The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
GREATEST FAIR

tCont1nueG from rage Ouet
was there such a display in Kansas
of town and farm products.
The swine barns are full and have
overlooked into big tent erected for
just such an emergency.
The cattle barn is full, so full that
cows with calves have been moved
elsewhere. The big barn is filled with
the finest line of beef and dairy cat
tie Prof. A M Patterson. superin-
tendent, has ever seen at western
fair.
There isn't a tai1ender in the
bunch" he said enthusiastically to-
day. Ordinarily the exhibitors carry
along a few of that kind to fill in
with. 1t wasn't necessary this year.
They have sufficient number of the
real thing"
More Horse Breeders Than Ever.
More Kansas horse breeders are
represented in the horse barns than
ever before altho the horse exhibit is
no larger than it was in 1916. Failure
to import horses of fancy breeds from
Europe for three years has spelled a
feeble-looking horse exhibit at many
fairs this year. But Kansas has kept
up the pace and the appearance of the
big barn at the fair grounds leaves
nothing to ask for.
The poultry exhibit demonstrated
today that another year the poultry
men must have additional quarters.
The big building is crammed and jam
med. 1t is too full. Any more ex-
hibits will spoil things and there are
still some to come. Three and four
years ago poultrymen had to scatter
their pens around to make a showing.
Forget Crop Failure"
Over in agricultural and horticul-
tural hall one forgets there was ever
talk, along in July, of az 1917 crop
failure. OF course the rains came and
crops came out of the kinks. All one
has to do is to took at the exhibits to
know that. Besides the individual ex-
hibits that stretch away for hundred
feet in the different wings there are
several county exhibits that are at
tracing attention. Leavenworth
county has one of them, and another
is Jewell county. More are in the
final stages. There is some real art
in the way of arrangement of grains,
vegetables and fruits in the big build
ing. In the north wing are numerous
industrial exhibits.
For 'Women Only
The Arts building is filled with the
works of women. In it are the treas
ured fancy-work patternA traced by
patient grandmethers, the newer but
less complicated pieces worked out
by matrons and the still less complex
pieces hurried to completion by the
girls The real art exhibit, spelled
with a capital IA is also ir this build
ing covering the walls of one corner.
In the center are long show cases dis
playing luscious pies, cakes with FROST
ing half an inch thick, ordinary bread
with an extraordinary look and half
a hundred other appetizing products
of the oven and kettle.
Booths have been erected along the
south side and in the center of the
Arts building by local con ems, each
attempting to Guido the other in rich
ness and taste in decoration.
A Factory Dumped Here.
H.
overflow from one of the big ten-a-
minute factories magazines tell about
There is more farm machinery
grouped west of the main road than
Kansans ever saw at one glance be-
fore. 1t ranges from the iowly walk
ing cultivator to the great tractors
with gang-p1ow attachments. If there
is any piece of machinerv farmer
uses that he cannot find on the
grounds it will be because he can't
spend the whole week looking over
the machinery exhibit
Big Day Tomorrow.
Tuesday will be one of the big days
of the fair 1t will be Topeka" day
and most business houses in the city
will close during the afternoon. 1t
will also be Stockman's day and Chill
dren's day With good weather one
of the record crowds of the week is
expected.
Tuesday will see a full race pro-
gram, beginning at 1870 o'clock. and
closing with the famous Kansas Der
by. There will be band concerts all
day and at night. At 1880 CLOCK
there will be a livestock parade in
front of the grandstand, followed by
patriotic demonstration in which
band of forty pieces and a big chorus
will take part. The first fireworks
program will be given Tuesday even
ing The Peoples Pavilion, the new
feature of the Kansas Free Fair, will
open for the first time Tuesday morn
ing In the big tent addresses will be
delivered and discussions will be car
ried on according to program
The only special train into Topeka
today is the train run by the Leaven-
worth & Topeka. 1t will be run each
day this week.
Tuesday there will be special trains
and extra equipment sufficient to
bring an immense crowd to Topeka.