The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-05
More Exhibits and Space Than
Ever Before at Big Fair.
Added to This Is Government
War Display Here Next Week.
FREE FAIR OPENS MONDAY AM.
Full Week of Exposition Open
to Thousands of Visitors.
Patriotic Feature Prevails in
All Departments of the Show.

The Kansas Free Fair in Topeka
next week will have more exhibits and
more space for exhibits than any fair
Topeka has ever given. This does not
take into consideration the big gov
eminent war exhibit. for which spe-l
cial building of ten thousand square
feet of floor space was erected. But
more space has been taken in the az
ricultural and textile buildings, the
hog barns and the motor. tractor and
machinery divisions than in any pre-
vious fair. The demands for space
are still coming in and it Is highly
probable that some exhibitors will have
to be turned away or tucked away in
corners where their exhibits cannot
be properly displayed.
Even without the government ex-
hibit the fair would be the biggest
ever held. And it will be the best. too.
1t starts Monday morning when the
sun comes up and will not close un-i
10 O'Clock Saturday night-six full
days and six evenings of entertain
ment instruction and amusement for
all of the people of Kansas.
There will be horse races the first
four days of the week and motor races
the last two days. Some of the fast
est horses which make the half-mile
tracks will be here and several records
are to be contested for in both harness
and running races. The best known
motor speedsters now in the business
are to drive machines on Friday and
Saturday.
Patriotism and War Work.
Patriotism and war work will play
an important part during all the fair.
The government is interested in the
Kansas Free Fair SO much that it
specially urged that it be held and is
heavily participating. Besides the
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methods and machinery of waging
war the government is sending ma
val band; a good roads exhibit; food
exhibit; motion pictures of various
war activities and numerous lecturers
and demonstrators.
The allied interests to the govern
ment war work will play an important
part in the fair. The Red Cross will
have large exhibit of its own with
special demonstrations every day. The
Z; N. 2. A; the Y W c. A; knights
of Columbus; Salvation Army; the
Four-M Men, the liberty loan
and war savings stamp organizations
viii all have headquarters where in
formation may be secured and in
struction given in every phase of these
activities
More space has been taken in the
agricultural and textile buildings than
ever before and these big structures
are going to be jammed with unusual
displays.
Largest Swine Exhibit.
The swine exhibit will be the largest
Topeka has ever seen. More entries
nave been made and better hogs are
TO be exhibited than in previous fairs.
TWO new swine barns have been COM
pleted to take care of the animals.
me sharpest contests will be the
Poland-China and Duroc Kansas
futurities for which special prizes are
he Ch
the most interesting the fair has held.
The poultry exhibit will be larger than
in previous years. The cattle barns
will be damned full of the best blooded
animals. The horse display will be
the most interesting the fair has ever
neld. The war stopped the importa-
ton of horses and for several years
the horse displays were small. But
the Kansas Free Fair established the
Kansas Colt show, offering good prizes
for the best bred Kansas colts. The
entries for this division are unusually
good and should prove of wonderful
interest to everyone as showing the
results of the efforts of Kansas breed
ers. In addition to the Kansas exhibit
the Good stable of Belgians from Iowa
will be exhibited in Topeka. Mr.. Good
Is the owner of Farceur, the horse for
which $4,000 has been offered.
Farceur has taken the grand prizes at
every fair and horse show he has been
exhibited.
The tractor and farm machinery
show is much larger than ever before.
The Fordson tractor will be shown for
the first time at any Kansas fair at
Topeka. There will be tractors of all
shapes, sizes and kinds and for every
purpose. Then there will be farm
lighting and water systems, power and
hand machinery for the farm and the
home, most of it in actual operation.
The evenings will be given over to
| the largest patriotic spectacle ever
produced in the west. It will be shown
In the quarter stretch every night.
Three hundred people take part in the
| pageants and displays, including a
crack drill company from Fort Leay-
enworth and detachments of the home
guards of Topeka.
Every day the Mother-Daughter
Canning clubs of Kansas will give a
demonstration of the work being done
by these organizations and Miss
Mary Ward, of Topeka, will give
| demonstrations every morning, after
noon and evening in home economics.
Tuesday promises, to be one of the
| most interesting days ever seen at any
fair. It will be children's day and all
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