The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-18
EDITORS HAVE
THEIR INNING
AT STATE FAIR
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the heaviness OF the weather. The
stacks OF luscious apples In the hor-
ticultural building, the machinery In
machinery hall and the automobile
building. the dairy machinery. and
the fat live stock have all been get
ting their share Of attention. The
amusement features OF the fair. how
ever. have been offering the best line
OF entertainments ever given on the
grounds, but for some reason have
not been very literally patroniSed.
The Workman 4 Allen Co.. which
owns l6 OF the Midway shows, report
ed. Wednesday. that although the
crowds were on the grounds. they
were staying outside the shows. The
diving girls, winsome group OF
clever performers. splash around In
loneliness. the animal trainers have
very small audiences. and the crazy
house" whirls around, empty OF gig
Cling riders.
II Is hoped by the management OF
the shows that later In the week the
skies will brighten. the sun come out.
and the crowd wake up to the pos
sibilities for laughter and fun that are
offered.
Tony Janus, Benoist aviator, Is
making good as far as his own flights
are concerned in spite Of all the in
clement weather. He has gone up
into mist and clouds and rain. sew.
eral times day, although the mois-
ture makes his machine several hun
dred pounds heavier. and the flight
a aWo L. 10
is further Handicapped by the fact
that the management Of the fair will
not allow him the use OF the race
track for starting and alighting. con-
fining him to small space.
Financially speaking. the fair for
the first three days has been sue
cessful. In spite of drizzle and mud.
Treasurer John Mckay announced.
Wednesday night, that the receipts
have been the largest ever. In spite
OF the very small crowd the second
day. and with ordinary good fortune
for the remainder Of the week, they
will greatly exceed any previous
record. This will result in many i'm
provements for the grounds. The
machinery building Is quite made
Quate and there are several attrac-
tons and features In tents this year
which ought to be housed In perma.
nent buildings. All the profits Of the
fair will go into improvements for
next year.
OF special interest to the practical
farmer this year has been the new
power machinery which Is designed
to lift the labor from his own shout
ders and to relieve the burdens OF his
wife. All the big farm machinery
manufacturers and the dairy COM
panies have on display their latest
machinery run by gasoline engines.
The gasoline engines, both for trac-
ton purposes and for stationary use,
are being demonstrated az practical
and inexpensive aids to the farmers.
The companies are selling three times
as many engines as were ever sold
before.
Henry Ford. automobile manufac-
turer. was visitor at the fair, Wed
nesday afternoon. and was especial.
ly interested in that phase of farm
progress. II think the advantages OF
| the automobile have helped the farm
er to realize how much can be done
with machinery" said Mr.. Ford. land
he has learned to use gasoline fol
other things beside quick transports
| tion."
Grant II. Slocum, head of the Clean
ers. spoke Wednesday afternoon on
cooperation among farmers and In
troduced NJ. V. Meyer, a Chicago edi
! tor. who made an address on the same
| subject. He urged farmers to unite
to market their own products.