The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-05
KAHOKA FAIR
WAS A SUCCESS
Attendance Was Greater Than Last
Year, With Record Breaking
Crowd There on
Thursday.
SCHOOLS ARE OPENED
Record of DR.. w. II. Martin for Fiji
ty-six Years After Graduating
From keokuk Medical
School.

KAHOKA,' Mo-, Sept. 5.-The 1916
Clark county fair came to close
Friday evening after one of the most
successful meetings in the history OF
the association. The attendance on
Friday was above the average and
the attendance for the three days was
1900 more than last year. A record
breaking crowd was probably on the
grounds Thursday, which is always
the big day of the fair Six thousand
four hundred admission tickets were
sold, add to this the complimentaries
in the way of stockholders, booth,
groom and press tickets would prob
ably bring the total attendance to
about 5000 people. The races wers
exceptionally good, although decided
in from three to four heats. In al
most every race there was warm
contest and the heat was not decided
until the finish. In other words every
horse was driven to win and in no
case did race appear to have been
fixed" A pleasing free attraction
was the ferris wheel girls in their
athletic and acrobatic feats. This at
traction was wholesome and good and
proved to be one of the best attrac-
lions on the grounds and well worth
the amount it cost the association.
There has been some talk in recent
years of abandoning the fair, but in
truth and in fact this is all talk The
fair is one If the big attractions in
all northeast Missouri and people
come from miles to attend. Especially
is this true of former Clark countians.
All one has to do on Thursday is to
stand in given spot and sooner or
later a representative from almost
every family in Clark county will
pass. Abandon the Clark county fail?
Not in hundred years! Although
balance has not been struck, the
association will undoubtedly have a
surplus for the year. The vote for
three new directors on Thursday re-
suited in the election of P. I. Wilsey,
| G. T. Duer and Joe Cutting. p. L.
Wilsey will probably be selected to
succeed himself as secretary.
Miss Kathryn Sisson left Sunday to
resume her studies at St. Mary's
academy, Quincy. She will graduate
at the close of the present school
year.
Miss Elsie Resor went to Macon
Friday to resume her position as
teacher in the Macon high school.
There were said to have been more
than 1000 automobiles on the
grounds Thursday Of the fair. Esti
mated in dollars and cents It repre-
sent an outlay Of about 100000.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mauzy and son
Willie of Kansas City, Kansas. spent
a few days of the past week with
old Kahoka friends. The Mauzys
were formerly in the bakery business
in this city and number their friends
| by their acquaintances, all Of whom
, were glad to see them.
The Kahoka public schools opened
the school year Monday with a large
enrolment. Following Is the faculty:
8. L. Naples, superintendent; Edna
Robinson, Edith J. Jordan and Edith
o. Lewis, high school; Annie DON
nelly, eighth grade; James Webb.
seventh grade; Jewell Sires, sixth
grade; H. Jess Watson, fifth grade;
Helen Nichols, fourth grade; Mabel
Perry, third grade; Rena Younger,
second grade; Lutte Lehew, first
grade.
Rural route carriers Of Clark, Scot
land and Schuyler counties are hold
ing meeting in Kahoka today,
Labor day, with about thirty repre-
sentatives in attendance The Kahoka
carriers are hosts and are according
the visitors 4 royal welcome.
DR.. w. II. Martin Of this city has
an enviable record which he recently
gave out for publication. DR.. Martin
has been practicing medicine for a
period of fifty-six years and is still
in the harness. During that time he
| has officiated at the birth Of 1855
babies-1,S21 boys and 2,032 girls.
| OF the number there were thfrty-two
pairs of twins and one set of trfplets.
What physician in Illinois, Iowa or