The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-11-07

The gates OF the Tri-County Fair
will swing open at Magnolia Blum az
y O'Clock Tuesday morning and the
public will have its first view of PEN
sacOfas first agricultural exposition.
Escambia, Santa Rosa and Bald win
counties all have exhibits. and soma
tine demonstrations of gulf coast re.
sources may be expected.
Scores OF woeazLnen have been busy
Tor the past week, completing stalls
and pens for the I've stock exhibits.
erecting tents, putting up and decor
aIing booths In the. pavilion, and in
stalling exhibits in the booths as fast
as the latter were completed.
BY tomorrow night, beautiful Mag
nolta Bluff will be gay with colOrs-
the white tents OF the show people.
the flags, bunting, decorations, and
har1ng canvas signs OF the exhibitors,
all Will combine to give the Fair
grounds that touch of life and action
which Is essential TO such occasions.
All OF this, combined wiz the blue
waters OF the Bay and the flags and
sails OF the craft upon it, will form as
attractive a picture as q visitor any,
where could desire to look upon.
THE JOURNALS BOOTH.
Many Pensacola and outside bush
ness houses will have booths for in
dividual displays. The journals
booth is located in the center OF the
main pavilion and it viii be con-
Quoted as an information bureau. \
good looking young lady viii De in
charge of this information bureau and
she viii be prepared to answer all
questions which a visitor is likely to
ask. A file Of The Journal will be
there, and register will be open for
the signature Of every person who
visits the Fair. Other features will
quarters and every visitor IS expected
to call there
Special arrangements have been
made to handle the crowds. A turn
out has been built on the East Pensa-
cola Heights car line, so that Ii dou-
bic schedule can be run and as many
cars as are necessary will be em.
plOyed.
GROUNDS OPEN TODAY.
The Fair grounds will be open to-
day, but no one except those in
charge of exhibits will be admitted to
the buildings. This rule is imperative
and is rendered necessary from the
fact that many OF the exhihatS ara
yet in an unfinished condition and the
aisles and passages are blocked With
goods. Visitors, however, can get a
good idea from the preparations being
made OF the magnitude OF Pensacola's
first Fair.
Exhibitors are urged TO get all their
articles TO the grounds tomorrow, as
as far as practical that they may be
placed before the opening on
Tuesday. The entries close Tuesday
at nine O'Clock Exhibitors
VINO desire exhibitors tickets ana
nave not procured them, should do g
before the Fair opens, as they can be
only at the managers Office
md no one VIII be admitted after
Tuesday at nine O'Clock without a
ticket
Season tickets are on sale at John
'on's book store at $3.50, which admit
whenever presented at the gate, and
vs. many times a day as the possessor
chooses to enter. Single admission
S % cents
Many Of the school children will,
# course. visit the Fair after school
loses in the afternoons, but Superin-
endent Cook announces that all
chOOls will be suspended all day Fri
lay so that every school child in
he county may be able to attend.
General Manager SJOFrs, who has
,een working almost night and day foR
he past six weeks, is very enthus-
astic over tie prospects for the sue
'eSs Of PenSacOlas first Fair. All
udications point to a fine display and
o exceptionally large crowds.