Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-02

important place in Arizona.
Yesterday saw preparations for the
great fair practically complete. The
fair grounds were alive with people;
few sightseers and scores of workers
of one sort and another. On every
hand were evidences of the work of
putting the finishing touches on the
grounds.
Visitors From All Sections
By tomorrow morning everything
will be done and the state fair VIII pc
ready to receive it's thousands of visl-
tors. drawn from every part of the
state and adjacent districts. Every
exhibit viii be in place; every entry
ready for showing. whether on the
track or in the paddock. Nothing has
been undone to make the fair this
year the greatest of history.
In fact, though the fair does not be
gin until tomorrow, the grounds will
be thrown open to early sightseers to-
day, and an admission will be charged.
AT that, an inspection trip is well
worth while, if only to see the com
pleteness of the preparations. As for
tonorrow-weH it viii be one Of the
biggest days of the year for Arizona.
The state fair this year will be truly
| an affair of a thousand and one at
1 fractions. No matter what one likes
most of all, he OF she viii find it at
the fair. There win be exhibits of just
! about every kind there is: Mining.
farming, live stock. poultry. dogs, trac-
/ tors, implements, art. needlework, ag-
ricultural development, war trophies,
/ women's apparel. aviation everything
under the sun and some things from
below the earth's surface.
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| will be Ormer Locklear, the wonder of
| the air, in daily exhibitions of his
! trick of changing from one airplane to
another in mid air. For those who
want the latest thing in sport. there
will be an airplane race from the
| coast, the planes due to finish tonlorL
| row morning. For the motor fans
there will be a road race to begin the
| fair and a series of track races to end
| it. For plain sportsmen there will be
| horse races of every variety with
strings of notable entries that will
satisfy even. the most fastidious. For
lovers Of novelty there will be every
sort of known concession on the
grounds
Sport Programs Is Feature
The sport program is one of the
strongest features of the 1919 state fair
and nearly $4,000 in prizes viii be
distributed during the week to the best
entries. The great Copper Stakes trot.
with a $4,000 purse, will be among the
opening events tomorrow, and pacing
and trotting races will be featured
every day, with the full quota of run
ming races as an added attraction The
Ell Paso-Phoenix road race, one of the
hardest of motor marathons, will enc
at the fair grounds Monday as part
| of thsa
and some famous drivers have been
entered for the motor races on the
dirt track. a touch of novelty to the
sports viii be added by the conclusion
of the airplane race across the desert.
Roping,. calf tying and other cowboy
events will be included in the sports
arranged for.
Many Instructive Exhibits
An equally etrong program of ex-
hibitions Of various sorts will be an
other feature of the fair, and yester-
day the exhibitions were being given
the last touches before showing. AL
: together they represent a value OF
: tens of thousands of dollars, and visi-
tors to the fair will find them both
> interesting and instructive.
S One of the most pretentious exhib-
e. its is that in the new mines building.
d near the entrance to the grounds
f Nearly a score of different exhibits
: are housed in the building, and in
0 them one finds every variety of ore
$ that the state has ever produced.
Many of the exhibits are things of
n rare beauty, and some include historic
O relics. One part of the mines build
]. ing viii be devoted to a motion picture
|. show showing the various steps OF
: mining, from the time the METAL is
n taken from the ground as ore until il
n leaves the smelter a finished product
All in all, the mining exhibitions at the
9 fair will be among the most complete
:, ever displayed anywhere.
q Other noteworthy exhibits are those
- of the various schools. In this show
ing schools of other counties, as well
?, as the state university and the normal
,, schools, join with various Phoenix
= schools in demonstrating their work
. Domestic and vocational arts and
sciences are featured in many exhibits
al all of which give a comprehensive
idea Of the usefulness of the knowl-
y edge taught in Arizonas schools.
The agricultural exhibit is another
! : that promises to draw wide attention
T. at the fair, especially SO as it demon
III strates the remarkable progress of th,
state in agricultural lines. This ex
s. hibit is expected to draw universe
NJ attention from among the fair visitors
or The cotton exhibit will also be one o
v the prime features, as will the variou
live stock showings, for Arizona /
Mt already well TO the fore with both.
90 Concessions Ready For Business
IN The fair this year too will have il
; full quota of roncessions festerdat
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