The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-09-06
FAIR AT KANSAS
CITY.

The first annual fair Of the Inter.
State Fair q Exposition association
win be given at elm Ridge race track
Kansas City, Mo- this fan, beginning
September 23rd and closing October
eth Into these two weeks win be
crowded a series OF entertainments
which IN every respect eclipse any
thing OF the kind ever seen in the
West There is no effort being made
TO compete with the various county
fairs in this territory, for the Inter
state Fair is IN a class by itself and
the people within a radius Of 200 to
soc miles OF Kansas City may attend
their respective county and district
fairs and then come to Kansas City
and see scores OF features which none
on all of the fairs they attended al
iorded
AS It's name implies, the project is
both fair and exposition. The kans-
as City fair Of a dozen years ago or
more was the great agricultural event
of this section, but Kansas City has
outsrown the purely agricultural fair,
yet il Is the logical place where the
lproducts and resources OF the sur
rCnding territory should be display.
ed But Kansas City is to more than
merely instruct the half million visit
tors who viii be here IN the resources
Of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and
the new state OF Oklahoma. In add.
ton to the manifold exhibits Of every
! Imaginable sort, floral and manufac-
turers displays and all the varied
features OF fair which embraces the
very best of all the big shows in this
line. the Interstate Fair will offer
a mammoth series of open air acts
[ end sensational vaudeville perform
ances OF which the great Parker
/ Anrgsement shows viii be the crown
! ling feature by day and the $4,000
Siege OF Jericho pyrotechnical spec
. "a he Will be the star attraction az
lnighi.
some idea OF the facilities with
which the fair association is equip
ped may be gathered from the fact
I that It has long lease on the hall
million dollar plant OF the Elm Ridge
race track the most complete race
track 10 the world and which COM
hines all the facilities of race track
with an the elegamcies OF a gentle
mems club. In addition 70 this. forty
acres has been set aside for purely
/ exposition purposes, so that no fair
I'm the west win have such spacious
accommodations. No matter how
large the crowds there cannot pos
sibly be any crowdiDg. for the street
railway accommodation will land
/ 10000 people a the grounds with
/ ease daring the day and evening and
onc0 al the grounds there Is ample
lroom for all TO witness the various
/ races and acts and 10 Inspect the
l countless displays Of all sorts
4 AS showing the scope OF the eXhi-
bits already planned for, the state
oi Missouri has appropriated $4,000
/ for its display and every dollar Of
! this VIII be spent for exhibits. as
nothing viii have 20 be spent for
buildings. booths or room lndepen-
deltly Of the immense exhibits Of the
stalls 81 the So Louis worlds far
/ tRt lhose collected by the state board
f6f agfic lture numerous counties
and individuals in the state viii make
displays competing for he liberal pre-
MI ms offered Il might be stated
I'm passing that the premium aud
I prize list for the fair aggregates $l5-
900 and the money Is IN bank, the
fair association being an incorporated
body. so that exhibitors are amply
protected Ia this respect
The state OF Kansas viii be repre-
sentcd by a varied exhibit frrom lho
iagricrlrral college al Manhattan, ln
addition TO numerous county and in
ldlSldual displays. For instance, Linn
lcounty has already prepared an ex
tensive display and I.eaYenwortll
county viii be represented Hitb q