Douglas & Son, St.
Joseph. Mo; Crane & Co, Topeka;
Otto Kuehne & Co.. Topeka; Dos Rios
Coffee, Kansas City, Mo; Charles
Wolff Packing company. Topeka; Jen-
sen Manufacturing company Topeka;
7. K. Jones, Topeka; National Soap
company, LeavenwOrth; Kansas State
Dairy association, Kansas City; H. B.
Howard, Topeka; MacDowen Once
Supply company, Topeka; Loose W lies
Candy and Cracker company, Kansas
City; w. H. Fernald, Topeka; De Laval
Separator company, Bloomfield, N j.
Jordan, Topeka; Horlicks Food com
pany, Racine Wis. continental Cream
cry company. Topeka; Empire Cream
Separator company. Bloomfield, n. J.
Topeka Paper company, Topeka; Bat
tie Creek Breakfast Food company
Quincy, III. Kneipp Malt Food com
pany Manitowoc, Wis; Sugar City
Cereal mills, Norfolk, Neb.; Coffeyvillt
Bottle Glass company, Coffeyville.
While a number of the old exhibitor.
will come back, Manager Brigham has
taken considerable pains to get new
ones for the sake of the change from
last wear. Those who will come bacl
are planning to alter the appearance o
their new display. The decorations O
the Auditorium will be made as new
and attractive as possible. Manager
Brigham has not yet given out his de
signs for the decorative work. Thes'
will all be in the hands of w. w
Gillespie who is just now out of tbs
city Mr. Gillespie had charge of TIT
designing of the staging last year am
the year before. This year he Will lool
after the entire decorations.
In speaking of his plans for the dis
tinctly amusement part of the exposi
ton, Manager Brigham said today:
1.-The clean, high class vaudeville at
fractions that have been presented
have proved drawing features. and i
is an appreciation of this fact tina
has imDelIed the management to secUr
for this winters exposition some yer!
exceptional European novelty acts tina
have never before appeared in the ives
and viii probably never appear her
of this engagement they are b0ole'
for appearance in the big vaudeville
theaters of New York At the end o
the season they will go back t
Europe.
1.-The exposition Of last winter wa
more largely Datronized than was tn
one of the preceding winter. The at
tendance from over the state aggre
gated ten thousand people, which wa
three times the attendance of the frs
year The total attendance last wiz
ter was fifty thousand. The report
that are coming in from the advertis
ing corps which is now engaged in put
ting out paper in the eastern part O
the state indicate that the people O
Kansas appreciate the fact that tn
exDositions of the past two winter
have been all and even more than the
were represented to be-