The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-03
State Fair at Topeka viii EN-
brace New Features.
Historical Events VIII Be De-
picted i'm Fireworks.
NIGHT SHOW TO BE GREAT
Display of Horses and Band
Music Pleasing Features.
Fair Management Has An
nOunced Strong Features.

The management of the Kansas
state Fair association at Topeka has
announced that the entertainment
features for the big exposition Sep
TENDER SIP will be more elaborate
than anything previously attempted
In fact, the entire exposition will be
built on a larger scale than before the
legislature of Kansas decided to hold
q fair in the salt town.
A gorgeous fireworks display will be
given each night that will be differ
emit The feature will be immense set
pieces descriptive of Kansas historical
events, including realistic scene de-
plotting the Battle of the Arickaree,
made famous by the description given
by Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter in her
book, 1.-THE Price of the Prairie" This
pieces will be 20x60 feet in size. Then
there will be set pieces that will be
conducive to laughter. The fireworks
exhibition will include a display of or
binary bombs, skyrockets, etc, but
they will be only side issue, so to
speak. This display will be given in
grandstand.
Famous Band Will Play.
The night entertainment will in
clude band music-and by the way,
one of the greatest bands in the coun-
try will be booked, including grand
opera singers-and there will be an
exhibition of the best horses that can
be had in action in front of the stand.
The fireworks will be the closing feat
ure.
The Patterson Great Shows. inc1ud--
Ing a first class animal exhibition and
an old fashion one ring circus, will be
the attraction on the Pike for the
amusement of those who go under the
bright lights. There will be several
smaller Patterson shows on the Pike
These shows have been entirely re-
built and are claimed to be an i'm
provement over anything of the kind
that has been seen here previously.
The premium list, which will be
ready for distribution about May Is,
will be the best ever put out in the
middle west, according to the claim of
those who have seen the proof of cop
les. The offerings are $4,000 in pre-
miums and speed. The book compares
with those issued by the great fairs of
Nebraska and Iowa.
The management has received a
number of letters from persons over
the state recently asking if there
would be a fair in Topeka this year,
and if so would it be worth while. 1t
would be impossible to visit the office
of the association without being firmly
convinced on account of the hustle
and hustle that there will be some
thing doing in every sense of the ex-
preston. The fair will be bigger than
ever.
Features of the Big Fair.
ready been engaged, and scores of
livestock men have written this far in
advance to inquire concerning space.
One of the most interesting exhibits
at the fair will be a display by Uncle
Sam which will occupy five hundred
square feet of space in the mechanics
building and will include models of the
latest types of war vessels, interesting
relics, and a hundr-d and one other
features that will be we'll worth the
seeing.
The department superintendents
chosen by the mana cement are men
and women of action who make good
on any proposition they handle In
the stock and dairy department the
judges will be men of national reputa-
ton.
The superintendent.
Following is the complete list of su-
perintendents:
Tickets ............R. B. Kane Topeka
Guards element w. Seeley Topeka
Fish Exhibit Prof L. L. Dyche, Pratt
Agricultural Hall NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
.-....-.--.. William Bradbury, Topeka
Concessions Observation-Disclosures.
.Chas. Younggreen, Jr., Topeka
Judging Ring Henry McAfee Topeka
Transportation ......J. a. Lott, Topeka
Machinery H. A. Benner, Topeka
Horse Department Observation-Disclosures.
DIR. c. W. McCampbeT, Manhattan
Cattle Department NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
............Dr. o.. o. Wolf Ottawa
Swine Department Observation-Disclosures.
.........J. G. Arbuthnot, Cuba
Sheep Department Observation-Disclosures.
Joshua Browning Topeka
Poultry Department. Observation-Disclosures.
..-.....-.. Ralph H. Searle, Topeka
Dairy Department Observation-Disclosures.
...Geo. S. Hine, Manhattan
Agricultural Department ........
INV. ]. Rickenbacher, Topeka
Horticultural Department ......
.. w. H. Coultis, Berryton
Apiary Department Observation-Disclosures.
.............-O A. Keene, Topeka
Textile Department Observation-Disclosures.
$3.50 Mrs. Chas. w. Barnes Topeka
Art Department Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Marie Price Wear, Topeka
Speed ...-..-.R. T. Kreipe, Topeka
Special Days at Show.
H. L. Cook, secretary of the fair said
today: My prediction is that the fair