Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-01
$l7.207.66

A payment On the nOte Held Dy the
Citizens Lumber Company and other
small items has reduced this cash bal
ance to s5a.TO at this time.
Premiums Paid Exhibitors.
The following cash premiums were
paid in the different departments:
Horses. 1881; cattle. s1,0os: swine,
s.1075: sheep. s273; poultry. s29435;
grain and seeds, dairy, s163.25; fruits
and flowers, s11S.50: pantry stores,
s106.45: needlework. s27S.50; art.
s24s.75; school exhibits. $202; chill
dren's work, $3.50.
! According to the secretary's figures
| the admissions at the gates after 4
| o'clock. the grand stand receipts after
moons and evenings, the entrance fees
! for the races, and the score card
privileges amounted to s5,2S1.35, or
s2o1.91 more than the horse races, fire.
| works, and vaudeville cost.
More Room Needed.
Continuing the report reads:
Lack of room is one of the ques-
| tons that yearly confronts the man
agement and how to get it Is the I'M
| solved problem. If We could buy one
or two lots on the north side Of Main
street, opposite the grounds, and move
| the dwelling house, now on the
grounds, across the street it would af-
ford some excellent space for exhibits
Exhibitors of farm machinery at large
/ fairs, where they have to pay for each
j square foot Of space occupied, always
| find they can make a satisfactory ex-
hibit on much less space than where
the ground or floor space is free. II
| the dwelling on our grounds were re-
moved, believe ali the machinery and
vehicles, except automobiles. could be
placed on the ground north OF the
| driveway between the main entrance
and the poultry house.
by widening the channel Of Linn
creek. where 1t passes east Of the
grounds, and using the earth to fill
from the horse and cattle barns east
toward the creek, we could reclaim
to us on account Of the danger Of high
ing purposes
Weather Was Hindranes.
"These changes would cost quite a
sum Of money. but it has been repeat
eddy demonstrated that week of good
weather at fair time will bring US
enough income to take care Of any in
|
| incur.
I'VE were favored with fairly good
weather during the week of the fair.
still the report OF the treasurer shows
that the receipts thru his Office on
| Thursday were $500 short of the
average Wednesday and Friday, and
Thursday should have been the best
day Of the week for attendance and
! y, to oh i,,t
ceipts of Thursday is more than our
present Indebtedness SO it is safe to
say that II the rain had not interfered
our profits would have paid the in
debtedness of $500 which we had one
year ago.
| Best Ever State Board Says.
1.-THE following is taken from the
November issue of Greater Iowa" a
/ monthly paper published by the state
board OF agriculture:
EN- the world Of county fairs, Mar
/ shall county easily STANDS at the mead
| of the class and is entitled to the
purple ribbon OF championship. The
1915 fair was an outstanding record
smasher from away back. Last year
they set mark for contemporary fairs
to shoot at when their attendance
footed up to 26s1s The wise ones
! said 1t was the limit; that no ordinary
: fair in county Of the population and
surrounding counties could reasonably
hope even to emulate It, to say moth
| ing Of putting 1t In the discard. But
i look what those people did this year
the wettest rainiest. sioppiest year fol
] fairs in the history Of the state. They
set a new record for attendance that
makes the vaunted fiEures Of i5ii iovii
like last years birds nest.
/ The turnstiie listed S4S47 visitors
an Increase Of 7.71s over last year
Can you beat it, Not this year. The
i amusement program was best eyer. in-
4 Guiding rafting good harness. racing
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