Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-02
BIG PRIZE Winning
TEAMS At EXHIBIT
Hold Championship as Best of
Their Class In the World
Anywhere
PRIZE WILL BE SILVER CUP
This Feature Alone Of the State Fair
Will Attract Many People--Races a
Stronger Feature This Year Than
Ever Before-other Rumored An
nouncements Of Political Candidates.
snec,al to Times Republican,


Des Moines, Aug 2.-one OF the
greatest features of the state: fair this
wear will be the exhibit Of the big
prize winning teams of the big firms
such as the champion six horse Per-
cheron team of the Pabst Brewing
Company. which won the champion
ship at the international fat stock
show at Chicago. The team is COM
posed OF six Percheron horses that are
considered by experts to be as nearly
perfect in every feature as it is pos
sible for a horse to be. The Swift
Packing Company has also agreed to
show it's team of fine horses, six Per-
cherons, and other big firms will have
teams of six horses to show in compe.-
tition. Secretary Simpson is investiga-
ting the matter of fine cups and the
prize will be silver cup The teams
are put In harness that is worth $500
for each set of harness and hitched to
wagons that cost $1,000. The teams
are shown in teams of two, four and
six horses and will be brought out onto
the race track as exhibition features
between some of the heats. 1t is be-
lieved by Secretary Simpson that the
feature will attract a great many peo-
pie to the fair as the teams are count
ed the best there are Of their class In
the world anywhere and hold the
championship as such.
Just now at the state house the Of
flee Of the state fair association are
about the most active that there are.
A vast amount advertising matter is
being sent out to advertise the fair
land on top of this the time OF making
the entries in the stock exhibits which
closed yesterday made extra work.
Now that the entries are all in there
are found to be about eighty car loads
or about four train loads of cattle to
be at the state fair. There are eighty
five or ninety car loads OF hogs, about
forty car loads of horses and every pen
at the sheep barn is taken making the
seven barns full Of sheep. The names
hibitors there are anywhere in the
United States.
The races are stronger feature
this year than ever before and the time
between heats will be filled with a
greater variety of attractions. One of
these is to be high school mare, Hell
en-, owned by o. ]. Moores, of Colum-
bia, Mo. She is a fancy saddler and
cake walk horse that has the reputa-
ton of being one Of the best trained
there is in the country anywhere. 1t
is the intention to have the Liberatti
band play each morning on a platform
east Of the stock pavilion and at the
races between heats during the first
part Of the races. The government In
dian band and other attractions will
fill in between the heats during the
latter part of the races. These with
the woman's relay race, the high
school horse, besides the increased
number Of races will add materially
to the interest in the races this year.
There is report here to the effect
that the announcement of the canGii-
dacy of A. 1. Smith, aus candidate
against Col. w. P. Hepburn for con-
gress in the Eighth district is merely
the forerunner to the announcement,
of about three other candidates for the
same office. This information comes
thru high political authority and
from the same source is confirmation
of the story that District, Attorney
Miles will not be a candidate Of the
standpatters or candidate at all
against Hepburn. This is based on the
reports and statements of politicians
from that district who come to Des
Moines. The other candidates may not
be announced for some little time, but
have decided practically to make the
race.
According to the assessments made
by the executive council the railroads
of Iowa will pay this year a trifle over
one-tenth Of the state tax. The tax
levy is 80 mills, and the figures show
ing the assessment of the various kinds
of property have already been publish
ed. A paper and pencil will show the
rest The amount of taxes that the
various kinds of property will pay is as
follows:
Farms ~, ,O9I l9b.03
Town lots Observation-Disclosures. 326, ,537. SO
Personal property ........ 342, 10000
Railroads ......... 186222.43
Electric railroads ......... 1.404.04
Express companies ....... 1,2S3.64
Sleeping cars ............. 6SS.93
E,c1lirmaOf cars S4027