Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-04
OPENING DAY OF STATE FAIR
Polics and Commercial Cluo Making War
On EKtortiOnste Charges
TRYING TO GIVE VISITORS A SQUARE DEAL
Labor Day Parade Attracts Large
Crowd 60 streets and is n Great
success I'm Every Par
ttouIar.
ORION a Stan Correspondent

Trom a Stan Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept. 2--(special) 1.-The OPEN
ing Of the state fair today marked by
q concerted effort on the part of the police
and the Commercial club to prevent the
charging of extortonAte charges for rooms
and board. II has been tho boast of Lin
coin that prices are not raised during the
state fair, but within the past few years
there have been many complaints. The
police began the Greek bootbacks this
morning. who had increased their prices
and required them to take their chairs in
side their buildings City Clerk Pratt, act
ing as a policeman, arrested the proprietor
OF one shining shop. Another Greek who
occupied sidewalk space was notified by
the police that the city council would re-
woke his permit IL he raised prices. The
Commercial club issued notice that II de-
sired to be notfned Of any cases of extor-
ton that may be practced. The club is
operating q bureau for the rooming of Visit
tors during the fair and on Bryan day.
the offer OF roons with a price OF $3.50
for lodging was turned down by the bureau
and his rooms were not listed. One dollar
10 the maximum charge and 20 cents is the
average par person.
The state fair is full to overlooking in all
departments and the attendance was fairly
good today. 1t is feared by the fair man
ayers that many visitors will hold OF till
wednesday, the day of the Bryan recep-
ton, and that the attendance during the
week will be light. On the whole a record
breaking attendance 10 expected.
Some complaint has been heard that the
fair board cut down premiums in some of
the departments and, thus crippled some of
the exhibits, and added the prize money
to the speed department. 1T will break
up the fair II It Is not stopped" said the
superintendent of department. President
Youngers explained that the real increase
IN the speed money will not amount to
more than 1900, because some of the best
races did not I'LL. He also explained that
the complaint heard comes mostly from
departments that were monopollzed in the
past by manufacturing exhibitors who ex-
hibit solely for the money there is in It.
The great increase in the amount of ex-
hibits and the addition of permonent build
ings makes the fair on the whole better
than It has ever been.
The board 10 pursuing the policy OF
limiting free tickets more and more each
year. This season they have whitfield the
list down by the hundreds, and the man
ayers hope to see the day during their Of
ncial life when everybody will be willing
to pay and ask no favors.
are allowed on the grounds One chap
started selling cough drops with jewelry as
prizes, but he was stopped at once.
The program today is as follows:
Program of the Day.
500 a. m.-Judsing class A. horses. at the
Judging. class B. cattle. at the stock
judging. class C. swine, at the stock
1890 a m.-Concert In horticultural square
by York Commercial club band.
1926 a. m-League base ball before the
srandstsnd by Lincoln and Sioux City.
Zoo p. m.-Pacing, 2'so stake. purse 81. 900
Pacing, s-year-old and under stake purse
gTrettlns, a-yesr-oid class. purse $50
ctcNebrsska derby. one and half miles,
Guideiess wonder. Or. Tom. III.
Showing saddle horses in front Of grant
Concert by York Commercial club band
Singing by Morphy, 1.-THE man who sing:
TO beat the band"
Attractions on the pike
Labor Day Parade.
Hundreds OF members of the labor un
ions and auxiliaries of Lincoln and Have
lock and representatives of the different
workmen's organizations OF Beatrice ant
other cities of Nebraska congregated OF
South Eleventh street early today, wher'
they formed in line to take part in th'
annual IabOr Gay paraoe, winch STARTED
on its march from Eleventh and X street'
through the business and a few residence
streets OF the city.
At il o'clock, the hour set for the start
all lines had been formed and the parad
started promptly, the members of tn
different unions following the platoon o
city police headed by Chief Cooper.
- 1t moved north on Eleventh to N cas-
on N. to Twelfth. north on Eleventh t
p. west on p to Ninth. south on Mint
20 o. east on o to Eleventh, and south o.
Eleventh to NJ streets where II disbande6
The members of the general committe
are as follows: @. e. Locker. presi
dent: Bert Chapman. secretary and treas
urer; T. c. Kelsey, ladies' label league
N Carroll. bricklayers' union; w. W
Price. plasterers' union; w. L. Mayer
electrical workers union; @. II. DeLace,
painters and decorators union; @. +
Locker typographical union Bert CHR
man. plumbers union; @. F. Quick, car
,penters' union; s. J. Stewart cigarmaker
union; q. II. Bush. leatherworkers unior
George Parker pressmen's union; L. Bali
sellG fathers union; A L. schieringe