Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-24
State Exposition Just Opening
Gives Evidence of Exceeding
All Previous Shows
NOW UP TO THE FARMERS.
Attendance is Only Requisite to Make
tho Fair a Financial Sucoess--Wed.
ding Trip in Airship Possible-New
Swine Pavilion Notwithstanding
Will Not be Neglected.
Special 10 Times Republican.

Special TO Times Republlcan.
Des Moines, Aug. 24.--The fifty-third
annual Iowa state fair and exposition
has opened under most favorable au-
spices. The state park, radiant with
beauty of flowers, is a perfect hive OF
industry. Never before has there been
such extensive preparations, or SO early
or so complete, and with everybody
confident that this year the fair VIII
make a record far in excess of any IN
the mast. Never before has there been
SO much doing in the preliminary
DAYS. never before such demand for
exhibition space, never SUCH crowding
of barns, never SO many tents erected
neves such disposition ito utilize III
some way every bit of the ground from
the gates to the hilltops.
Charles e. Cameron, of Alta, the
president, many years connected with
the fairs, said: 4 have never seen the
first day show up so well with GOOD
prospect, and have never seen tine
grounds in such fine condition. 1t now
only remains for the farmers, the Peo-
pie of Iowa whose fair this is, to get
out of it the good that is Intended by
coming here. From every direction
come reports that the people are pre-
pairing to attend the fair to show that
they are heart and soul with US in this
work"
Naturally the new swine pavilion is
the center OF attraction, and it is being
filled. Several hundred head of hogs
had to be turned away yesterday pc
cause there was no ROOM
Pressure for space became so strong
that yesterday temporary horse barn
was built with about fifty stalls, and
even then Il number of animals were
sent home The Kings horses will be
In the new brick horse barn. The old
swine pavilion has been fitted up for
a herd of fifty ponies.
Ex- Governor Packard says the cat
tie exhibit will be fully equal to the
best Iowa has ever had, except that
In the shorthorn class it Is going to be
betts., and, In fact, there never was
a finer exhibit OF the best herds OF
shorIhorns in the world" Late last
night he was still wrestling with the
problem of what to do with some OF
the nerds.
A hundred tuos of butter will be en-
tered n the dairy exhibit, and they Will
be as good butter as ever made.
The machinery exhibit has been
spread out Immensely. There are
three ssteain,4p lows on the grounds.
Twenty separate vehicle exhibits
are on the grounds. Irvine making
and wire fence making are great nov,
elites. Heavy machinery and traction
engines are numerous.
Professor Knabenshue and his wife
arrived direct from Toledo with his
new airship and yesterday the tent
was erected for it. knabenshue says
he will be good and ready Monday.
Today he received request from a
young Des Moines couple for pernis-
sion to take a wedding journey with
him to the skies, stating that if this
can be arranged they will get married
in time to take the trip. 1t is possible
this will be arranged.
Miss Ruusch, of the domestic SCI
ence department of the state college,
has received six entries for the girls
cooking contest, and she is fitting up
in the exposition building two model
furnished rooms to illustrate what can
be done for small sum in fitting up
home. The series of domestic sci
ence lectures commences on Monday.
The state college in all it's departments
is better represented than ever before.
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The racing feature of the fair has
not been neglected this year, even if it
has not been mentioned as much as
some other. There is $11, 400 to be given
in premiums for the races in this years
fair, and the entries show an abund-
ance of Iowa horses entered. Des
Moines has number of animals itself.
There are to be about ISL races OPEN
ing Monday afternoon and continuing
every afternoon turnout the week to
Friday afternoon. Some few of the
horses are entered for more, than one
race, but the great majority are single
entries There are about 12O horses
entered for the races. Many of them
have been entered in races at the state
fair before and are familiar to the pub
lie that patronizes races.
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