Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-09-30
ABILENE DAY
LoNGREN GAVE FAIR VISITORS
SENSATIONAL FLIGHT
Business Men Serve Roast Beef 20
1000 People-Today Is School
Day and Big Crowd Is In
Town
SATURDAY
Automobile and Motorcycle
Races



Dickinson county fair. was a record
breaker for crowds and thrills. will
its many special attractions. Tho
attendance was copservaticely esti
mated by the directors at 1900
which was far ahead of Wednesday
crowd. People hraved the threaten.
ing weather and thronged to Abb
lene to attend the fair from all over
the county and many OF the towns
In adjoining counties. The two
beeves, which were roasted to a per-
lection, were served to 1000 people
by fifteen of the business men OF
Abilene, who donned white aprons
and helped carve the oxen. The
races were especially exciting and
fast and many Of the heats were a
peck-and-neck finish. Although the
weather conditions were very I'M
favorable with a strong south wind
blowing, A. X. Lohgren made his
flight and narrowly escaped serious
accident by successfully gliding to
the ground in a nearby alfalfa
patch when his engine stopped at O
height of 1000 feet.
The agricultural hall was the
center of attraction for the many
fsir visitors and all pronounced It
the incest and the displays the most
numerous and beautiful they had
seen in the ten years Dickinson has
held pair. The passage ways on
the second floor were crowded all
cay with people who were always
ready to accept the souvenirs offer
ed by the merchants and scratch |
down their names and guessing the
number of beans in a jar or where |
1t was necessary to get something. /
The kitchen and dairy, textile fab
ric and agricultural departments,
and the baby contest attracted es-
pecial attention in the hall.
The kitchen and culinary exhibit
entries for prizes offered for the J.
best displays of fancy 1ishes and i,
dainties by clubs exceeded all ex-
pectations for size and number and
the people simply were amazed at =,
the quality and quantity of each of :
these exhibits. Miss Hazen, the do
nestle science and art instructor of :
the high school, was the sole Judge :
and awarded the prizes solely on :
the merits Of the display. The Twen-
t'eth Century club was awarded
first prize and the Ladies' Rural =
club took second. Everybody was :,
anxious to see the school girls :
cook" They were more than salts .
field for they surely did see those =,
school girls cook" The members "
IF the domestic science classes of !
he Abilene high school, under the
supervision of the instructor, Miss
dazen, showed the housewives of CT
Dickinson how they should do their e;
cooking in the most scientific but W
till economical way. The girls more b
han backed their claims by passing in
tut samples of their skill III
The Barbecue
The two large beeves which had 6S
oasted all night and Thursday he
corning we're done to a perfection ia
Y IL o'clock when they were taken ic;
rom the pits and carved. Two pits, In
hree feet deep, three feet wide, Or
nd ten feet long were dug and then sh
on sheeting built in a foot from TIC
he sides. The whole carcass was BIO
appended in this and hot ashes IN
laced around the walls, and in this w,
ay the meat was cooked. Dederick an
ros., who had charge of the bar Wi
ecue, certainly know how to cook Mr.
, well as to select good meat. set
PLAINLY NJ Good Music ins
ste
The Industry band and the Abb ~
nc Oanu piayeu De'"ee" inc n lV1A the
the races and in that way there IN
as something doing all the time mo
r the people in the grandstand, Low
1ich was crowded to capacity. The NO,
eechers south of the grandstand d,s,
IRE full and people we're lined n
ound the track south to the agri- on,
ltural hall and to the curve on e,c,
e north. Both bands had thirty the
aces and were a credit to their s,.t
AnS' in
Fast Races mui
All the races on the program were lns
and what the farmers avs
e could not furnish in excitement I
lich the others did. II furnished the
mirth. LightfoOt, q horse owned Tue
A. J. Kean,> finished every heat Rev