Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-27
Receipts Large Enough to Leave
Fine Surplus In the Treas
ury For Improvements
WILL CREATE A SINKING FUND
This Fund Will be Held Asains. Pos.
sibIe Losses in the Future on Ac-
count of Bad Weather or Other caus.
es-cattle Show This Years Greatest
Attraction.

Des Moines Aug. 27-The great Iowa
state fair of 1904 is all over.
| Its gross income was S59,07060, or
| s5,659.99 in excess of the gross receipts
Of the exposition of last year.
This income assures net revenue
or surplus which will be used in part
in creating sinking fund TO guard
against Indictment weather in futur.
fairs and In part in the Improvement
Of the grounds.
A meeting of the state fair directors
will be held at the office Of Secretary
Simpson at the capitol this morning at
9 o'clock to check up the finances but
at this time no discussion will be in
dulged respecting the improvements Of
the coming year.
The receipts yesterday amounted to
only $2,429.S9, as against more than st..
100 last year, so that the surplus OF re-
ceipts this year over last did not hold
up to the figures which it was hoped
they would reach Thursday night when
they climbed To $1,000. The grand
stand yesterday was only comfortably
filled with people. 1t was not packed
as on several former occasions.
The Eleventh cavalry attractions
yesterday and the Des Moines fire de-
partment races undoubtedly were re-
sponsible for the great crowd in the
grand stand. The fact Is that the Des
Moines contributions to the entertain
ment of the people. during the fair.
have been among the most effective In
gaining shekels for the fair manage
ment. This fact its members realize.
Some features of the cattle show
were the finest that ever were offered
in any live stock show in the world.
Most of the herds that We're here have
gone to Minneapolis, or will do so to-
day and then will show at one other
state fair before going to st. Louis.
Had the Iowa fair been two or three
weeks later it would have had to COM
pete with the worlds fair at st. Louis
course the show would not have been
half as fine as it was.
The parade Of the cattle yesterday
thru the show ring at the stock pa
yilion was not seen by multitude. but
1t was seen by an appreviative throng.
The stock men saw one of the big spec
tacles Of their lives: those who are not
experts could realize it's excellence.
Governor Packard has under consfd-
Grafton new plan with respect to tn.
of the silver cup offered the
prize grand beef herd. This scheme
was suggested by A. c. Binnie of Alta.
one of the prominent breeders OF the
state.
The beef herd competition is design
ed, of course. to show the breeds. Mr..
Binnie has suggested that since this
is so, each of the beef herds of each
breed be made up of the prize winners
or champions in the respective classes
which go to make up the herd. For
instance, the prize age bull or prize
two year-old bull of a certain breed
might be shown; with his the prize
steer. etc.
OF course, this would probably mix
the owners OF the cattle making up the
herd; that is, one breeder would not !
own all of the animals In the herd |
perhaps; but this is not considered a
serious matter. The cup might bs |
transformed into money by the assoc
citation, each OF the animals displayed
in the herd to be guaranteed a certain !
per cent of 1t; or the cup might go to
the association to be held year by year /
Mr.. Binnie and Governor Packard |
will work up the phrasing of contest
Of this kind for consideration before
the next premium list is announced.
The extent to which the cattle show
If the Iowa fair is growing better year
oy year is well illustrated by the fol-
owing statement of the number of cat |
lie of each breed shown at the last
.braa fair