Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-24
lcwA's STATE FAIR EXPECTED
To ECLIPSE ALL ITS PRED.
EcEssoRs.
STATE COLLEGE EXHIBIT
TO BE RIVEN NEW QUARTERS
Other Improvements in Buildings and
Grounds-Educationa Exhibit to Be
One of the Features-chicken Fam
ciers Kill OF the Dog Show-other
News of the State.

les MONIES, June 24.-lOWd STATE
fair and exposition this year will
eclipse any OF its predecessors in prac-
tically every line. Every year the fair
has been better than the year before
and especially has this been true OF
the past few years. For some years
now the people have pa.ronized the
state fair literally and every cent OF
the goodly profits have gone in :, nek-
ing the fair grander and better. This
year, tho the fair has more ground than
formerly, the ground space will be taxed
TO its uttermost for the exhibits The
machinery exhibit is the one chi@ay-
worrying the Management. TO iinG room
for ii.
There have been number Of vc,y
| important changes made this year 'rhe
one that will attract most attention
will be the fine big new amp,litheatra
which is an Improvement that has long
been needed and will seat a lor of PEI
PIE more than the old one cid.
Last year the exhibit By the State
Agricultural College comple.s!~ filed
the old secretary's office Ii was not
a complete exhibit of the school then
as the engineering school was not rep
resented. But the exhibit was such a
success and so many people were in
,erested in il and visited the building
that this year the Management. OF the
fair has given the woman's rest build
ing TO the State College and the old
secretary's office has been moved up
The hill piece for a womans rest
building. on the site where the old
secretary building stood has been
erected band stand and the groun 1
! turned into a plaza.
In the Agricultural Building a big
wide gallery is being placed along the
/ south end and part way up each siie
for the kitchen exhibits OF fruits and
stuff. This will relieve the agricultural
building of the congestion there. In
addition the foreign exhibits. that is
the exhibits of manufactures not re-
lated TO agriculture and the like that
hava been allowed there will be elm
mated and along the west side will pc
placed the real agricultural exhibit OF
the fair. The directors of the fair voted
$4,000 with which to make this exhibit
- '44+ SNOW cN CI AIii4lS tIldl IS gTO"Il
in Iowa with data as to how II is
grown. samples of the soils and a lot
! of information that will make it one
( Of the most interesting exhibits Of the
1 fair
The old poultry building has been
entirely renovated for This years exhibit
and reftted turnout with new coops.
The expense of improving this building
alone will be about $4,000 or IS 900.
! In the stock exhibits the barns will
this year be taxed TO the uttermost md
there will be more barns than former
/ is. Secretary Simpson has lately re-
ceived entries Of Hoisteins from Bev-
erly. Mass. and of Rerefords from be.
yond the first range of the Rocky
mountains which shows something OF
the character of the exhibits coming
4 The exhibition part of the swine pa
vilion is to be completed by putting in
seats for the spectators and a bant
stand so that music can ACCOMPANY tn.
judging of the swine.
At former fairs there has been some
complaint that the only way to hea,
Liberatts band was to go TO the horse
races. This year Lberatti is to Civ,
one concert each day on the new stant
where the old secretarys office stood
which is a commanding position ant
will make it possible for everyone +,
hear him.
One of the distinctive features O
this years fair is its educational ex
ilibits. In addition to the exhibit o
the State Agricultural College Their
will be an exhibit of the rural schools
the city grade schools and the higl
schools. This is under the direction o
President Storms of the state colleg
and will be in the exposition building
The management were uncertain as t.
how much room would be needed. Nov
, there are so many schools enterin,
that the management is afraid it vii
not have room there. Certain it is tina
another year more adequate arrange
ments will have to be made.
There will be no dog show this yea
tho the management made an appro
priation for 1t just because there 4
no building in which 1T can be giver
The poultry men all kicked becaus
they claimed the dogs would bark al
night and keep the chickens awake. Al
the other buildings will be completed
filled so there is no room. Anothe
year IL is possible special buildin
will be provided.
One Of the best improvements in tn
fair this year will be the fact tina
there will be 10000 feet of new cemen
sidewalk for the people to walk on.
An effort is being made by the sta
tistics committee Of the National AS
sociation of Railroad Commissions /
have all the state reports Of railroad
! for the calendar year. Many of tn
! states now have these reports for tn
' year ending June 30. Iowa is anon
these. The time can not be change
except by action Of the legislature.
i The state historical building Fa
been presented with a Autograph Il
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