Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-26
Young People Trying For schol-
arships' Offered by Iowa
Agricultural College
FIGHT FOR SPACE
Machinery and Vehicle Men Have Hard
Time Finding Ground Room for Ex-
hibits-Gates Open to the Public To-
day-Governor Packard Laughs
Man Back to Health.
Special to Times-Republican.

Spe2jal to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug 26-The gates were
opened today to the greatest falr iowa
and the west has ever seen. Machinery
exhibitors this year fought over ground
that In former years they could not
be induced to think of occupying. All
the space from theN race track west TO
the extreme limits of the grounds is
occupied. When the Waterloo exhlol-
tors reached the city they found that
the tent they had provided was NOT
half large enough for the exhibit. One
Waterloo buggy company brought an
entire carload OF buggies and very
quickly sized up the situation that II
could not get it's exhibit under the tent
with the rest There was then a sour
rying about. Another big tent nearly
as large as the other was secured Tor
1t and space near the rest of the wafer
loo exhibit found Other Waterloo ex-
hibitors were also forced No get other
tent room.
There are twenty six makes of bug
gies being exhibited. There are at
least dozen cement concerns making
exhibits where there were heretofore
but two or three They exhibit all
sorts of machinery for manufacturing
all sorts of things from cement. There
are three steam plows on the ground,
shown in operation. Once before there
was one such plow shown. They plow
furrow twelve feet or more wide.
There are more traction engines and
threshers shown than ever before. A
modern silo built in sections is set up
on the ground. Manufacturers nave
talked OF showing them before, but
never have. A large number OF farn
implement firms that have not shown
for years are showing this year.
Among the curiosities is machine
that manufactures wire fence, binder
twine manufacturing machine. porta-
BILE feed grinder that grinds the finest
flour, the grinder being in operation
and the flour from it manufactured
into biscuit and served to the visit
ors.
For-the men and women of Iowa who
are interested in raising of that animal
that Congressman Dawson declared
could produce in three months as much
wealth as all the banks Of the New
York clearing house-the. American
hen-will find that this year far ex-
GELS all others. The poultry building is
full and there is a generous exhibit OF
the Orpington chicken, a new breed, the
admirers of which prophesy that 1T
will displace the Plymouth Rock and
be to the poultry industry what short
horn cattle are to the cattle industry.
Contests for Scholarships.
Today the gates Of the fair opened
for the throngs from all over Iowa and
Immediately the two stock pavilions
became centers of attraction. 1t was
evident that whatever else the Iowa
fair might be it's superiority is best
shown in the live stock exhibit. In
Guiding machinery and all other depart
ments the number of exhibitors this
year is about a hundred larger than
last year, or total of about twelve hum
dred. The Iowa exhibitors in the ma
chinery and commercial departments
number SO per cent of the whole, in
IlOTSGS ~ pei SSlll, III So1IiS w ~
cent. in hogs 81 per cent, and in sheep
43 per cent
The feature of the forenoon was the
state college contests for scholarships.
The boys were given work In stock
judging alongside Of the regular Judges
in horse and cattle departments and
then in corn judging. The following
are the boys who entered the contest:
r. W. Leffler, Stockport; I. O.. Has
brouck, Humeston: E. Hanson, Dean;
R. w. Wood, Soldier; j. Blumer,
Wheatland; NJ o. Cooper, Manson; G.
E. Phillips, Centerville; W. M. Mcclure,
Ottosen; Chas. Walter, Mitchellville;
P. c. Taft, Panora; E. L. Quaife, Ionia;
erts, Madrid; c. H. Kennedy, Ankeny;
L. Kennedy, Rolfe; E. Escher, Upton;
j. c. Noll Arthur; John Hartwell, Tip
ton; ]. H. vader, Pocahontas; f..
Fraseur, Upton; c. R. Hutcheson,
West Branch; j. NJ Hales. Keosauqua;
C. w. Chandler, Kellerton; j. B.
Mitchell, Farragut; H. Walker,
Swan; B. r. Snyder, Abingdon; c. G.
Terrell, Montezuma; L. Cessford, Tip
ton; r. Buckley, Monroe; A. w. Wes-
ton. Audubon; w. Lynes, Plainfield;
L. L. Van Ginkel, Des Moines; B.
Mckee, 1ndianola; R. Mckee, Indian
ola; R. G. Jones, Marion; H. Vaughn.
Marion: H. A. Longworth. Polk City.
The girls cooking contest for schol-
arshps at the state college took place
in the forenoon also. the following be-
ing the girls who participated: Jessie
NJ. Roberts. Luther; Nellie r. Patter-
son, Burt; Edith c. Bliss, Diagonal;
Grace r. Scott, Griswold; Gladys
Gormley Bondurant; Mary Day, At
ton; Margaret ]. Gray, Ames; Velda j.
Wilson Sigourney; Emma Teller.
Humboldt; Florence Durham, Ames.
Horse Judging Commences.
The horse judging commenced
promptly In the stock pavilion at 9
a n.. the Clydesdales, Percherons,
Morgans and other best breeds being
brought out first. Prof. Cu.ttss ex,