Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-08-24
BUSY TINE AT FAIR GROUNDS
Work Being Rushed to Have Every
thing Ready for the Fair.
COMPLETING STREET CAR LINE
Local Campaign in Lancaster County
Presents some Queer COmpIica-
tIonS rs the Time for the
Primaries Approaches.

LINCOLN, Aug. 23.-(specal)-The state
fair grounds was the busiest place in Lin
coin today. A gang was at work putting
the finishing touches on the Traction line
which runs direct to the entrance beside
the Burlington entrance Turnstiles for
entrance and gates for exit will be put in
here and three or four times as many peo-
pie as formerly will be able to get out of
the grounds in a given time Windmils
were running in the machinery part of the
ground, and several restaurant keepers
were doing a land-office business with the
workmen for customers. c. II. Rudge.
Harry Cook and w. r. Melor were stalking
off ground for the wild west show and
urging the workers to work faster.
The fair grounds will not be recognized
by the old-timers. New buildings have
gone up, new roads have been laid out and
many other improvements have been made.
The new cattle barn just west OF the
race track in the northwest part OF the
grounds is one of the best in the west. 1t
is built of brick and has 6S2 stalls. II is
174x255 in dimension. The floor is OF ce-
ment and 1t has CO 0ete sewer system
The stalls are fixeT one can stand and
see the backs of " the animals. On
the north side OF building there Is a
rack for the washinL of animals. A nice
room has been set apart for the use of the
superintendent OF this department. Two of
the old cattle barns have been moved
down to this neighborhOod, and one of
| them will be used for nursing cows. The
other cattle barn has been moved to the
end of the agricultural building and in
| this there will be a moving picture show.
Proud of Auditorium.
The pride OF the state fair management
is the new auditorium, which will be COM
| pleted in a few days. This building is
erected upon ground which naturally rises
ito the stage and is located in an ideal
part of the grounds, in the neighb0rhood
Of the magnificent cattle barn. 1t has a
seating capacity of some 5000 and the
seats have already been placed w. j.
Bryan will dedicate this building on Bryan
day of the fair. Band concerts will be
given here daily and all speeches will be
delivered here. The stage seats 500 people
and is 32x4 feet. The acoustic properties
are so excellent that an ordinary conversa-
tion carried on in one end of the building
can be heard distinctly in the farther end
Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week
are preparation days and next Monday the
crowds are expected TO begin to come
/ Thursday OF next week is Taft-O Omaha day
and an immense number Of people are ex
pected from the big city. A place has beer
reserved in the agricultural building for the
exhibit Of the National Corn exposition e
be held in Omaha next December and a
1850 on Omaha day there will be a meeting
o fthe Corn Improvers' association. Every
person interested in agriculture is inviteC
to attend this meeting.
| Secretary Whitten of the Commercial Clul
of Lincoln, c. II. Rudge and W. Mellor o
the state Fair board have secured a rat
of one and a half fare to Lincoln durinl
the faiI and this is expected to bring tn,
attendance up past all previous records.
MINuD in Lancaster.
The campaign in Lancaster for nomna
tioEs has developed several peculiar an,
really humorous situations, which. beTou
the primaries are held, may be cmbarrassinJ
for certain self-chosen and self-styled pro
gressive" republican leaders For instance
the Lincoln Journal-News has been boost
ing county option until county option is nov
the leading issue OF the campaign. Nov
along comes C.. o. Whedou and announce
himself a candidate for the republican nom
ination for senator. Mr. Whcdon issues n
platform He says nothing Of county op
tion. His life in Lincoln, his friends say
is a sufficient platform Whedon has bee
the idol Of the publishing concern for
long, long time and he held the proxy q
the editor of the junior sheet whenever tn
latter had anything TO say at the stat
committee meeting held last fall
How 10 support Whedon and be consistcn
on the county option platform, and keep tn
temperance element lined up as an asse
Of this machine, is one Of the questions IN
takers Of the party here are trying t
| solve.
These two newspapers are fighting Yer
bitterly Commissioner Robert Pickcl, const
quently the voters will have a hard tim
getting the real record made by Pickel. tn
fact that Pickel did rot see to it that IN
newspaper got all the printing for IN
county may have some thing TO do with IN
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