South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-08
FAIR GROUNDS IS
ONE BUSY SPOT
Exhibits For Next Week Are
Beginning to Arrive.
Chairs in GrandStand.


ing OF the Interstate fair at
Sprngbrook park are being COM
pieted rapidly and the officials de-
clare that ali VIII be in readiness for
the BEGINNING of northern Indiana
and lower Michigan's greatest agri-
cultural. industrial and racing event
when the sun rises next Tuesday
morning. Booths are being arrang-
ed. all buildings are practically
ready for occupancy and some ex-
hibits have been taken 20 the
grounds while the majority will
begin 10 pour i'm tomorrow. BY
Monday night all exhibits are eX-
pected 20 be on the grounds and
Springbrook park viii be a beehive
OF industry
superintendent Of the various de-
partments were on the grounds Fri
day overseeing the erection and ar
rangements OF the buildings, booths
and spaces. That part of the park
east OF the main entrance has been
plated like a small town. Streets
have been laid out and marked by
posts and signs along which the
various exhibits will be placed. In
dustrial street. agricultural street
and Chicken Way are the names
OF the miniature highways. Along
Agricultural street viii be the az
ricultiral exhibits. This street
leads directly 10 the baseball grand
stand where the vegetable and gar
den products will be displayed. In
dustrial street passes in "a half cir
Gle along the inside of the outfield
fence and leads 20 the cattle and
stock barns. CHICKEN Way passes
beside the big poultry tent where
an unusual exhibit OF poultry will
be seen this year
Race Horses Arrive.
Several race horses and outfits
arrived on the grounds Friday
while all the local racers are there.
Many more viii arrive Saturday
and by Monday night the capacity
Of the horse barns are expected to
be taxed beyond the limit.
Those IN charge of the advance
sales on tickets declare that the
purchases already made indicate
monster crowds throughout the en-
tire week. Many merchants are
selling the tickets and numerous
reservations have been made.
The grand stand and bleaChers
viii have a capacity for more than
5000 people this year. Bleachers
are being erected on the bank east
OF the concrete stadium which will
have "a seating capacity for 2.4G0.
This number of chairs will be ar
ranged for the fair patrons IN the
bleacner section. Chairs will be
placed in the grand stand and in
stead of being compelled TO sit on
the board-covered cement. the
grand stand patrons will be pro.
vided with unusually comfortable
seating facilities. The p. a. Nc
Hugh Chair Co. has the contract
for the chairs and bleachers and
Charles b. burst is i'm charge Of ar
ranging the seating of the two sec
tions.
Women Are Busy.
The dancing pavilion has been
converted into the manufacturers
and merchants exhibit building Ar
tisjic booths are being arranged in
the hall which viii be appropriate
~ decorated during the week. The
women are working hard on the
women's building which is expected
90 be one of the big attractions OF
the fair
Eacin- men declare the track is
in excellent condition. 70 has been
worked or steadily an year and was
improved by several alterations early
in the season. HorsemCn have been
training their racers on the track
an yoar and officials declare that
rains viii have little effect upon it,
excellence.
In addition 10 the regular assort-
menment of amusement facilities
az the park. the fair association has
booked several vaudeville attrac-
tions of an educational nature for
fair week Among these will be the
Philippine midgets. who come di-
rect from r. verview i'm Chicago.
Mabel Mark S trained mules. "a high
class vaudeville show and a silo-
drome where motorcycles viii travel
and race at high speed other
similar attractions viii be on the
grounds duriug the week
10 has been necessary for the fair
association 70 refuse some entries
because OF a lack Of space. The
entry list Is much larger than last
year in all departments In speak
ing Of the exhibits Friday r. r.
Daley declared the AGRICULTURAL and
IL iustrial exhibits exceed those of
many state fairs. Air. Daley re-
ferred 20 the Indianapolis state
fair. the ohio state fair and the
TeXas state fair. all of which he
has participated in during his eN-
pericnce.