Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-10
Nebraska
sun SHINES ON THE FAIR
Judges Begin Work of Picking Out
the Winning Exhibits.
READY FOR BIG CROWD TODAY
Appeal Made 90 citizens Of IdncoIa
20 Turn out In Uumberr and
offset Loss caused by Had
weather.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. a. Speciall-
With the sun shining this morning the
state fair grounds began to put on a busy
appearance.
In agricultural hall the rcd and blue
tags began appea ring in evidence and the
work OF judging the county exhibits he
gan. Twenty-Five counties have entered
in the contest for honors in tho county
collective exhibit class. moe than have
entered for some years. The state is di-
vided into three sections. so that the older
counties of the east do not compete with
the newer counties Of the middle section
of the state and the comparatively now
west portion, the entries being as fol-
lows, with the name OF the individual hay
ing the exhibit in charge:
Eastern Dlvision-I.ancas ter. a. H.
Smith of Lincoln Douglas J. W. Shoe
maker Of Elk Creek Pawnee Arnold
Martin of Du Bots
of Neigh; Fillmore, @. ". Deming of
Fairinont; Franklin, w. II. Arnold of
Franklin: Kearney, William Gormly Of
Minden: Webster George w. Hummel Of
Nuckols, L. l.. Drake of Nelson; Wheeler,
Roy Emry of Erickson.
Western Divislon-Brown. e. J. Staffner
of Ainsworth: Cheyenne. r. A. Blake of
Sidney; Frontier w. q. Hickman of
Stockville: Perkins. George Edwards of
Grant; Red Willow. J: i. Ryan Of In
SCOTS Bluff; Lincoln, e. w. Crossgrove
Of North Platte; Cherry, ID. Mcleod OF
Valentine: Dundy. f. 3. Stxer OF Benkel-
man; Box Butte, c. Q. Rosenberger of
Hemingford; Kimball. ]. Pedrett of Kim
ball.
Fruit I'm Abundance.
The fruit display made by the Central
Fruit Growers association covers more
than 1,5OO plates of apples. Several bar
rels showing the methods in packing are
also on exhibition. This display brought
the first premium on largest collection
and a display by Marshall Bros. of Airing
ton. with over 100 plates took the second
premium.
According to f. NJ Pollard OF Nehawlla.
while the fruit crop this year is good and
the quality excellent the orchards do not
bear as heavily this year on account OF
the heavy crop last year The orchards
are also being harmed by the Illinois
canker, which according to Mr.. Pollard
must be checked or the orchards will be
seriously damaged and probably entirely
ruined In connection with this matter the
association met yesterday and appointed
a committee which waited on the state
university regents and requested that due
care be taken in the selection of sue.
oessor to Prof. Emerson, who has left
= the university for a position in the state
Of Washington. They desire the appoint
ment of a man who is familiar with the
workings of the disease and their request
was heartily met by the regents.
horticultural Premiums.
Among the premiums taken on frui
were the following:
Largest individual exhibit Marshal
Bros Arlington. This firm also tool
several other premiums. being first OF
fifty plates OF apples, first on artistic dis
play, and some seconds.
Val KeySer also took first premium Of
q fifty-pite display.
Nemaha county had a good display OIL
fruit OF all kinds. Clyde Barnard tool
first on a display of 15C plates of pears
The Peru fruit farm took first on a dis
rlay of fifty plates OF grapes. A II
I,ongfellow OF Peru and j. A. Hoffman
elso took several prizes on fruit OF differ
ent kinds.
BeRchey and the Races.
The heavy rain of last night had mad
the track heavy, but the race program
was CARVED out in good shape and larg
crowd witnessed the events.
AS usual, Beachey and his aeroplan
caught the crowd in three flights mad
during the afternoon. the ascensions bein
of the sensational order and fully meetn
the expectations of the crowd.
II the good weather continues tomor
row it is likely that the day viii be
record breaker, or very nearly so.
Mayor Zehrung and President Quiggl
and Secretary Written of the Lincoli
Commercial club Joined in a public reques
today to the citizens of Lincoln TO atten
the fair during the days remaining Il
order TO counteFact the eject of the bs
weather Of the first three days and hel
out in the attendance.
The appeal in part was as follows:
Under adverse weather conditions tn
fair management connot realize its hope