The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-11
William KopSeker in Full Flight il
One of His Military Monoplanes.

William KOpSeker in Full Flight in
One of His Military Monoplanes.
Fair officials and superintendent
of departments will be at their sta
lions all day tomorrow. For those
who wish to engage boxes at the horse
show, the chart will be at the secre-
tarys office in charge of Charles
Mitchell Sunday morning from 1890
In all exhibit departments addition
al space has been provided for the big
displays.
Besides the races, monoplane
flights, exhibits and horse shows, a
the midway.
From Two Fairs.
Three special trains of exhibits
from the Nebraska state fair at Lin
coin, and a special train of exhibits
from the Minnesota state fair at Ham
Topeka" said Samuel E. Lux, presi-
dent of the Kansas State Fair associa
ton.
These exhibits from these two fairs
would be sufficient to make us larg-
er fair than we had last year, but be-
sides these there are scores of exhib-
its coming from other places and we
already have upwards of 20 cars of
exhibits already in place. Every barn.
every building and every exhibit space
is already crowded. We have built an
extra horse barn and will begin at once
on an additional cattle barn. We will
also have to use tent to help house
the cattle. The swine department will
be crowded and if entries keep on
coming we will have to build more
pens We have $50 head of cattle
more than we have room for in the
cattle barn.
with exhibits coming from New
York, New Jersey, Virginia. Kentucky,
Texas, Wisconsin. Ohio, Indiana, Min
nesota, Mississippi and a dozen other
states we will have the biggest fair
ever held in Kansas
Arrangements are being made by
the fair management to handle
crowd of at least $4,000 Monday.
said Samuel LUX. secretary of the
Kansas State Free Fair association to-
day, land it is my opinion, barring
rain, that the greater part of the en-
tire population will be on the grounds.
Then, there is not the least doubt that
the out of town crowds will swarm to
the city. have talked with men from
all parts of the state. They say with
out an exception that the Topeka Free
Fair has struck a popular chord every
place that they have visited and in
their home communities. Governor
Capper, recently returning from trip
over the state, reports that the entire
state is talking of our fair
Today exhibits and entries in prac-
tical1y all departments were rolling in,
in a steady stream. The grounds is
a tent city. Along the drives, Gin
dered as a precaution against rain,
refreshment stands, souvenir booths
and exhibit tents are springing into
place with uncanny rapidly Monday
when the gates of the first free fair
in the world swing open, a mass of
humanity will rush in.
At night the grounds will be lighted
by thousands of electric globes. To-
day the Edison Electric company,
with it's small army of engineers, is
putting the finishing touches to the
mammoth lighting system.
Topeka Is Ready.
Topeka is ready for it's mighty host.
At the Comm ercial club, J. Will KEEL
ley. secretary, with Miss Jones, his
stenographer, at the telephone almost
continuously are arranging for rooms
for visitors. Hotels are filling with
rapidity. Railroads running into To-
peka are putting on special eQuipm ent
while the Topeka Street Railway com
pany promises to add enough extra
cars to handle the traffic. Chief Har-
vey Parsons is policing the city and
exhibition grounds with regular and
special police. Topeka fair officials
are firm in their conviction that the
city's police chief and his lieutenants
can handle any emergency that may
arise.
Arrangements are being made at
the fair grounds to handle the crowds
in an orderly manner. Entering the
gates vehicles will drive west past Ae-
riculturaI hall toward the west end of
the grand stand and on around the
race track and back to the gates by
the east drive. On the east side of
the grounds two gates have been made
one at the Twenty-first street and
the other at Twentieth street-for ex-
its Vehicles will be kept moving in
the same direction and traffic will not
be allowed to cross
Large oak posts have been erected
Just behind the race track fence at the
auto parkings. These are a precau-
ton against autos in the races to be
held Friday to keep them from dash
ing through the fences into the crowds
in case of accidents. A polo field in
side the quarter stretch has been built
by experts sent to Topeka from Fort
Riley. The field is 1877 feet in length
and 900 feet wide.
The Polo Games.
The first polo game will be played
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and
the second Friday morning at the
same hour, each game lasting two
hours. The grounds will be in first
class condition. During the game no
autos will DE allowed to park inside
the limits of the quarter stretch
At various times during the week