The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-16
Topeka Gets Valuable Hints
From Mr.. Simpson.
LIS Secretary of the Iowa State
Fair.
ONE OF THE LARGEST.
Greater Exhibition OF Live Stock
Than Any Other.
Will Deliver Address at COM
merciai Club Tonight.

Secretary ]. C. Simpson. of the Iowa
State fair. who will give an address
this evening at O'Clock at the Com
mercial club quarters on how great
state fair is managed, arrived in To-
peka at 1 o'clock over the Union Pa
cif1c. The members of a committee
composed of o. P. Updegraff, Albert T:
Reid, Rex Kriepe, Arthur Capper, and
Geo. S. Badders who expected that the
guest of the day would arrive OF santa
Fe No. 5 at 1:30 were surprised when
they learned that Secretary Simpson
had come in on an earlier train
l. D. Graham, Rex Kriepe, and Geo
S. Badders were the first to greet Sec
1etary Simpson, who took dinner at the
National hotel. The other members
of the delegation arrived at the hotel
in Mr.. Capper's automobile on a tour
of inspection of the grounds.
The first question Secretary Simpson
asked of State Journal reporter
shortly after his arrival in the city was
in regard to the population of the
city. Then he said:
81 have been through Topeka a good
many times but l have never stopped
off. 1 certainly like your broad paved
streets. The commission form of city
government has done a great deal for
Des Moines in the way of improving
of the change in the form of admins
tration.
mo fair in the world has such d.
Versified exhibits" said Mr. Simpson,
In speaking OF the fair OF which ne
has charge THE fair in Toronto and
the Minnesota fair have larger attend
ances, but the exhibits are not as ex-
tensive. We have the largest display
of breeding live stock of any fair in the
world
xx-al1
as he has been the starter for the horse
races at our fair for several years.
We do not put special stress upon the
horse racing in connection With our fair,
but consider the races as one of the
best features when it comes to the
amusements. We try to arrange a well
balanced program for the fair
You can't do much more in an edu-
cational way if you don't have build
ings to expend money on, and when we
have put up all the buildings we re-
Quire we should be able to get more
and better exhibitors. 1t hardly seems
right to ask exhibitors to display and
then asl- them to pay stall rent.
THE development of the big fair in
this country is still in its infancy. 1t
has been only in the last ten years
that much has been done.e .ss-s. Us
Aside from being secretary of the
State Fair association, Mr.. Simpson is
also secretary of the iowa state board
of agriculture. For 10 years he has
been secretary of the bi : Iowa fair,
and there is probably no one better able
to talk intelligently on the manage
ment of a great state fair. He has
built the fair up from nothing until at
the present time the association owns
buildings and equipment to the value
of 100000.
The object of the tour Of the fair
grounds this afternoon was to enable
Mr.. Simpson to thoroughly acquaint
himself of the situation in Topeka in
order that he may be able to offer the
advisory committee of fifteen, repre-
senting the new fair association, val
liable suggestions in regard to the
building up of great fair in Topeka.
This advisory committee will hold a s
o'clock dinner this evening at the quar-
ters of the Commercial club in honor of
Secretary Simpson.
At o'clock the address on fair man
agement by Secretary Simpson will be
given at the same place. All interested
in a large state fair for Topeka are
asked to be present for the occasion.