Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-01
RECEIPTS OF THURSDAY AND TO.
DAY 90 70 PROFIT SIDE OF
LEDGER.
MAY WIPE OUT OLD
DEnT OF $4,000
Rain Mars Afternoon Program Of
Thursday Live Stock Exhibitors
Living at Distance Secure Release Of
Stock in Order to Get Animals Home
Before Strike Order Is Effective.
Special to Times Republican,

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Des Moines. Sept. 1.-THE sixty sec
ond annual Iowa state fair and expo
siuon closed tonight This has been on:
Of the mostS successful fairs in the
history of the great annual exposition.
Up to yesterdaythe weather was ideal.
Threatening clouds early in the morn
ing brought showers about noon and
during the afternoon This cut down
the attendance yesterday. If good
weather prevails today crowd Of
around 10000 is looked for.
While the total figures for the fair
have not yet been made up the attend
ance and receipts have exceeded those
Of last year. and the year before and It
is expected, if good weather prevails
turnout today, they will surpass the
banner year Of 1918. The attendance in
fact for the entire fair will run close
to the 800, 900, mark. In 1913, the big
gest fair. in history, the attendance was
2s1,000.
When the receipts were totaled up
early yesterday morning they had ex-
ceeded the expenditures by $4,000 SO
that the money taken in yesterday and
today will all go to the profit side of
the ledger. This will go to wipe out
the Indebtedness of $4,000 which ac-
cumulated during the past two years,
due to bad weather AID to the cost of
Stockmsn in Quandary.
The live stock men are in quandary
.as to what to do about shipping their
stock. The big exhibitors have planned
on going to the Nebraska and to the
Minnesota state fairs. They will leave
late tonight for these big fairs unless
the strike sit ion looks too threaten
ing. The state fair management re-
leased the exhibitors living at some
distance last night at 9 clock so that
they will have time 70 get to their
homes IA, s. witt tfeirs :,toeip, 4
Today the program was given over
etu automobile racing Exhibits in gem
efal weresrelsased at noon.
4 Bellows Bros. of. Rockford. carried
on elgrand champion Shonors; on their
Shorthorn bull, Village Supreme. Rees
& Howell and Sons, of Pilger. NebS
won grand championship -honors on
their Shorthorn COW, Lenora Goods.
In the Galloways o. H. Swigart and
Sons, of Salisbury, MO-, won the grand
championship, on their COW Ideal n
IN the Hofsteins King Segis y ohanrla'
Ormsby owned by the Galloway-Mes7i
ser Farms of Waterloo, was declared
the grand champion bull. r. 2. Haeger
of Algonquin, ILL.,. Baird Bros. s-of
Waukesha, Wis, and the Iowanas
Farms of Davenport made important
winnings. Il .5.s
In Percheron horses the champ ion
stallion owned in Iowa was declared to
|besIagos, owned by Singmaster & Son
of Keota. The champion mare owned
EinSI6wa in this breed, according to the
awards, is Patience, owned by j. 6.
STAFFORD & Son of Morning Sun. The
Champion mare. of the show was de-
clared to be Pink Brilliante, owned by
Dunhams Of Wayne, III.
Other Glasses Judged.
In the Clydesdales Hopes Pride,
owned by A. q. Soderberg, of CISCO,
III. was judged the champion stallion
Rand Lady May, owned by Barron Bros.
Eof Elkton, S. d., the champion mare.
Prince Fickland was named the champ
ion stallion owned in Iowa, H. Harris
Ford OF storm Lake being the owner.
FTlnCGSS III dC, dlSo o"iiOu ~ = ~ ~ ~ 49,
Judged the champion mare owned in
Iowa ~
In shires Rocks Golden Conquerer,
owned by Charles H. and V. A. SUM
mers, OF Malvern, was judged the
champion stallion and Silk Stockings,
owned by Smith Bros. of Altoona was
named the grand champion mare.
In the Belgians Alfred de Broe Byck,
owned by Charles Irvine of Ankeny
was named the champion stallion and
Paramount Lola, owned by William
Crownover., Of Hudson, Iowa, was
named champion mare.
On farmers team Harry Early, OF
Liscomb, won first and F. A. Huddle-
ston, of Webster City, son second. G.
B. Dannen & Sons, of Msrshalltown,
won third in this class. In draft teams
in harness J. Crouch & Son, of'Lafay-
cite, Ind, won. first and Damien & Sons
second.