Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-21
GREAT Fair IS Open
Indications Point to Most Sue
cessful Exhibit in History
! of State
RECORD BREAKING CROWDS
RECORD BREAKING GROW
All Space in Exhibit Buildings occu-
pied-Horse Entries Unusually Good
--Real Opening of Fair Comes Sat
DISQUALIFICATION Promised for Wis
itors.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Aug. 21.--Iowa's state
fair is opened, and it is predicted that
it will be the most successful ever
held in the Mississippi valley. The
exhibits excel all records and the
attendance during the next week is
expected to exceed that of any prev
ious year.
The improvements over the fairs Of
previous years are so apparent and the
effect so gratifying to the patriotic
Iowan that a sense of pride and pleas
ure is to be felt in seeing the growth
of this institution which is under the
control of the state.
All Space is Taken.
Altho the fair opens today, the ex-
thibits aye not all in and both today
and tomorrow the work of installing
the machinery, the hanging of fine art
goods, the arranging of agricultural
displays will continue. Every avail
able foot of space has been spoken for
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in these Departments and the huge
exposition will be by far the greatest
thing ever seen in these lines.
The live stock department this year
is heralded as the largest live stock
exposition in the world. The fact may
be hard to realize. yet never before
in the history of any state in America
or any country on the globe. has there
been such a collection of blooded cat
tle hogs, sheep and horses. 1t is pro-
nounced by live stock men to be the
greatest display of animals ever at
tempted.
Grea. train loads Of blooded cattle
have been arriving all day. They rep
resent the stock growing industry not
only of Iowa but of the entire United
States and Canada.
Fine Horses in Plenty.
In the horse sheds is to be found
the largest collection of horses ever
gotten together, but one of the largest
to say the least. There have been 300
entries in horse competition classes
which were turned down by the man
agement just because of the fact that
there was not room enough to quar-
ter the animals during the fair.
The same was true in the. hog sec.
ton. The mammoth hog pavilion. the
largest building OF its kind in the
world, IL taxed tasits utmost capacity
Over 1000 hog entries had to, be re-
fused from over 800 exhibitors just
because there was not sufficient room!
for exhibiting and displaying the
wealth Of Iowa in its domestic live
stock.
Real Start on Saturday.
While today the concessionaire are
busy installing their booths and Super
intendent Brownie Midway is rapidly
gaining proportions the cry of the fax
ir ana the scream of the pop corn boy
are not vet to be heard. The fuil
swing OF the big event will be called
for Saturday morning when admis-
sion fees will be charged for the first
time ana the handling Of the mammoth
crowds from Iowa and rleighboflns
states will be commenced
Much material Improvement marks
the fair. this year. The fine 100000 adj
millistration building is complete and
is occupied this week for the first
time. 1t offers d great convenience not
only to the fair officers but to all who
have dealings with them. Instead OF
individual offices located all over the
grounds, all the superintendents- are
punched in the building together with
Secretary John Simpson and Treasurer
G. s. Gi.bertson.
Crowds to Be Great.
Not only will the exhibits and the
free amusements be greater than ever
before, but all indications point to the
most successful fair from financial
standpoint. With the railroads having
granted reduced rates and with special
trains on all the lines every day, the
crowds will be the largest ever enter
tanned by Des Moines.
Safety and courtesy for state visitors
will be the aim Of the fair manage
rnent, the police Of the city and all the
city's business men and commercial
leagues. Food inspection, regular prices
and ample street car accommodations
will make for the comfort of the hosts
who will visit Des Moines. Crooks will
til r.