The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-08

shipped to Topeka, and William J.
Gabriel is endeavoring to arrange
daily flights on the grounds by aviator
Jack c. Henning in his Peerless
Wright Flyer" As horse power ma
chine
Henning has just made successful
flights in Missouri and he happens to
have no engagement for fair week
Last year a dirigible balloon was one
of the drawing features at the fair
grounds and ii is urged by Manager
Gabriel that the aeroplane would be
crowd drawer.
The management had come to no de-
cisiOn relative to arranging for flights
up to noon today, and Gabriel said if
he failed to get a favorable answer he
would take the matter up with the
Commercial club and other organ1za-
tions in the city
ting up canvas houses for exhibitors,
concessionaires, lodges and for the as
sociationS' overflow exhibit p5vill1onS.
Many of the dining halls are already
doing good business, due to the fore
sight of the owners in getting in on
the ground floor early.
The watermelon man is fortunate
that he has a waterproof stock, that
needs no protection from the ele-
ments. His pen enclosure viii re-
quire a sunshade later on, however.
The sign painters are in great demand
and they are working overtime to
supply the alluring announcements
that bedeck the fronts of the conces-
sions Teamsters that are transfer
ring exhibits from the city and the
cars that are switched into the
grounds to the lots in the machine
field and concession space are doing
a land office business, and could do
more if they had the wagons and
horses, for every man wants his stuff
hauled first.
I'VE are in fine shape for the time
- foi coid 2
H, l. Cook today. "Of course there
is vet much work to be done in get
ting the exhibits in place, but you can
bet your last SimOleon that when the
8 o'clock bell rings on the old WASH
burn clock, the Kansas State fair will
begin to do business with as complete
a fair as was ever put on these
grounds Many hands make light
work, and you see there are many
hands now at work, and there will be
many more before tomorrow morn
ing We will get several train loads
of exhibits from the Nebraska state
fair at Lincoln, which closes TO-DAY:
They will begin arriving today, and
will keep coming all day. But for
the most part these trains are made
up of exhibitors who make the fairs
regularly, and who are schooled IN
getting into shape on time. Like
big circus that pulls its last stake at
midnight in one town and drives the
last one in a town 200 miles away by
10 O'Clock the following day, these
fellows appreciate the Importance of
system and clockwork. Live stock
exhibits require no great preparation
after unloading from the cars; the
animals are led to their stalls and
are ready for the show to begin.
my experience has always been"
said Mr.. Cook. that the home fell |
lows. the people who have had all
summer while the office was up i
town and handy to them, to complete |
their arrangements, generally wait |
until the fair is made and ready to do |
business before they make up their |
minds what they are going to do, and |
then make US wait on them in prefer !
ence to those who have come hun |
dreds of miles by rail in answer to |
are entitled to all attention. for aren't
they the backbone of the fair? But
this will right itself after awhile, |
when we have convinced them that
every years fair VIII be Just little
bit better and bigger than the one be- |
fore. and that it is not necessary to !
wait until the fair has spelled sue |
cess before they come in. But we are /
not kicking; let all come who will, !
and we will take care of them to the |
best of our facilities and our ability. |
This fair is the fair of all the people, !
without regard to the size, sex, or |
condition of their bank account"
The use of the west gate for wagons |
CenNerlnS groceries ana supplies 10 Gull
cessiDnaries on the fair grounds next |
week will be insisted upon by the man /
agement, in order to relieve the con-
gestion at the main gate. Any grocery
may supply its customers on the /
grounds, but must observe the gate
rule and the hours of delivery, before
10 o'clock a. m, or between 5 and in
the evening.
Price of Admission.
From inquiries received at the state
fair headquarters relative to the scale
Of admission charges, it is evident that
the list heretofore printed has not been
remembered, and is again