Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-21
IOWA FAIR ON THURSDAY
Preparations Complete for Hawkeye
Fall Festival.
PRISON INQUIRY STARTS SOON
state Board Reaches Decision No
Life Term Prisoner Shall BE Given
Parole Unless for Unfair-
ness at Trial.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)

DIES MONIES, Aug. 2o-(Speoial. PREP
state fair, which commences next Thurs
day. the first of the state fairs. II Il is
representative Of all of them this will be
great fair year. for all the indications
are that the exhibits and attendance at
the Iowa fair will break the records.
The number Of horse entries this year is
in excess of that of last year the total
number of animals actually entered being
lO3e, The cattle entries are a little short
Of last year, the total being 1,OA The
sheep entries have been gaining in recent
years, and this year number $50. while
exhibitors have spoken for pens in the
swine barn and pavilion for 5000 hogs
There is therefore no doubt that the stock
exhibit will be the best ever made.
A new machinery building has been
erected this year which when completed
will cover five and a half acres. This will
| put the machinery exhibit on a par with
| others.
For attractions the fair has the Wright
brothers in flying machines, and some spe-
cial race features. The race program and
lNO uiBhN ShOWS WIN odluIhaS'
| Although Iowa has not had favorable
weather the exhibits of grains grasses and
| field crops. as well as of fruit and flowers.
| will be excellent Good crops were grown
\ in some parts of the state and there will
be sharp competition between sections 1t
! is believed that in the last few months
! the farm conditions have been materially
| improved and now the farmers are ready
for fall,
| Investigation of the Prison.
: The Investigation OF the Iowa state
| prison which was arranged for by the
attorney general some time ago, will be
! commenced very soon. 1t was impossible
! for all the men to get away last week.
| The governor sent members OF the State
Board of Health to Fort Madison last week
| to inquie especially into the sanitary con-
! ditions prevailing, and while they did not
! find that the arrangements were the best
| they did find that they were good as
usual in prisons. No serious complaint can
! be made on account of bad sanitation. In
the meantime, also, the attacks Hpon the
warden and governor and various boards.
emanating chiefly frors political sources,
continue.
Paroles Not for Lifers.
! The decision Of the Parole board to the
! effect that IL will not recommend release
! from the prison of life termers unless II is
| shown there was some question about the
(, fairness OF the trial will prove dlsappoint-
! ing to a number OF the life termers espe-
ciaIly those convicted Of murder. The
| theory on which this has proceeded in the
past was that the pardoning power of the
governor might be exercised as an act OF
clemency i'm certain cases The board
| virtually takes the position that no Glenn
ency should ever be shown one convicted
Of murder in the first degree.
Want Passenger station.
The business organizations OF Winterset
demand that the Chicago, Rock Island &
! Pacific Railway company erect a new pas
senger station at that point. A lengthy
formal complaint against the present sta
tion has been filed with the State Railway
commission. 1t is charged that the present
structure is inadequate in many ways
that 1t is dilapdated and run down and
does not provide shelter for passengers II
case OF bad weather.
Carroll FavOFs Taft.
Governor Carroll has come out in al
interview in which he declares that he &
for an instructed delegation for Presiden
Taft 10 the national convention. Thus IA
nobody in Iowa has indicated that ther,
would he any opposition 10 a delegation
for the denomination OF the president Th'
governor believes the president has mad
himself exceptionally strong IN his hand
ling of legislation. but he Is opposed 4
the Canadian reciprocity measure as IL wa
passed. Governor Carroll has much In
! CONTINUED on Fifth Pas~N