Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
BIG HORSE SHOW
FOR IOWA 5 FAIR
State Board Of Agriculture
Planning Splendid Evening
Attraction
OTHER FEATURES TO BE ADDED
indications Are That Coming Fair
Will Be Biggest Yet Held - Makers
of Aduterated Foods Causing Dairy
Commissioner Much Trouble-Thrift
Back to Work Soon.
Special to Times-Republican.

l opeClul TO 'llIHeS-tSepuDllC
| Des Mones, March 23.-If the plans
under way by the state board of ag-
riculture are perfected the 1908 state
| fair will be the best the department
| has ever given. For some years the
| department has had in mind putting
on an additional night attraction, and
the most attractive of such features that
has appealed to the board has been a
horse show. The matter has been consid-
cred before. but in the past the board
| has been unable to get the electricity
necessary for the grounds and build
| ings at night. and the horse show has
had to wait
| This year it is possible that this
be complete horse show, and one of
1 the finest in the country. The very
best horses in the country are avail
able at the time of the 1908 Iowa state
/ fair. for the Iowa fair is one of the
/ first held and there are no big horse
shows scheduled for that time. 1t is
possible this year to have all the cleo
1 trio lights necessary. and the big stock
! pavilion at the fair grounds furnishes
ample and very we'll adapted space for
! the attraction.
| Ii is proposed in addition to show
ing the finest carriage and saddle and
high school, horses, to add some at
tractive vaudeville and circus features,
| such as bareback riding and the like.
| 1t is believed that an attractive horse
show can be put on that will rival the
fireworks attraction that is given be-
1 fore the amphitheatre. The amphithe-
1 atre has never been able to accom-
| modatc the crowds that have sought
| admission to the night attraction, and
| it is expected that the horse show will
attract some of the crowd. 1t is believed
that it will certainly be d money max
er, and that many will go to the
grounds two nights to see both.
Whether the horse show is finally
/ decided upon or not. it is assured that
! the horse exhibit this year will be one
of the finest that the fair has ever had
Professor Curtiss, of the State Agri-
cultural College at Ames, who is SUI
perintendent of this department, is al
ready in touch with some OF the great
est horse breeders of the country, and
| the inquiries that reach him and the
contracts for space already made give
assurance that the exhibit will be es-
| pecially fine.
| This wear the fair will open on Sat
urday instead of Monday, and will be
| two DAYS longer than formerly One
of the plans is to make Saturday 'US-
/ ion Labor Day and have Gompe
| and Mitchell address the union r
| during the day.
The state food and dairy com is
sion office is having troubles all its
| own in endeavoring to convince some
| of the food manufacturers that they
must obey the law. The department is
| daily in receipt of letters from some
manufacturers who are continually en-
| deavoring to enter into negotiations
with the department as to how the pure
| food law should be interpreted. Two
| of these obstreperous and voluminous
| letter writer's have been arrested for
violating the pure food law. but this
does not deter them from writing more
| letters.
| one manufacturer makes some pam
cake flour which he is determined to
call buckwheat -four in spite of the
fact that part of it is wheat flour.
! The new law provides that the per-
centage of the ingredients must be
placed on the outside of the can or
package and provides further that the
can or package must not be misabeled.
In other words it must not say Buck
wheat Flour when it is half wheat
flour Not but that it may be better
for pancakes with some wheat in it
but that the people have right to
know what they are buying.
All but a very small per cent of the
pure food manufacturers of Iowa are
now studiously obeying the state pure
cent that is not and this small per
cent is rapidly coming into line be-
cause of the imposition of fines by
Justice courts. One manufacturer of a
pancake flour who formerly labeled it
"Pure Buckwheat Pancake Flour" has
since the pure food law went into eff
feet changed the label to some fancy
| name but still calls it "buckwheat." I"
| Commissioner Wright holds that the
packages are misbranded for they still
| hold out the idea that the stuff is pure
buckwheat In order to induce the
manufacturer to take the same view
of the matter however. he was forced
to file a complaint and have the man
| arrested.
Adjutant General w. II. Thrift, who
three weeks ago fell and broke three
ribs. was at his office today. He re-
| mained but a short time. He expects.
| however. 10 be able 70 take up his
work regularly again in few days.
Mis-. Evanelle Lewis, daughter Of