The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-26
ONE MORE WEEK.,
STATE FAIR OPENS
All Exhibitors Space Taken and
Demand Grows
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE FAIR
GROUNDS AT SPRINGFIELD
INTERESTING PROGRAM
FOR THE WEEK

With every foot Of space assigned
and demand sufficient to fill anoth-
er ground as Large. with 10000 ax-
pended on new build res ana the Ga
nacity increased by 400 stalls for cat
Tie and 15a FOR horses, the Illinois Stat
fair, R0w only week otf, promises to
he til fact ali well ais tha advertise.
ments say. tho greatest fair Oh earth
says the Springfield News
MOI only mas fhe state board of agri-
culture made provisions for Inc greaG-
ast exhibits and the biggest crowds.
but Tile railroads and the city of
lSprlngfiald have prepared to accomo
dat the entire 4taFe IL X should come.
The Ia general assembly made APP
pra 3siatians for new buildings and re-
pairs bn tha old The new structures
aFe now nearing completion The
fire proof barn fog dairy cattle To cost
$4,000 III th most Important improve.
Emant. This building will be one Of the
most attractive oil the grounds, Il
1 is located directly west Of tie coils
cum AMI occupies The space 200 by
X 100 formerly occnp ed hy three frame
barns, whica have been moved ID 9th
Eer parts of tha grounds The new
\ building ~ OF concrete foundations
anil red pressed brick and stone su-
pefstnucture The roof iii supported
hy d steel construction truas syst snl
land there I'll not post Oh support III
the entire building. Tho roof II 81
fred tile. There Will DO stalls for 40l
II heal of dairy cattle
A feature of this building that Will
Eattract attention III the brick, which
were made at Chester state prison by
canycts, and arc the first ta enter
into the construction of a large state
building.
The second building ia size ana I'M
.portance III the stable for runners
This i designed Oh the LATEST ideas
ii contains a central passageway with
IG0 willie stalls On each side. Each
animal Will face the outside and each
stall has its door opening outward
so that III case of fire II viii he aas,
10 rescue an tine animals THAI may bt
insilc
Other improvements consist of new
roads, walks and ponds, paints ard re
I pairs Of MINOR nature
, The board has never mad such
\ fdemand for space 1t IL estimate,
I. there viii bc 1900 head OF hogs. SU
\ head 81 cattle, 900 head Of sheep So
" head Of horses, $500 heal Of chick
ems and other kinds Of poultry. 81
important have exhibitors considers
this fair that many Of them arc al
ready here and arc al work gettint
! ready. The farm machinery depart
!. mint will bc more crowded than eve
y before, and fully as many have beai
I. turned away as have applied for spac
II From political standpoint the fat
y VII be important. Though X ID YER
j unlikely that any definite results vii
\ DO obtained or announcements made
n very republican politician seems [
nave arranged to come Ia the expo,
cation that something will be doing.
None of the senatorial candidate
actual or prospective, viii have heai
M quarters oil the grounds, though d
le OK them will be there, Governor ~
q med viii not follow the custom /,
" holding formal RECEIPT ons, He in n
b. ing 10 the fair on several days, bl
Ia he says. merely Az matter Of Do
ig sunal pleasure 10 see III exhlaitio
and understand how II ~ conducted