Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-09
ATTENDANCE RECORDS INDICATE
CLASSY EXHIBITS ARE RULE
IN STATE.
MARSHALL AND 5REMER
COUNTIES TAKE LEAD
First in Total Attendance Among coun-
to and District Exhibitions - Ten
Fairs Paid More Than $1,000 Each
in Premiums and Received Full
Amount Of state Aid.

LES hOlNeS, Lee. S.-lOWa mas q
number of county and district fairs
which are largely attended. according
to the figures just compiled by the
Iowa department of agriculture. The
Bremen county fair at Waverly was at
tended this year by 1882 people.
Waverly is a town of about $500 people
and the county Of Bremen has total
population of about 10000. The Mar
shall county fair held at Marshalltown
had an attendance this past fall of
1,I66. The population Of Marshall
county in 1910 was 30.279. The popula-
ton for the county in 1915 has not yet
been given out The fair at Cedar Falls
in Black Hawk county had an attend
ance Of 40.706 and at Waterloo the fair
had total attendance of 3e,402.
The Cass county fair had total at
tendance OF $4,000 and the total popu-
lation of the county is about 10000.
The fair at Burlington had an attend
ance of 1896. The Fayette county
fair, held at West Union had an at
tendance Of 10000. The kossuth coun-
ty fair at Algona had an attendance of
$4,000 The interstate fair at Sioux
City had an attendance of $3.50.
The state fair at Des Moines this
past year had a total attendance of
24o,066. In 1914 the attendance was
273,07S and in 1913 it was 2s0,462.
State Aid Large.
The state aid paid TO the county and
district fairs this year amounted to
s47,569.S3 or an average Of 1926 az
compared to s21,l3l.2T IN 1914 or an
average OF $685.. Ten fairs this year
paid more than $4,000 in premiums and
therefore received the maximum:
amount OF state aid. $500. These fairs
were as follows. Interstate Live Stock
fair. Sioux City, paying $S,2s6.60 in
premiums; Burlington Tr- State fair,
Burlington. ss.016.65: Dairy Cattle Con-
gress, Waterloo 1870; North Iowa
Fair Mason City. s3,s154s: Marshall
County Fair Association, Marshalltown.
s5,770.S0: Cedar Valley District Fair.
Cedar Falls. s3,114: Henry County
Agricultural Society. Mount Pleasant.
32.7oo.5o: Union District Agricultural
Society, Muscatine, s2.4s5.5o: Bremen
County Fair Association, Waverly,
S2,34S.71: Cass County Agricultural
Society. Atlantic, s2,12l21.
was elected president of the Iowa State
horticultural Society at the conven-
ton session yesterday afternoon at the
state house. He succeeds F. P. Spencer.
Of Randolph. who retires after having
served two terms.
C. G. BIodgett, Of Mount Pleasant,
was elected vice president to succeed
Mr.. Chapman.
Wesley Greene was unanimously re-
elected secretary Of the society. He
will enter upon his eighteenth year in
that capacity. Frank O. Harrington.
Of Williamsburg, was selected treas
urer.
The following were selected mem
bers Of the board Of directors: Wen
dell P. Williams, OF Danytlle. to sue
coed C. G. Blodgett in the first dis
trict: W. T. Richey, Of Abba, second
district: A. B. Dennis, Of Cedar Rap
ids. fourth district; c. A. Garrett. OF
Des Moines, sixth district; C. II. True,
Of Edgewood eighth district; P. T.
Kienne Of Storm Lake. tenth district:
Eugene Secor. Of Forest City, twelfth
district. - 8
In the election of director from
the tenth district. L. A. Clemens, Of
board for many years. nominated p.
F. Kinne Of Storm Lake. Kline nom-
mated Clemens. On the count Of bal
lots, Kline won by one vote.
In the oratorical contest staged be-
fore the convention by students Of the
horticultural department Of the Iowa
State College at Ames, the judges
awarded the prizes as follows: w. A.
ErS4.
NJ. G. Kirkpatrick, third: F. E. Par
sons. fourth; ]. K. Hekimian, fifth
O. P. Horrigan, sixth; w. NJ. Cain, sew
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