New Ulm review., 1906-09-19
STATE FAIR SOMETHING Big
Attendance Exceeds Any Previous
Years Record.
Products of State Demonstrate a
Surprising Prosperity.
Exhibits Surpass Those of Last
Year in AlllParticulars.

Like everything else there are people
who attend the state fair year after
year and see very little of the fair and
then there are others who go there and
see most of all there is to see. To see
and understand all would be we'll nigh
impossible in the short space of one
week. The state fair is getting to be
something immense beyond the con-
ception of those who have had the
management of it in charge.
There was a disposition on the part
of many people to believe that the at
tendance this year would be below that
of last year from the fact that the en-
campment of the Grand Army came SO
close to the time of the fair, but in this
all we're disappointed for the attend
ance has been something phenominal.
It is hard TO realize the immense
amount of work connected with the
preparation of an undertaking so
large as this and IN getting it ready
every year, having to do much of the
work over every time the gates of the
fair are to be opened, and yet there is
apparently no improper arrangement
and there is purpose and system in
everything.
That which attracts most of the peo-
pie from the county and from other
states is the agricultural display and
the display of horticultural products
of the state, and as the years pass
each contributes to the superiority of
the year that has proceeded until it is
beginning to demonstrate something in
the line of fruit raising that is simply
marvellous.
The past few years have been more
than ordinarily adapted to different
lines of fruit and they have excelled,
and the only fear is that there will be
return to the earlier conditions OF
the state in the line OF temperature
| and there will be a succession Of years
of cold as there has been a succession
of years of wet weather, following the
dry years, and the reclaiming by the
elements for marshes land that for
years has been GUILTY. ated to large
extent. It is possible that there is a
return to these conditions periodically,
and if this is the case there may be a
return to weather that will be detri-
mental to fruit raising, but as the
products of the fair are now they
demonstrate possibility in this line
that is surprising.
In the attendance at the fair it
seemed that a large per cent of the
people from every part OF the state
were there, for it was possible at most
any time to meet people with whom
you were acquainted from various
parts of the state, and the hotels OF
both of the cities were simply crowded
to the very top and cots were sold at
the price of good rooms. This feature
was unpleasant and did not give the
visitors square deal for many of the
hotels simply doubled their prices and
people who expected the money they
took with them to last for several days
found that they had to return before
they were ready.
One thing that was gratifying was
the excellence of the street car service
and as good as this is it was still in.
adequate to handle the crowd, not sc
much because there were not cars
enough but because the power supply
of the electrical plant was not sufficient
to carry more cars and it was taxed
to its limit, SO much so that it was
with difficulty at times the cars were
able to make their way up the grades
The fair is worth ALI costs to whom
soever goes there to learn what car
be done in the different lines of enter
prise in the state.
There are but two democratic aspir