Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-07-15
STATE BOARD MEETS
IN milwaukee
Fixes Feature for the Coming
State Fair.
ASK PRESIDENT TO ATTEND
Several Men of National Reputation
May Be Notwithstanding and
National Days Are De-
termined.

Madison.-An automobile day and
a national day viii be new features
at the Wisconsin state fair September
IA to is, inclusive this year. accord
ing to an announcement made follow
Ing Of the state fair board in 8Iilwau-
kee.
Monday, September IA. will be auto
mobile day, Tuesday, Milwaukee day.
Wednesday, state fair day. and Thurs.
DAY, national day. Friday will be for
the children, as in former years.
National day will be held because
President Wilson or some other per-
son Of national reputation will be
given ample opportunity to visit the
fair at some other time.
Because of the Importance and rapid
growth of the automobile business the
board decided to set aside a special
day in recognition of this industry.
Automobile features win be on the
program; there viii also be a large
exhibit of machines of various makes.
The Klug & Smith company of
Milwaukee. was awarded the contract
to rebuild the wrecked cattle barns
for $20,361. No change will be made
in the architecture, except that the
exterior will be of red brick. Steel
supports will strengthen the building
considerably. The company gave
bond to have the work done by Sep
TENDER 10.
The dining halls will be rebuilt and
the grand stand repaired for 81 $50 by
the forelskin & Collin company.
Fences win be repaired by the board.
After much deliberation the board
decided to permit a match automobile
race between Barney Oldfield and Bob
Burman at the state fair park on July
ii. They viii contest for a purse of
$4,000 and the worlds championship
title, now held by Burman
Oldfeld, who has been reinstated
by the American Automobile associa.
ton, following his race with Jack
Johnson, will use his famous Bitten
Benz car, with which he broke rec
ord here several years ago Burman
will use his Delaga car, with which
he raced at indianapolis.
Articles for this race were signed
ten days ago in New York. Detroit
and Denver were eager to secure the
race besides Milwaukee. The fair
board will receive percentage of the
gate receipts.
Offers Building for State Fair.
rl1 E..G.
in Milwaukee. accepted an offer by
DIR. G. A. Kuetzsch of Milwaukee to
have a building for county exhibits
erected without cost to the board. The
offer was made as coming from the
committee on county exhibits, but APP
parently was an individual offer by
Doctor Kletzsch.
Doctor Kletzsch volunteered to Sc
cure wood. galvanized iron and other
material, together with labor, and
asked only that the board provide
site. He said that the building would
be fireproof and waterproof and that it
would be big enough to house sixty
exhibits. If the fair this year were a
success, he said. the board, II it
wished. could compensate the donors,
but If the fair were not successful no
demand would be made on the board.
The offer solved the problem of
housing the county exhibits. which
was proving knotty problem.
A. H. Wilkinson of Bayfield,, chair
man of the committee on county ex-
hibits, reported on meeting<of the
committee which was held just before
the board meeting He said that 1t
was expected that there would be
about fifty county exhibits this year,
and that the present building would
not be able to contain them. He sug-
gested that the sixty feet of space be-
tween the county exhibit building and
the womans building be rooted and
used for the overflow.
He said that the improvement OF
Wisconsin grain was receiving partic-
ular attention from the agricultural
college of the University of Wisconsin
and pointed out that Wisconsin led
the nation in the production of peas
and that such an industry ought to be
given proper exhibition space. He said
that the entire present county exhibit
building ought TO be turned over to
the exhibition of grain and vegetables.
This afternoon the board is constd-
ering an application for permission to
use the grounds on July IA and 10 for
a race between Barney Olatield and
Bob Burman. Bids for the erection of
buildings to replace those destroyed
by the recent storm we're opened, and
the contract may be awarded.