The Detroit times., 1917-08-29
STATE FAIR
WILL SET
NEW MARK
Big Show Gives Prom
ise of Being Best
Ever
GATES SWING
OPEN FRIDAY
Fine List of Special At
fractions Carded For
Every Day

Every Day
Wien the s!xty-eigh.h annual
Michigan state fa!r opens next Frt
iay 30 VIII mark the 5ee.nning os
the greatest exhibition % the KIND
ever given n ,he middle west snd
vii rank well up With aryp ever
held any place or thA continent
This s. on he authority o; George
" Dickinson. secretary - the STATE
FAIR association III the 10 tays
from AUG 81 20 Sept e. AcUort;nc
20 Mr. Dickinson there VII Do more
attractions crowded into TIE pro
gram than ever before n Michigan
As al indication Of the growth ~
the exposition the horse division
2ioas - enough % give au !tea that
10 = as real as ambitious last
wear. when visitors thought he ex
aibitton ~ horses VRs about com
pleta and when his department
won praise from experts who had
seen similar exhibits ali over fNe
worl.. there were 500 animals eN-
hihred A. The Ohio state fair
which usually las oufranked fte
Michigan exhibit Il this particular
and which has Just closed, there
we're exactly 504 horses ir he ev-
hioicon The Michigan far VII
have 104 os the finest tho-ohreds
hat ever competed for prizes or
20n high grade animals, more fkan
were ever gathered together = "a
similar contest IN the great middle
west
These DO not include ths 1.-THE
lmbei cuacrupets that VII race
The races viii be as great as VT
he he horse fair. hut 'he track
horses constitute another feature o.
IRE tiz show
While horses have been suggest
&C as s leading feature simply ,o
show he grand scale on which Tho
exposition will be conducted this
year. Z. is only one ot many a'--ac-
tons IN the livestock teQartne nents
'he various other exhibits xii De-
as large and choice as that o. the
horses
TIE agricultural end O., the fair
vii be further augmented by q dis
uiav submitted ~ 'he Mich -ar
Agricultural college Ttis i-s'it9.
t.Cr will erect large chicken coog
on the grounds and the expert work
men. who vii PIT up re pe-s as
the fair goes or vii explain the
construction 20 those Interested. As
units are completes rriza chickens
Till - put In 'hew ard these wi''
I each 30 guaranteed 20 lay an egg a
/ day during ne AFFAIR Amateur a0t
other poultry breeders vii be given
| lessons II feeding and care ~ he
| poultry go that they 700 may rro-
duce hens that will lay eggs daily
The successor 20 thr horse So fa-
"a speed ls concerned 8 - have
a big place or The prcErsm ard or
/ SATURDAY. and sunday -here wts ~
! automobile races - the most rapid
| speed marTeie known SUCH trir
ers as D. Palma. Art Klein, Georre
+ Clark Trsbrow and Others will com
/ pete. and II Us certain that dirt trar
/ records will be -ma she@ The au-o
! mobile exhibit Will be one ~ ~.
most interesting phases %, The fair
Some of he most daring aviator.
IL 'he world Including the fauol
Ruth Law, ne only woman author
tied by The government 20 wear ar
army ofrce-'s uniform. Vii, give eX
hibrions daily Miss Law VIII gf'
demonstrations % handling arm,
aeroplanes. while other aviator.
famous all over the countrv vil v.
with her % win TIE approval q
the crowds
Every day VIII be patriotic day
AZ this fair Each day ~ o'c'ori
there viii Do military salute ~
guns cred from one ~ fhe big mod
ern war terrors When fhe echo o.
this salute dies away every hsn
and musical instrument on The vas
grounds and there viii be scores o
them VII take up he strains %
tho national anthem America" tn
crowds will be asked % Join an
sing the words For this ru~p0s'
the management viii disirIbut'
/ thousands ~ copies o' tho song
The Detroit College os Medicine
base hospital unit vill be an add>
attraction. The hospital unit is nov
encsmped on The fair grounds an
{, is certain q will not be called ?,
he battlefeids ~ Europe until ate
The fair Is over Tnis mi; VIII give
the visitors N he far Ar idea o.
how wounded will be cared for if
france. where ne oTganlzafl0n wll
be in a short time
r. ig stated that ne midway
VII have larger and more iivarel
0f- program ~ attractions thar
ever before and the character r.
them will be better The sl0ga'
~ he fair ls some purkIns Tier
VIII Dc some handsome specimen
~ fhig VeEffa ir aa well as ever
other vegetable and Fruit for wh.c
Michigan .a famous. and piar "a
these products whl DO more atfraf
live fhan ever tcf0ro teeegse rh
management BIAS adopted rrr st
tenn. Exhibitors viii Do required
arrange their enfries lr dleaaFs o
groups u VIII nut Boz s8Frieff o.
man 'o submit a big rmGx1 o.
watermelon ard ie' r gg af flt
30 murf arrange t.e frIf r
vegetables into a complete frhIb.
and me artistic effect wi har. a
influence hr fhe Judges ft i bt
iievtd 'haf fhA w.li fnc04rsgr ftrt
crs and cMfUr.T fp OK
ryicaf ffat tho hu'fa.Hg deN1-rl FL
these d.splays Will be tlrned n'
beauty spots such ae tafn r.1r-
been admired anyNhnrr
The pr0gram f9r fhr fn days wiz
added attraction from dag f1 d.
that have rcf been listed Tii Do
Friday AUS 7I7 og,nirg rp5