The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-07
Fair Comments.

/ I Ou VVIAA4klC1CLOs
The Fair was a real success. The
men OF vision did it in forty days, but
what viii 1t be by next year when all
professors, knockers, grumblers and 4
told you sos have forgotten the past
and al have become boosters?
Frank Sullivan proved himself to be
the best hamburger salesman on the
grounds.
The most delightful and restful place
on the ground were the tea rooms con-
Quoted by the young ladies of the Nor
NAL. The tea they served and the win
some way they received you, added
much to the pleasure Of the four won
derfully delightful days. They served
thousands of cups Of tea to the people
Many are,now realizing that the fair
ground is not large enough, and that
some of the buildings will have to be
placed on the south side of the creek.
Such move will only add to the at
tractiveness> of the ground.
The shout and the noise of the Fair
are past, but the good done will go on
| forever.
The stock show was worth while.
Not many county fairs will be able to
show such bulls as those owned by C.
G. Cochran.
E1r. Jerry Fellers made a frs--class
Stock Superintendent. He was there
on his job, good judge of stock, and
insisted on all getting a square deal.
Lindsey Clark, Normal student who
is feeding pigs in order to pay his way
through college, entered some of his
porkers and had the good fortune to
take number of prizes. You can al
ways count on this boy bringing things
to pass.
The Methodist Ladies had their usual
good luck and cleared nice sum of
money. These women know how to
win when it comes to feeding crowds.
The only failure at the Fair was the
man who said he could fly. The only
thing that he could do was, every little
while start up his engine, cause his ma
chine to make an ear-splitting noise
the noise was only bluff then settle
down for a fairer day. The fy-man
was failure.
The most costly thing on the ground
was electricity.
Thursday and Friday were the big
days More money was spent on Fri
day on the ground, than any other day.
There are some things that come to
Hays, worth while. Mike Quint, the
well known chicken fancier, had hen
so perfect that the poultry judge re-
fused to place markings He said there
was not a chicken IN the state its equal.
Mike will enter the bird in the poultry
display in Kansas City and New York.
The Standing Grain Thresher attract
ed more attention than any machinery
! display made at the fair. Men are
more and more convinced that this ma-
chine is to do the work for them IN the
future. A crowd was always there list
ening to Mr. Hartman and Mr.. Stevens,
representatives of the company, ex-
plain the machine All know that Mr..
Lew Kraus is the agent for the ma
chine in this county, and that Mr.. II.
H. Pierce is the agent for Russell coun-
ty. Mr.. Kraus and Mr.. Pierce drove to
/ Nebraska, to watch the machine do the
work there. They came back highly
! pleased. 1t is truly great experience
to realize that you are taking part in
revolutionizing a great industry. Just
to know that in ten years the present
mode of harvesting Will be called ian
cient'' IS startling to contemplate
= 'sOh, how beautiful was the ex-
clamation of nearly everyone when en-
tering the fair grounds, on looking at
the upper story of the Normal building,
which was the open front Of one of the
most attractive rest rooms the mind of
man could conceive for an occasion like
this. There filing the lower part of
the arched front, were huge boxes filed
with beautiful growing vines and flow
ers. This feature was the work of the
agricultural department of the Normal
Miss Schoenhals has proved herself
to be a woman of great insight. to the
needs of the people of the rural dis
tricts. She had plotted design of an
ideal rural community that surely look
ed good to the crowds that constantly
surrounded her department in the Nor
NAL building. Many helpful hints were
offered to the people that can easily be
put into practice. No doubt this COM
munity center suggestion put out by
Miss Schoenhals, viii readjust the con-
ditions that now exist in many rural
communities.
That bunch of Normal girls and boys
who met evenings in the Methodist
church kitchen during the week preced-
ing the Fair, and made four hundred
pounds of candy, had no difficulty in dis
Dosino of every bit of If Of Good D1-ofit