The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-11

car and the car itself will be admit
ted to the grounds without charge.
Scores of members of the Kansas
State Automobile association are ex-
pected to arrive in Topeka Thursday
morning for the first annual meeting
of the association.
The animal show is one of the best
of the Workman and Allen shows on
the fair grounds. Hundreds Of chill
dren have enjoyed the antics of a big
baboon dressed in clothes.
Mud need not Keep fair visitors
away from the grounds this season. A
wide cinder walk runs from one end
of the grounds to another.
Every possible precaution is being
taken against fire on the fair grounds.
Numerous fire extinguisher are on
the grounds.
The postoffice~ the fair grounds
is proving great convenience to Wis
itors. y
Some of the rfnest sheep evers eeen
in Topeka are on exhibit at the fair
from Wyoming.
| The graf1dstand attendance at the
fair was a record breaker for the
second day of a Topeka fair, accord
| ing to the management.
Many of the State Fair visitors
camped out all day Tuesday on the
fair grounds.
A great crowd is expected at the
fair Thursday. Thursday afternoon
Il
a half day Off There will also be
thousands of out of town people here
on that day. The weather man prom
ises fair conditions for Thursday.
At Fish Exhibit.
Prof. L. L. Dyche. Kansas game
warden, in charge of the fish exhibit
at the State Fair, literally casts
the fish Strange as it may seem, he
says that the majority of the fish
prefer rye bread, graham bread and
corn chop. The black bass, however,
will turn up their noses at anything
else if they can get live gold fish to
eat. AS quantities of the gold fish
are raised at the Pratt fish hatch
cry, the black bass are supplied with
their favorite food.
Hundreds of fish are visiting the
State Fair. The fish are kept in
tanks outside of the fish car, with
labels to show what kind of fish are
inside. The labels are needed, as the
water supplied by the city is too dirty
for clear vision.
The carp tank is covered with a net.
as the carp are as restless as a small
boy at a revival meeting and keep
trying to get out.
No Indian Swear Words.
What do Indians do when they feel
like swearing? This question was
asked John Brooks, Interpreter for the
there are no swear words in the In
dian tongue When they get mad
enough to swear they must express
their feeling by fighting something, or
else if they have contact with the pale
faces they can borrow some choice
words from the civilized language:
It is not uncommon to hear Indians
tell what they think in Indian when
they are angry and end their remarks
with English profanity.
''Votes for Women in Parade.
The Votes for Women banners
We're carried in the Frontier day pa
rade Tuesday morning. Mrs Lila
Day Monroe, president of the Good
Government club which has headGuar-
tiers on the grounds, gained this point
in a clever way. She was stopped as
her auto entered the grounds. Some
one in authority seemed to fear that
she was trying to get into the parade
However, Mrs. Monroe said to the
leaders of the parade:
''Why, what's the matter? You
haven't any banners"
The white frontier people then each
and every one took little yellow ban
ner- And the Indians were much dis
appointed because there werent
enough banners to supply them also.
Poultry Premium Winners.
Topeka exhibitors won a lions
share of premiums in the poultry de-
partment of the State Fair. The larg-
est displays were in Orpingtons and
Plymouth Rocks.
Following are the awards in these
classes:
S. c. w Orpingtons-W- D. Wal
lace. Topeka. End hen, 4th pen. J. H.
SlageI, Topeka, 3rd pen. Harry E.
Burgess, Osceola, Iowa, 4th hen. A.
T. Modlin, Dallas, Tex, End cock. End
cockereI. Charles Luengene, Topeka,
1st and 3rd cockerel. F. J. McNa-
mara, Topeka, End and 4th pullet-
E. F. Schmidt, Ottawa, AKIN, 3rd hen,
1st and Bird pullet and 1st pen George
Burghart, Topeka, list cock S. J. r.