The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
SPIRIT OF WEST.
1t Is EXemplified in the Com.
ing Fair.
The Premium Lists Are Liberal
and Extensive.
PUT UP BIG TENTS.
There the Various Exhibits Will
There the Various Exhibits Will
Be Housed.
Bids Asked for Construction of
Pure Food Building.

The Kansas spirit of enterprise can
overcome all natural difficulties in the
way of success. Without legislative or
county aid and having only a fair
grounds Kansas has planned her first
state fair this year on the same scale
as the fairs to be held in Missouri and
Illinois where the state legislatures
have spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars for permanent buildings.
The Kansas fair catalogue this year
compares favorably fifth those issued
by Missouri and Illinois, both as re-
CARDS the number and value of pre-
miums offered, and the entries are fill
ing up as rapidly as those for any fair
in the west.
State fairs usually advertise one star
attraction as a magnet to draw the
general public to the grounds on the
big day of the fair, but Kansas has
booked three star attractions covering
the entire week. The Mulhall riding
and roping exhibition, the Twentieth
Kansas regiment reunion and sham
battle and the music festival are three
attractions worthy of any state fair in
the country. They will draw the
crowds and the latter will nnd the
products of Kansas farms and fac
tories on display.
There is the guarantee of the best
business men in Topeka behind the as
surance that all exhibits and stock
will be displayed to the best advant-
age and properly cared for during fair
week.
The Kansas fair exhibits this year
will be held under canvas. but it will
be big and successful fair. none the
less. The main tent. 150x20O feet,
will shelter the agricultural and horti-
cultural exhibits. There will be an
administration tent of ample size ana
accommodation, and at least three
other large tents on the grounds. The
plan is now to place the pure food
for it's construction have been asked.
The stables and purses for the live
stock while not on such an elaborate
plan as at other state fairs, are just
as comfortable and convenient. The
grounds for the Kansas state fair are
owned by Shawnee county, set aside
for fair purposes. and are rs large and
beautiful as any in the west.
A glance at the catalogue for the
Kansas state wide fair shows tnar the
premium list is liberal and impress
sive one. Take those on cattle. for
instance. The premiums in the Here
ford class total 1914. In the Short
horn, 1915; Galloway; s37s; Aberdeen
Angus, 1915; Polled Durham and Red
Polled. $500: Jersey, $310: Holstein-
Friesian. $40. making a grand total
of $2,639 in premiums for cattle alone.
For horses the premiums total ST.
200
Nothing cheap about these pre-
miums. eh? The leading breeders of
the west have already sat up tc take
notice and the entry list now guarap-
tees a live stock exhibit at the Kansas
state fair second to none west of YER
mont and New York.
The spirit of Topeka citizens unaid-
ed has not only insured a successful
fair this year. but will win the sup
port of Shawnee county and the state
legislature for a fair next year that
will be a revelation to states that have
held fairs for twenty years. The coun-
ty has already pledged $4,000 for one
building and the state is sure to spend
twice this sum for buildings with the
record of this years fair before them.
The reason of the astonishing success
SO far in the work of preparation lies
in the fact that there is a demand for
a Kansas state fair and the response to
able management has been phenomen-
al. even for Kansas.