The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-27
Will HOLD FAIR.
Norton County Dates Given Out
by Fair Association.
Agricultural College Will Show
Experiment Station Work.
GIRLS ARE COMING.
Carload of Visitors win Accom-
pany Float to Topeka.
Great Interest in TOpeka's Gel
ebratiOn All Over Kansas.

Norton. Kan, July 27.-Norton
county Will hold her eleventh annual
fair, August %, 80. 81 and September
/. The program is more elaborate
than ever before. In all her efforts in
former fairs Norton has always given
the visitors more than was claimed on
the bills. The officers of the assocJa-
ton are: 3. Y. Wheeler president; H.
J. Mize, vice president; NJ. F. Clarity,
secretary, and c. NJ. Sawyer, treasurer
Norton is on the north central KAN
sas racing circuit, the dates being the
same as those of the fair. The State
Agricultural station at Manhattan has
arranged for an exhibit from the eX-
perimental station, which viii consist
Of the different products grown under
their management. The exhibit VIII
be under the personal supervision of
experts from the college, and lectures
will be given daily during the fair. The
college will also furnish a competent
man who viii act as judge of the live
stock departm Among the many
entertaining features will be the air
ship flights of the Curtiss Aviation
company. Daily flights will be given
during the fair. Many other free at
fractions will be given.
Norton VIII Send Girls.
In the premium list of the Norton
county agricultural fair appears q full
page advertisement of the big state
fair at Topeka. Norton feels honored
in the selection of this town as one Of
the favored ones TO take part the
semf-centennial anniversary, in To-
peka. in September.
There will be a lively race among the
young women to see who viii ride in
the float. Norton is taking a lively in
terest in the event, and will furnish
more than a carload OF visitors.
The Norton ice plant has been fur
nishing carloads of ice to many Kan
sas and Nebraska towns The capacity
is % tons daily W. H. Marsh is presi-
dent, H. B. Marsh, secretary and treas
Aurer and W. r. Tasker, manager. The
trade this summer has been large,
many car loads Of ice going as far
west as the Colorado border and east
as far as MankatO.
One of the new Industries that Nor
ton is proud of is the new foundry and
machine shops Of G. A & H. H. Rob
bins. over $4,000 has been invested in
buildings and machinery, and every
thing IS new. Besides doing all kinds
of repair work the firm manufacture
what is known as the Robbins hay
4 great success.
Since the rains began the people Of
Norton and Norton county don't feel so
blue IS they did during the hot wealth
err. Before the rains the farmers be-
lieyed the crop failure would be as Sc
we're as ever known here, now they are
convinced they are going to raise lots
of corn and feed for stock. The rains
have resulted in making wonderful
changes in the growing crops.
The people of Norton and Norton
county are stayers; they came here to
v. and no matter if the weather is
unfavorable now and then the people
Of +~---- and county will keep on snil
ing. And this spirit among the bust
tenss men Of Merton has resulted in
building up one Of the most progress
sive and prosperous towns in north
west Kansas.