The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-15

note was the hottest it has been since
August II and broke all records for
/ September 14-
Again it began to rain shortly after
| O'Clock this morning and continued
until $780, the precipitation being .O7 of
| an inch. Again there was a shower
! Just before o'clock this morning
which added another .02 of an inch to
| the total.
At o'clock this morning it was
either threatening or raining in all por~
tions of the northeastern section of the
state. Up to that time the record at
Horton was .26 of an inch, according to
the government report; ConcOrdia, .12
Hays, O8; Manhattan, 10; Usage City,
16.
The races and evening program were
cancelled on account of the wet
weather.
Thursday was another big day as re-
CARDS to attendance. the crowd on the
grounds in the afternoon being the
record breaker for the week While the
official count has not been given out i
is estimated that 10000 persons were on
the grounds at that time, and probably
40 900 in the course of the day The
evening attendance was cut down on
account of the heavy storm that broke
at the conclusion of the race program
and held hundreds of people under the
shelter of the grandstand for an hour,
and other hundreds in the buildings.
The announcement was made that
the evening program would not be held,
b1l+ before the big crowd dispersed the
news was heralded ab-oad that the en-
tertainment would be carried out as
scheduled.
Many people did not leave the
grounds at all but at an early hour Sc
cured seats in the grandstand. thinking
that desirabl seating accommodations
would be scarce about the time that the
concert was to begin.
AS things turned out, the grandstand
was full and overflowing and, regard
less Of the fact that a small deluge Of
rain had come down, they procured
mats and sat down in front Of the
stand.
It was the intention of the man
agement to provide seats for the band
on the race track adjacent to the
stand so that the grand opera singers
could have the platform for enacting
I'll Trovatore" in costume, but as the
track was a regular slough of de-
spond," the plan was abandoned, al
though the music was rendered in
pleasing fashion by the vocalists, ac-
companied by the band.
The volcano was put up as though
by magic before the eyes of the spec
tators, as were the set pieces. and
there was some delay in starting the
fireworks program on account of the
storm, but the pyrotechnical display
was unusually good, and everyone
went away feeling that they had got
more than the worth of their money
Secretary H. L. Cook is highly
pleased with the trend of things.
"Scores of people have come to me-"
he said "and have told me that the
fair was the most successful exposition
ever held in Topeka or Kansas. This
should do much towards bringing the
people of the state generally to the
belief that Topeka is the logical place
in which to hold the state fair
''The various dep2rtm entS were
more complete than we had any idea
they would be, and it became neces-
sary in the live stock departments to
provide temporary quarters for stock,
as the large new permanent buildings
which have been erected proved to be
too small to accommodate the entries
Last year the chicken barn was
not even filled. but this time it was
and it was up to us to put the
overflow in tents
An ice famine was one of the annoy
ances of the concessionaires at the fair