The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-19
STATE FAIR OPENS;
EXHIBITS SHOW BIG GAIN


as well as the w. Q. T. u, have Sc
cured booths on the grounds and will
provide meals and places of rest. and
In addition to these booths there are
countless lunch counters and hot
dog" wagons.
ducts OF the field is the Northeastern
Michigan Development bureau, COM
posed Of II counties OF the state. as
follows: Glare, Midland. Gladwin,
Saginaw, Bay, Arenac, Iosco, Altoona,
Otsego, Roscommon. Ogemaw, CISCO
da. Crawford. Montmorency. Alpena,
Pressure Isle and Cheboygan. The Of
ficers are v. s. Maloney OF Cheboy-
gan, president: T. +. Marston OF Bay
City, general manager, and w. +.
Johnston, OF Roscommon, supervisor
OF the field work.
The bureau hopes TO attract set
tiers to Its fields by what It has to
show at the fair.
The d. U. r. has announced that 1t
will give a single fare rate of five
cents to or from the fair grounds.
AeropIane Flight This Afternoon.
There was no aeroplane fight on
the grounds Monday morning, the
aviators having reported to the man.
agement that the weather conditions
were not favorable. They declared,
however, that they would doubtless
be able to fy during the afternoon.
There "a said to be keen rivalry be-
tween the aviators, and each is ex-
pected to do his best to outstrip tho
other. Their machines were ready
for the flights Monday morning. and
the operators said they expected 10
navigate the air without any difficulty.
once they got started. II 10 the start
ing which generally proves somewhat
troublesome, smooth, dry surface
being absolutely necessary for the
gliding Of the plane over the ground
before II mounts into the air. The
grass at the fair grounds was still
wet from the heavy rains OF Satur-
day night, and this moisture was one
OF the things which prevented the
flights during the morning.
WEIGH tombstone, who, with Arch
Hoxsey, will make the fights. is a
millionaire. and is operating the aero
plane for the sport he gets out OF IT,.
He did the "loop-the-loop" act In the
circuses before running a flying ma
chine.
During the week Hoxsey plans to
give long-distance flight, flying from
the fair grounds across the river to
Windsor and return. Just what day
he will attempt this has not yet been
definitely fixed.
Attendance Encouraging.
In spite of the fact that people,
generally, do not flock to any fair on
the first day, believing that the ex-
hibits will not be In readiness, a fair
ly large number passed through the
turnstiles Monday morning and after
noon. Many were doubtless attract
ed by the announcement of the aero
plane flights and horse races. But
nothing had there been no races or
flights. for the exhibits were, as pre-
viously stated, in place, for the most
part, and everything in readiness for
review. AS matter of fact, the
judging in the live stock departments,
SO complete are the exhibits, will be-
gin On Tuesday The entries In the
sheep department are twice as large
as last year. there being over 1000
in the pens, and an extra judge will
be required for them. The increase
in entries in other live stock branches
also borders on the double mark. The
cattle sheds are especially well-flled,
and those In position to judge say
that no finer collection OF this kind
of stock was ever gotten together
The management has added num-
Der of new buildings during the past
year, giving every department more
room 1t has also provided better
quarters for itself. Instead OF being
cramped up In the small rooms they
used last year In the agricultural
building, the officers are now occupy
ing large, airy and comfortable rooms
on the ground floor of the art build
ing, near the entrance to the grounds.