Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-28
CHANGES AT STATE FAIR
Many Improvements Made to Provide
Needed Room:
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BULK SALES LAW INVALID
Decision of Illinois Court Creates
Much Interest Among BRckers
of Move for similar statute
in Iowa.
LAW INVALID
(From a staff Correspondent


DIES MONIES, June H.-(special,)-Iowa's
state fail, which comes annually the last
week In August, will be grander than ever
before in its history. The entries of cattle,
horses and other live stock and machinery
will far eclipse all former records, and in
dications are that there will not be enough
barns to hold them.
For the last several years the state has
been making permanent improvements in
the way of brick and steel buildings. This
years a $lOO,0OO steel and concrete amphi-
theater is being erected and the race track
moved, which will make more room for
other buildings. A new 5000 cattle barn
is being erected to take care of the increase
in the cattle exhibit; the poultry building
is being built over and fitted with new
coops; the old secretary's building. which
proved too small for the exhibit of the
State College of Agriculture last year, will
be used for tie women's rest building and
hospital this year, having been moved a
little up the hill east of the stock pavilion,
and the building used for the rest room
last year is to house the college exhibit,
which this year will be complete. on the
site Of the old secretary's building is be-
ing erected a bandstand, and the triangle
there made into a plaza, where Liberattts
band will give a concert once each day.
More than ever before the fair will be an
educational institution this year. For the
first time there will be an exhibition from
the rural graded, the city graded and city
high schools. This will be under the charge
of President Storms Of the State College Of
Agriculture. and will be given in the expo
sltion building.
Along with other improvements is 1000
feet OF cement sidewalk, which is being
laid. with a twelve-foot walk from the
Rock Island railroad entrance to the agri-
cultural building and ampitheater.
In many other ways the grounds have
been improved and beautIfied so that the
visitors OF a few years ago will not recog-
nize It and the visitors OF last year will
be amazed at the progress.
Bulk Sales Law Bad.
The Wholesale Grocers' association of
Iowa has taken recognition OF the fact that
the supreme court Of Illinois has knocked
out the bulk sales law Of that state. The
association has endeavored to get this
law through the Iowa legislature. 1t has
passed both houses, but never at the same
session of the Legislature.
The law sought to prevent a retail merch-
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bulk II he owed money m the stock, and
was for the purpose OF protecting the
wholesaler and jobber, the retailer beins
prevented from selling his goods in other
than the regular retail way. TIL lawyers
Of the Iowa legislature have ever opposed
the bill at each session on the grounds that
II was unconstitutional in that it imposed
burdens upon one class Of citizens thai
mere NOT {mppead uDou others.
BrOOkhart for Congress.
Information reaches here that the pro
gressive republicans Of the first congress
sional district will put up smith Brookhar
Of Washington, Ia, as a candidate To-
5 congress against CONGRESSMAN Kennedy. p
state Senator Carpenter Of Louisa coun
" and Mr.. McCoid. who vas a candidate
! last year against Kennedy are also men
; toned as possible candida ties.
1t is expected in polit cal circles tina
5 there will " quite an army Of candidate