Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-12
Nebraska
FAIR ATTENDANCE
EXCEEDS RECORDS
Best Year Ever Experienced is More
Than Equalled at Nebraska
Exposition.
PRESIDENT ROBERTS GRATIFTED
(From a Staff Correspondent

From Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. u.-(Special.) --
Nebraska's state fair is at an end 1t
passed into history today as the greatest
ever held.
The total attendance for the week was
1S0,767. as compared to 66964 in 1912. the
best year previous to this.
The events concluded with the auto
racing program this afternoon. Ate.
that the work of tearing down the big
exposition was on.
Roberts Statement.
In discussing the breaking of all rec q.
'ords at the 1918 Nebraska state fair
President Joseph Roberts said:
My friends on every hand say: Joe,
you have cause to be proud of this fair
and my answer Is: L certainly am
Words cannot express my apprecia-
ton Of the efforts of our worthy secre-
tary, w. r, Mellor, the board of man
ayers, the superintendent the assist =
ants and the helpers, who have done
their part in making this the greatest
In the history Of Nebraska fairs 1 want
to especially thank the press. The editors
or Nebraska have Gtood py us as never
before and they are In a position to
make or destroy the prospects for a big
fair, regardless of the efforts Of the
MANAGEMENT. This fair has proven to me
and I think 1t should convince the few
critics that the Nebraska citizens are
interested IN and are reasonably salts.
fled with its management
Hagenow and his Nebraska band OF
Lincoln and Green's band of Omaha have
demonstrated the fact that those seeking
good music need not go out of Nebraska
to find it.
with 1915 hogs on the ground In 1915.
Il peIieVe that the next legislature will
realize that we asked no more than was
heeoeo last winter to build the new
swine barn"
believe that a few OF the big ma
chinery dealers will see their mistake in
missing the opportunity Of exhibiting their
INES before the people and will also adj
init that a record-breaking fair can ha
Iheld without them. We hope to see them
with us another year.
with Nebraska agricultural and hotti-
cultural products leading all rivals. with
new factories springing up, new indus
tries being founded and with the press
loyal to the farming classes, can see
In the future Nebraska's brilliant oppor-
tunity of leading all the state fairs in the
United States"
state Health Exhibit.
Those in charge Of the State Medical
associations health exhibit say that more
than 10000 visitors took in that part OF
the fair and evtnced moro than a passing
interest in It The decided impetus given
to sanitation movements more than justi-
fled the tnsistence of the phyhicians that
such an exhibit would be worth while
Lectures were given three times a day
Monday the crowd was given a long
dissertation on tuberculosis" Tuesday
on Special Medical Advice to Men,"
Wednesday on Cancer" Thursday on
Better Children and Friday on 'Spe-
cisl Advice to Women"
Consuming Public Concerned.
Definite impetus to the movement for
consumption OF Nebraska-grown apples
by Nebraska folks was given when mem
beers of the Southeastern Nebraska Fruit
Growers association decided to empha-
size this in most OF their business affairs.
Val Keyser, c. II. Marshall and e. NJ.
Pollard, backed by such such men as Art
Weaver of Falls City, declare that when
Nebraska people consume Nebraska prod
ucts millions more each year will be re-
tanned in the state and prosperity can
not but be induced by tia prosperity
even greater than that upon the state at
the present time.
That is some strong assertion, but these
sterling business men are ready to stand
for it,
Nebraska apples have everything in
{ cir favor. They are better than foreign
Il rown apples and they keep longer, and,
Finally, they are cheaper. Why buy
others?" said Val Keyser.