The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-09-28

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man, and are being placed along the
quarter stretch, west OF the grand
stand. Additional seating for the after
noon horse. races have thus been
provided. IN
Oskaloosa Homesteaders have "put
sone over on the other lodges of the !
city. This organization has erected al
big tent on the grounds. for the rest
room and headquarters and informa-
ton office. The tent will be in charge
of "a member. of the. order and some
one will be at the place every hour
in the day and receive, visitors and
members. as
Traffic regulations going into eff
feet following the formal opening of
the fair this morning, require travel
to- the fair grounds must follow G
avenue west, and traffic from the
grounds must proceed east on D ave-
nue. west. This eliminates ACCT
dents bound to happen on G avenue
west. should two lines of traffic in
opposite directions be allowed.
Steven l.. Pomeroy aside from be-
ing one of the most interesting per-
sons to be found on the ground has
a distinction enjoyed by no other
party living, so far as he knows. Mr..
Pomeroy was an exhibitor at the first
fair held in Oskaloosa, sixty years ago
in 1856 and he says he doesn't believe
there is another exhibitor who was
at the first fair in Mahaska county
alive today At this fair AR. Pomeroy
says he exhibited brindle COW with
calf at side and valued in that day
at nine or. ten dollars. This bull calf,
worth possibly $500 in the money OF
that day took first premium Mr.. Pom
eroy sold him the following spying
for $500 and he was placed at the
head of stable ID. b. .,...,.. 50.
Nine baskets of hand-painted china
were brought for exhibit from Ottum-
wa. Five baskets of hand-painted
china were brought from Des Moines.
Three baskets of china came from
Grinnell. ...
The Womans Christian Temper
Union cooperating with the Equal
Suffrage Association have, established
a rest room and information head
quarters at prominent location on
the grounds, ... ..u..,,
Mrs. Manoah Hedge has one Of the
! largest collections entered for dis
play, having all kinds of farm pro-
ducts on the table. Here is a wonder
full collection and should not be miss
ed in the rounds. q:
! To escape the storm last night,
many of those holding concessions on
the fair grounds slept in the grand
stand. Their canvas tentes failed
their purpose as a shelter during the
young cloudburst.
To prevent the possibility of an &C.
cident at the G avenue crossing the
M. & st. L, Ry. has installed flag
man, He has an abundance of work
to 10 and is altogether a most neees-.
,sHr% and useful individual.
The board of directors of the fair
association met in the Brooke's din
ing, tent, this morning, to determine
upon The course to be followed during
the remainder of the week. An extern
sion of the fair to include Saturday re.
suited.
Mr.. Bourne of the Haynes Motor
Car Company of Chicago stated yes
terday that the Haynes people had
made exhibits at six fairs during the
season and that the one being held in
OskalOOsa at the present time was by
far the best yet
Mrs. w. Z. Daoush, the only lady
, driving in the races, yesterday after
noon attracted much attention and
won much favor. She is the wife of
a horse inspector Of the Allied Coun-
tries. purchasing horses for the Euro
pean war, with headquarters in Des
Moines.
Eur.eicus exhibits have been pro-
vided for teams and autos in addition
to the man gate. There is one way
out On the west side of the grounds
connecting with the Pella road and
another exit has been provided near
the east side of the race track, open
ing on | street. 49,.
| r. r. Johnston, wide travelled
horseman and a timer Of yesterdays
/, race meet, stated that the grounds of
the Southern Iowa Fair and EXPOSE
ton surpassed any other grounds in
the state, the State Fair grounds how
ever being excepted. He expressed
much surprise at the immensely of
the fair.
A new footway has been provided
around the east side Of the race track
to pHriGit people to gain access. toll
/ their .utos I,arked on the north side |
Of the gro ads This path leads north !
from the cottage grounds of the fair !
property and 'oi.ows the track TO, the
gate on the east This provision was
made hy j. D.. j. atom and it was a :
good idea. ..r ,.,......
Governor George W. Clarke who
formally opened, the fair, yesterday |