The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
REAL STATE FAIR
Exposition at Topeka to Be
Largest in History.
Forty Thousand Dollars offered
in Premiums.
CAPITAL LOGICAL LOCATION
Features of City Add to Fairs
- AttractiyeneSS.
Secretary Cook Announces
List of AmusementS.

The fact that the state has decided
70 go into the fair business in the
city of salt and sand will be no STUN
bling block this year in the building
Of the greatest fair and exposition at
Topeka that has been held in the his
tory of Kansas. H L. Cook. secretary
of the Kansas State Fair association,
is optimistic relative TO the big fair
next ember-September SIP
and the 1913 premium list which was
published this week is convincing evil
dence that the management is building
on a large scale.
In speed and premiums $4,000 is
offered. The cover of the premium
list bears a cut of the big livestock
barn. 1t is the most pretentious pub
LEGATION of the kind that has yet been
put out. There are cuts in the inner
pages showing the buildings and num-
Der of the displays in the agricultural
hall.
The Commercial club has section
at the back of the publication setting
forth the advantages of the capital
city. 1t is illustrated with well TAX
en- views of the business and residen-
tia1 sections of the city
Amusement Features.
The amusement features at the fair
will be more pretentious than ever be-
spectacle, "Old Mexico-1S47,' will be
the main attraction of the evening en-
tertainment. Two hundred and fifty
persons clad in gay attire will partici
pate in this performance. Then in
front of the grandstand there will be
clever riding of the best horses that
could be booked for the fair. There
will be plenty of music by band of
note.
On the pike" will be various shows
including an old fashioned one ring
circus.
A special feature will be made next
fall of the county collective displays.
To assure a large number of entries
in this department two thousand dol !
lars are offered in prizes. Twelve Zig
premiums are offered for the best dis
plays ranging from one hundred and
fifty down to f1fty-five dollars.
Exhibits must include a representative
collection ofthe cultivated products of
the farm and garden-cereals, grasses, |
textile and forage plants and vege- |
tables. Native wild grasses, nuts and |
other useful products of the soil are
included
Topeka Is Logical Location.
Secretary H. L. Cook in speaking of |
the fair said today:
Topeka is the natural location for
a great institution like the Kansas |
State Fair. The capital city of the |
state to which it's people delight to |
make an annual pilgrimage each
autumn, is, in countless ways attrac-
tive to visitors. Every through line
of railroad in Kansas touches Topeka,
and when the people come to the State
Fair to exhibit their products and re-
joice over the prosperity that has
blessed them from year to year, they
find the best appointed Fair grounds
III all the west and within nine blocks
of the business sc ction of the city
he -iCikA
work of a progressive State Fair man.
agement. They will find permanent |
fre-proof buildings and improvements
erected during the past two years q I
cost approximating $4,000 1t all is
a splendid reflex of the enterprise.
energy and public spirit of the men |
who manage his most important Kan
sas institution, an establishment made |
possible by the generous support of an |
appreciative people"
The Topeka State Fair has come to |
be in reality. the reflection of the physi-
cal and financial condition of our state |
The coming great exhibition of Kansas |
products at the fair September 8 to 12 |
will eclipse in every way the fine rec
ord of last year.
State Fair Is Like Mirror.
It has been said. and truly. that a |
person camping on the Topeka State |
Fair grounds for a week and visiting
every department, viewing every indi
vidual and county display, is well able |
to mirror in his mind the condition NJ |
the people in each and every one of the I
105 counties. He can tell what kind of
homes there are in the several counties. i
the physical and intellectual condition |
of the people as shown in their nrod- |
ucts. art and handiwork; the condition |
of the schools and school houses tbe
condition of the churches, and the nat
ural progress and ambitions of the |
states towns and cities All these are
reflected in the exhibits of the states |
citizens, and in their interest and pride !
in great state fair at the capital city
that fully and completely emphasizes |