Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-06
Success of the Big State Show
Not Dependent on Railways
Nor County Newspapers
ROADS HAUL AS MANY PEOPLE
Visitors From Outside Des Moines as
Numerous as Last Year, Which Was
Record Breaker-ead Weather Kept
People Away From Grounds-House.
wives Make Fewer Exhibits.
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fair does not depend on railroad rates
for its success nor on county news
papers nor any other one thing. except
| The people, is considered as demon-
strated by the reports of the attend
ance and receipts at the state falr. sec
rotary Simpson has figured out that
the receipts for this year were only
about 71a per cent less than last year,
and last year was record year. Fur
thermore, the figures given out by the
railroads show as many people came 10
Des Moines during the state fair week
this year oil 2-cent mile rate as
came last year on a t1a-cent mile
rate. Officers OF the state fair believe
that the fact that the fair is state
institution, and has grown TIL II is one
Of the best there is in the United
States on. america. is the thlng that
Is making II a; success.
The receipts this year on TUESDAY
were about per cent less than on the
same day last year. On "Wednesday
the receipts were about IA per cent less,
on Thursday slightly less, and on Fri
day 40 per cent better. The total
showssabout s71s per cent less than the
total of last year In the counties adj
Joining Polk county so per cent and
more of the. voring population came to
the state fair, In towns as far north
as Emmetsburg there were so many
people came, more than the year before
that the newspapers didn't attempt to
chronicle their names.
About $4,000 will be put In inn
provements on the state fair grounds
before another state fair. This money
will be spent in cattle and horse barns,
so that there will not be the wasteful
expense of having to build temporary
barns which later must be torn down.
The work of extending the cement
sidewalks and cinder drives and fur
thel addition to the electric light plant
.wilissbe continued. There will be no
attempt to begin work on a steel am-
pl1itheatre That will cost $4,000 or
more and a legislative appropriation
will be necessary. 1t is not unlikely
that the next legislature may face the
proposition of a millage tax for the
purpose of completing the scheme of
permanent buildings.
The thrifty housewives Of Iowa are
no longer giving their attention to
making good butter and bread and
cake. At least the entries al the state
fair do not indicate it. There were
scores of entries of creameries in the
contest for the best creamery butter,
that the business is on a
commercial basis There We're only
about five entries for home made but
ter at the state fair this year. Two
Of these were from Minnesota, one from
Ankeny one from Valley junction,
and one from Indianola. There were a
few more entries of bread and few
more OF. preserves and the like, but the
home made goods are fast disappear
Ing. Whether this is due to the fact
that the women. of Iowa are engaged
in taking automobile tours and visiting
resorts instead of engaging in
the orderly pursuits of keeping house
IS for woman's societies to debate.
Purchase of $4,000 worth of flour
for the state, Of Iowa was effected at
the offices of the board of control
Yesterday.
An advance Of 81 per cent in the
price as compared with the price paid
by the state last year was suffered
by the board, but the 5000 inmates
and 1000 employees Of the state insti-
tutions must eat, and the members of
the board shuddered and bought.
A total of 1895 barrels are included
in the contract The average price
paid for the supplies was $4.32 per bar
rel. Last year the board got the -four
for 1928. This advance Of s1.03 per
barrel on the average. or 81 per cent,
costs the state almost $4,000.
The institutions secure the follow
ing quantities of -four for the ensu-
ing year, measured in barrels: