Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-31
State fair receipts:

Miscellaneous, etc. 6ouo
\. Totals -. $780,. .s1o1,954 ss7a79
Totals $7S,199
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 31.--The hostility
of some of the newspa pers the refusal
of the railroads to put in excursion
rates, the threatening weather and
rain, and the fire which destroyed the
chief attraction outside the stock show,
and race program, all combined, only
made a small dent in the receipts of
the state fair as compared with last
year.
When the gates closed last night
there was surplus of about S20,ooo
over all expenses. Had the weather
Of the week been like that of yester-
day. and had the railroads cooper
ated with the state In making the
fair success, and had there been no
rain or cold weather or fires, the man
agement' believes that the surplus
would have reached $4,000.
Managers Are Gratified.
Under the circumstances the man
agement IS gratified that there was
MO deficit. Yesterday demonstrated
what would have happened had there
been good weather The gate receipts
were twice those of last year. During
ali of the week the grandstand re-
ceipts have been much larger than IN
former years. Superintendent w. ..
Brown of the privilege department al
most doubled the receipts in his de-
partment last year, and this year ne
broke that record. Every section OF
the exposition was superior, the re-
CENTS everywhere except on the gem
eral attendance We're larger, and both
the exhibitors shows and the races
and other amusement programs were,
better. Bad weather and no excursion
rates combined to keep the people
away. So
1--WE are well satisfied said Presi-
dent Charles E. Cameron yesterday
Eve looked askance at the threatening
clouds during all OF the week until to-
day. Had every day been as fine as
this we would have closed with $75,0OO
surplus, The people wanted to come,
but when they saw it raining or ABOUT
to rain at home, they supposed 1t
would be raining in Des Moines also,
and in Des Moinese the rain kept the
people at home.
Steel Grand Stand.
M A steel grand stand is the crying
need of the fair grounds and this the
mana cement will push before the next
legislature Last winter the MANAGE
ment withdrew its Endorsement Of the
grand stand improvement for the pur-
pose of cooperating with the swine
breeders Of the state in asking the leg
islature for suitable pavilion In which
to display to the world the fact that
Iowa lis the great hog producing state
of the nation. This investment was the
best that could have been made, the
management believes. The swine
breeders were tremendously pleased
with it. The live stock interests are
now prepared to cooperate with the
MISUNDERSTANDING i'll SCSu1ti5 OtllC1 -uCC0Cui
improvements.
A grand stand that will cost 100000,
that will seat $1,000 or 10000 people,
that will accommodate under shelter
beneath as many people as it seats,
that will be faced by paddock which
will accommodate 1900 or 5000 in case
of emergency.
Iowa Shorthorn breeders reveled in
the Shorthorn exhibit at the state fair
this year. In many ways it was con-
test between the descendants of White
hall Sultan and Choice Goods. The
Whitehall Sultan stock was owned
chiefly by F. w. Harding, of Wau-
keska
At Kansas City some time since there
was a public auction of Shorthorns and
among the bidders was C.. F.. Mitchell,
of F'arragut Iowa. There was one
Shorthorn bull calf that everybody was
agreed was the poorest calf in the lot
with the one exception of Mitchell.
Mitchell picked him out a winner. ALI
the bidders passed the calf by and
Mitchell bought 1t cheap. At the Iowa
state fair this year It took second rib
bon in competition with Anoka Sultan.
sired by Whitehall Sultan and owned
by Harding. Mitchelrs calf is Condo
mar, sired by Choice Goods The con-
test between the two animals, which
were entered in the senior yearling
class, was so close that three extra
judges had to be called in to decide
the matter
Descendants Of Whitehall Marshall
and Choice Goods We're in close COM
petition in other classifcations. In the
first classification, the aged bull class,
Whitehall Marshall. sired by Whitehall
Sultan took first and Good Choice, sired
by Choice Goods took second.
In the class of over two years old and
under three Avondale, sired by White
hall Sultan took first and no descendant
of Choice Goods was entered in COM
petition. The honors in the senior
yearlng class We're divided as noted
above. In the junior yearling class
Premier. sired by Choice Goods took
first and Red Sultan sired by White
hall Sultan, took second.
In the other ella ssifications where the
descendants Of these two strains Of
Shorthorns was entered 1t was practi->
cauy the same story. 81