The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-10
FAIR In READINESS
PREPARED TO RECEIVE EXHIBITS
AT GROUNDS.
Only Final Touches Remain to he Add
ed to- Preparations q. vandlvef
Park-lndicatiOns Point 70
Huge Crowd.

After months of preparation. tn.
management of the State Agricultural
Fair which will be given by the -i!ii-
bama Agricultural Association in this
city. from the 22nd to the alta o: th's
where they are now ready to enter upon
the final stage of the work.
Last night it was announced by Sec
rotary ]. c. Adams of the Association.
that Exhibit Hall, the main exhibition
ton of exhibits, and from now until
the opening Of the Fair. the scenes
about the large building will be scenes
OF business and energy.
marked out in the huge structure mas
been taken. and space has been applied
for which could not be given by the
Of the exhibitors. it will be necessary
During the next few days, persons will
the exhibits brought to theN grounds
Tor entry, and to look after the prop,r
placing of those exhibitors WAC Will
have booths for more extensive dis
plays
That the people OF the State are
coming to the Fair, Is regarded as an
assured tact by the Fair officials. Every
Yesterday a travelling man apple, 1T
the Fair headquarters for sricr. He
was offered a location from the rev
the, chance to get any place.
II have been arriving through IT,.
country" he said. and have feen In
ali are coming to the Fair and for thu
in on IT.
:. Other travelling men who have been
through the State have spoken, along
the same lines frequently and from
in I'D received by Yl.i,isls Of
have larger attendance ,h'n any
other exhibition Of like n-sure has
ever had.
one of the visitors to vandiver Park
yesterday was clifton Kirkpatrick,
proprietor of the Klrkview Farm Il,
Cahaba. He will enter exhibits for
prizes In the saddle horse German
horl cattle classes. After viewing the
grounds, he pronounced the I'arn tn,
prcttiest he mad ever seen. He said
that everything seemed to be condu-
Give to the utmost to encourage cA-
hibitors to bring their products to the
Work on the track durine the last
few days has been progressia. nicely.
until now ii Is almost in a ale Of
completion: This work has been held
started by hard rains which nave made
working on the big oval impossible.
Now, however, all the indications point
to the completion Of the work within
Much interest has been aroused in
the city and State over the Paine
"Pompeif spectacle. which will fori,,
one of the evening features OF enter
tainment during the Fair week. Prob
ably no entertainment of its kind has
| aver created such universal attenti ii
wherever exhibited as the Il ompeii.
In addition to being a daring piece
of work. it is one of the most original
and complicated productions of tne
pyrotechnist ever produced. Four hun
dred trained people are necessary for
its production. while the scenery GOV
ers four acres. The paraphernalia will
be brought to Montgomery in a iew
days in twenty cars specially prepar-
ed for the purpose. A portable am
phitheatre will be erected with seats
for 10000 people, while the entire
grounds will be lighted by the COM
pan3's portable electric light plant.
More than $1,000 worth OF fireworks
will be displayed nightly. including a
large number of set pieces.