Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-06
RECORD CROWDS
ATTEND The FAIR
Multitude of Attractions at Elk
position Draw Hosts from
Nebraska.
FARM DISPLAY BEST OF ALL
FAIR ATTENDANCE.

tFrom Staff Correspondent
Lincoln, Sept, 5.-(Special.)-Fsel-
ing exceedingly fine over the in
creased attendance at the fair yester-
day over any other year, in fact
practically twice the number, with the
grandstand receipts for the day and
night showing an attendance OF about
$500.
Green's band of Omaha has been
some fine music. Miss Grace
Pool, niece of the secretary. OF state,
one Of the soioists is charming the
people with her fine voice while
Charles Gardner has equally pleased
the people with his excellent voice.
DR.. A, D. Land and Henry Lott are
cornetists and M. Chaloupka, baraton-
ist. A large crowd this evening was
entertained by the band at the audi
forum after the fireworks,
& Ex-Guards as Police.
" Although the National Guard was
Unable to do the policing for the TAR
this year, under the leadership OF Ad-
iutant General Hall, the work is being
we'll done. This is due no doubt to
the fact that most Of the guards are
made up of former members OF the
state militia, sheriffs and deputy
sheriffs who are used to discipline and
know what it means to take orders.
The police station is equipped with
an ambulance corps and physician.
Pony Exhibit Fine.
This year the pony exhibit is the
best ever in the history of the fair
and many boy has felt his heart
quicken when the fine six-pony team
Of milky white ponies has been driven
about the grounds by their owner, w.
]. Thompson of the Dorchester pony
farm. Two years ago the exhibit of
$onies numbered but about forty,
while this year there is the unusual
number Of over 100 of the baby
horses on the grounds.
Superintendent Purcell of Broken
Bow, in charge of the gates, with his
assistants who count tickets, Thorn
as Wright of SAnsley, also news
paperman, and d. S. Dusenberry of
Nelson and James Stoner of Lincoln
have secured the good will of the
newspaper men for their energy in
getting the attendance counted early.
Agriculture's Day.
The agricultural display is superb.
There is only one way to get any
idea of the exhibits from the farms
all over the state and that is PERSONAL
ly to look 1t over and then one is
likely to be bewildered before he has
made the rounds of the big building.
Speaking Of the apple display under
the auspices of the State Horticul-
tural society today, Secretary Duncan
said:
while the apple crop in Nebraska
is not as large as that of last year, yet
the apples that will be marketed will
be much cleaner apd better class of
fruit, if the exhibits at the state fair
ARE any criterion of the market crop.
Commercial growers who are in at
tendance at the show, state that their
crop Of fruit this season is clean and
free from insect and fungous injury
and will pack we'll Prices promise
well for well grown and packed fruit.
|, The apple show comprises in the
Sneighborhood of 5000 plates of ap-
pleslof fall, summer and winter vari-
cites, and box display.
The usual method of disposing of
Nebraska apples is in the three-bushel
barrel. One commercial grower, G. N.
Titus of Nemaha, is having good sue
cess in marketing his crop in bushel
boxes. He sizes and packs the frdit
so that each box has the same quality
of fruit in the bottom as is found on
the top. His display of "Nenlaha
Brand" box apples is one of the out
standing features of the fruit display
The judges are working on the fruit
classes and will conclude their work
by Wednesday night"