Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-23
IOWA FAIR WILL
HAVE. Full SWAY.
Not Another Fair in the United
States on the Dates
Given 1t
EASTERN FAIRS HELD LATER
The Dates Assigned to the Iowa Asso-
citation are August "a to 31-Prestige
As Fine Stock Show Will be I'm
usually Enhanced-WiII Not Have
to Divide the Field.
pacial to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 23.-The prestige Of
the Iowa State Fair as fine stock
show will be enhanced by the condi-
lions and the date Of the fair next year.
The directors preferred the old date Of
the lasr week in August and the meet
ing Of the association Of fairs at Chi
cago gave them August "a to 81. The
conditions that will aid. the fair are
that there is not another fair in the
United States on those dates. Iowa
will lead off and it is expected that
from this fact the best stock of the
country will be brought to this state
to start on the circuit of the western
fairs. The eastern fairs will not be
held till considerably later and the best
breeders of the east will bring their
stock here for showing. Minnesota,
Ohio, and Nebraska state fairs come
the week following and Wisconsin,, In
diana, New York, South Dakota and
Topeka, Kan, come the week follow
ing that or September 10 to Is. Michi-
gan, Sioux City, Hutchinson, Kan, come
September II to %; Illinois September
"a to 20; Missouri October to and
the American Royal at Kansas City,
October to 13. Iowa will It is ex-
pected, get the cream of all the fine
stock there is in the country and the
excellent and record breaking fine
stock show at the fair of 1905 may be
excelled by the show Of
1905. The other state fairs following
that of Iowa will have to divide the
field. The exhibitors will some go one
place and some another, but with Iowa
it has only to make the attraction
suitable and the stock men will have
their fine stocks here.
1T remained for an Iowa man to cap
ture the grand prize for the best load
of steers at the International show in
Chicago last week. Secretary John C..
Simpson of the state agricultural socie-
ty il, back from Chicago and is ex-
tremely we'll pleased with the way
Iowa people carried off prizes. Claus
Kralnbeck of Marine, who captured the
grand prize for the best load of steers
has taken the same prize now for three
successive years. His car load was
sold for $S.65 and weighed 1924 dress
ing out 645 per cent beef. His record
will perhaps not he equalled again at
least in many years. The steer BLACK
Rock from the agricultural college
that captured the grand prize in the
Angus class was picked out last year
by Prof Curtis in the lead that took
the second prize and was purchased
from Swift & Co., who purchased the
load. C. j. Martin, of Churdan, e. T..
Davis, of Iowa City, and Mr.. Miller, OF
Metz all captured prizes and the grand
prize for Shorthorn bull..w still to be
determined between Frank Harding, Of
Wa.ukesha, Wis, and Charles A.
of Manila, Iowa. Harding
with two animals captured first and
second at the Iowa state fair and has
taken first and second at every fair at
which they have been shown this year
till the International was reached. In
the judgment of many the animal own
ed by Saunders is the better, having
greatly since it was shown
in competition with the Harding ami
NAL here.
According to State Architect Liebbe,
work in progress at the various state
institutions is moving nicely, but some
Of the buildings are sure to be late in
being completed. The contractors are
never able to make up lost time. There
are thirty-three carpenters at work at
Council Bluffs on the interior finishing
of the main building there. There are
at work on finishing the
buildings for the Knoxville inebriate
asylum. The only other place where
there is any considerable work in pro-
gl.ess is at Eldora, where the work is
being done by the boys of the indus
trial school under the direction Of the
The Knoxville build
ings must be completed by the first of
next month as the institution must be
opened then.
The Mehodists Of the Dubuque dis
trict are pleased at the actions of State
Riggs in his efforts to
raise the standard of the teachers of the
state At the quarterly conference at
Epworth they passed resolutions to
that effect and instructed the secretary
to so inform Prof. Riggs. The letter
from the secretary has been received
and the resolutions give the endorse
,nent Of the conference and express the
hopes Of the conference that he will be
in securing the necessary
legislation.
sss
The stories concerning the reap
pointment of Ed Knott of Waverly as
marshal for the northern district at
tracts attention to the matter of the
of the district attorney
for the northern district. 1t has been
expected that Congressman Birdsall
would recommend the appointment OF
Knott There was nothing else for him
to do In the allotment of these APP
pointments the marshal went to Bird
sail. There is a rumor afloat, however,
that in the appointment of district at
torney things may break lose and that
Chase of Webster City may secure the
The appointment ac-
cording to the custom of things would
go to Cousins of the Fifth district and
Cousins might naturally be supposed
to recommend the appointment OF M. j.
Tobin Of Vinton, in his own district.
The appointment, however. according
TO the claims may not follow the lines
of the agreement. The appointments
are made by the president ON the
of the entire Iowa
the delegation dividing the
matter, heretofore. Now it is said that
Chase has four OUT of the eight OF the
Iowa delegation In the northern part OF