The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-10


one sick and the other injured, were
/ cared for yesterday by the Red Cross
nurses and after an hour sent back to
see the rest of the fair programme. A
| man appeared with a broken head and
| woman with an injured hand that
| showed indications of blood poisoning.
Both injuries were dressed with anti
| seDtics.
There seems to be a narrow minded,
tlght-hsted policy somewhere in the
management of the state fair this year.
First 1t was R. I. Lee who refused the
local press any courtesy and now comes
another by the name of Gill and denies
the state Journal reporters access to
the grounds under the plea of orders
from Treasurer c. E. Jewell. 1t is only
justice to state that without the press
the falr could never have been launch
ed in the beginning or carried along to
a successful end of its voyage. Hun
dreds of columns exploiting the fair
! have been cheerfully printed free of
charge and it Eas expected that re-
porters carrying press tickets would at
least be admitted to the grounds when
they went to get news of the fair, even
if the rest of the office force was turn
ed down. But the fair management
could not see it that way. The papers
had done their work free of charge, let
them whistle now, the fair was nearly
over. Should this same management
be in charge of the fair next year they
VIII have some trouble with one paper
in this city right at the beginning. Had
the state fair reading notices this year
been paid for by the line the cost
would have run as high as $1,000 The
only pay for this service was a few
tickets and these were not honored last
night. One reporter was refused ac-
cess to the races by Lee and Gill sent
a deputy sheriff after a reporter last
night whose press ticket had been turn
ed down by this same Gill and who
walked into the grounds anyway and
ordered him to put him out of the
grounds. The deputy sheriff. when the
matter was explained to him by the
angry newspaper man, censured the
narrow-minded policy of the manage
ment himself and allowed the reporter
to go to the secretary's office to get
the news he desired from the records
of the fair
The judges in the live stock classes
worked hard all day yesterday in the
show ring and practically completed
their labors. The Iowa and Illinois
breeders carried most of the prizes in
the cattle class, while Nebraska breed
ers showed strong in the swine contests.
This successful invasion of the Sunflow
er state by her cousins to the east and
north should stimulate the Kansas
breeders to greater efforts in the rails
ing of thoroughbred stock. The lesson
of breeding fine stock is the most prac-
tical and beneficial of all the duties of
Ine IdTnleF anu Is the principal ODJeCI
of the state fair. The results will be
seen in future Kansas state fairs.
The race track has its devotees and
the grandstand is crowded every day.
but the cattle stalls and the pens of
swine have also drawn big crowds ev-
cry day of the fair. The town man
brings his family to see these orna-
ments of the stock breeders care and
pains as well as the farmer The for
mer is surprised, astOnished, while the
latter is pleased and interested.
The fireworks display at the state
fair grounds last night under the
auspices of the Lincoln Post Flambeau
club was one of the features of the
fair. The veterans, dressed in white
duck 81 strong, marched out in to the
quarter stretch at $50 and loading
their torches proceeded to do the red,
blue and yellow balls of fire march.
The line of men Spouted flame and fire
like a volcano, and as six skyrockets
stands were busy at the same time, and
two bomb stands and the fife and drum
corps the exhibition had the battle of
Bunker Hill outclassed for illumina-
tions and powder smoke. The crowd in
attendance was not worthy of the dis
play Capt. Andrew NJ. Fuller was in
command of the demonstration and
both the captain and the fambeau club
are entitled to a vote of thanks for
display out of the ordinary.