New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-02
MANAGEMENT FEELS THEY HAVE
) EVERY REASON TO EXPECT TO
/ BREAK THE 1918 RECORD,
OCT. 80 TO NOV. 4 INCLUSIVE
lSatriot'e Color viii Be Especially in
evidence During Fair, For the State
Fair OF Louisiana Is Dedicated To
Service Of v: S. Government

Shreveport
With practically all space in
the mammoth new $4,000 agri-
cultural building assigned. numer-
K1S reservations made in the
iewine. cattle. horse anavasshlaeeSsp - de-
iartments. also in the poultry, Gull
mary, textile, exposition and other ex-
hiblt departments, and many conces-
lsions sold and an abundance Of fna
attractions booked, the management
feels that they have every reason to
expect the 1918 State Fair of Louis
lana, October 30 to November 4, In
elusive. to smash all previous records.
With reduced railroad rates offered
ON all lines as an inducement in adj
dition to the splendid aggregation Of
entertainments that have been con-
tracted for, the expectation is that
this years fair will be the biggest
and. best ever held at Shreveport.
Patriotic color will be especially in
evidence during the fair, for the State
Fair Of Louisiana is dedicated to tha
service Of the United States Govern
ment. Approaching the value of the
fair in encouraging greater food pro,
Nduction end conservation and aiding
Other VA activities. the government
ifs going 70 place z mammoth War Ex.
.lhjbit a thS years fair. TES exhibit,
REPRESENTING all departments OF the
Eederal Government and especially
1featuring the work Of the Army and
Navy. will be absolutely free. i
Another unusually interesting exlib-
1t calling attention to the govern
lmentis war activities will be display
,of food conservation work, for which |
ltlss hundred square feet Of space have
besn assigned in the new agricultural
building. The food administrators Of
Gsoulaiana have been called to meet !!
1t the fair October 81. which day has
been designated Food Administration
Day. The same day will be known as
Hoover day, in honor Of Hon. Herbert |
20. Hoover, the nations food chief. |
who has accepted an invitation to be
present. The food administrators Of
the Southern States, as well as their
ppveruors, have been invited to be
bresent ON this occasion for confer
Bncs with Mr.. Hoover. who is scred- |
nled to speak at the Fair Grounds at |
: o'clock in the afternoon. October 81.
In honor of the young men who are
ldetermined to risk everything. sac
kifcing their lives II need be, for the
eause of humanity as represented in
khe war against Germany and its "kul-
kur'', the Louisiana State Fair Asso- |
,Ciation will admit free to the fair
grounds every day of the fair all SOL
oilers, sailors and others wearing the
military uniforms OF Uncle Sam and
the other Entente nations. The Civil
War Veterans, wearers of the blue
and the gray, will also be admitted
free throughout the fair.
The fireworks spectacle, the
a"World's War, to be given each
might. will reproduce scenes from
1.-THE world war, and promises to be the
most stupendous and spectacular at
kratcion OF the kind ever seen in this
part Of the country.
The fair will be formally opened by
Governor R. G. Pleasant, October 80. !