Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-16
Most Stupendous Exhibit
Ever Held Here Reaches
Close Friday.
CONTEMPLATION FOR
OFFICERS OWNERS
All Prizes Awarded, Cups
Given; Approval Voiced
by All Visitors.
WrrH dusk Yesterday afternoon

MYTH dusk yesterday afternoon
w the 1916 Tulsa county fair be-
came memory. FromItly at
O'Clock the vast crowds begLn to file
out Cf the grounds, exhibitors began
to remove displays, farm produces and
live stocks. and ere the crisp night
had fallen only light twinEled hero
and there aS belated attendants
furricd through the silent exhibition
building filled only with the ghosts
of splcndor that was.
The final act in Tulsa = annual spec
tacle OF the cornucopia was enacted
Just as It is In any well directed and
well constructed drama. The climax
having been reached. the action
owed to happy and brilliant close.
OF the four days OF the fair. tho last
was by far the best attended and most
satisfactory Of them all. Cnlike SINH
lar sttra ctions there was no pulling up
of stakes as the last hours began to
drift by. there was not that relaxa-
ton by officials and attaches which
has come to be rcckoned with finals.
Each aud every person connected with
the vast organization remained at his
post urtil the curtain was rung down.
vendors spent their last hteaths as
the crowds ppsscd out Of the gates,
'iit lhS' ucHt OF tHe bTuss uTuIt
mingled with the dlscordnnt rasp of
the horn on deporting automobile.
and the creaking OF the big gates
came ere the concessions began to
silently steal away.
Worked Smoothly.
Every thing went off exactly as per
schedule. Tho vaudeville performance
including five acts was given before
huge crowds. Nine. Leltuc made her
last ascension ~ the balloon and made
| five spectacula parachute drops in
! her descent Little Mss Imogeno
| Williams Of Viniia and her trick
| Shetland pony made their farewell
| how and the clever miss was given u
! ton.
Estimates OF tho crowd which at
tended the closing session varied. w.
| A. Rayson, president of the fair, ap.
proNmated the attendance TT twelve
Thousand, exactly The approximate Of
the day before. while more radical OBJ
Scvcrs did not place the total under
| fifteen thousand. President Rayson
declared he believed one hundred
thousand persons saw the fair this
year. All officials concurred in the
statement that all exhibits were bigger
and better than ever before.
al citizons VINO attended wcro
lsNist, in their praise of the men who
engineered the fair through this sea
son. According to leaders thorurhout
the county Prcsidcn. Rayson and Sec
retary Graham have brought tho
Tulsa organization TO level Tar sI~-
rlss'ng that Cf other fairs throughout
| the state
The exhibits MS a whole this season
were far in 1dvarco of those of previ-
ous exhibitions. From farm products
and live stock TO the displays OF me-
chants and manufacturers a marked
| Improvement was noted. The kaflr-
corn palace was given first place as 70
beauty, magnfceuce and attractive-
ness bv the general run of persons,
this being of course. because II con-
taincd those things which appealed 20
all The agricultural displays wero
marvels of farm development and
epoke louder than all the literature.
fancy pictures, advertisements and
boosters campaigns of the wealth
of Oklahomas soil. while. animal
for animal, the live stock. IN
Guiding cattle. horses. swine, sheep
and goats took precedence oven thoss
ot last year. Those who did not win
prizes in those departments went
away in no sense disheartened, having
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