The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-13

FOR FAIR IS
UNDER WAY
Hundreds of Cots 10 Be Used
to Care for Visitors.
NO PRICE ADVANCES MADE
Nearby Towns to House Fair
Crowd; Special Trains Rum

Judging from preparations by ho-
tells, Oklahoma City. will be visited
by the largest crowd in its history
during state fair week Conservative
estimates place the number OF visitors
o. 5000.
The problem Of furnishing sleeping
. and eating accommodations for these
people, /, one that is being given a
great deal Of thought. A canvass OF
twelve OF the leading hotels OF the
city disclosed that the requests for
room. eanno, be handled
Many hotels have rented 4 large
number OF cots TO double the sleeping
facilities of the rooms and TO place
the cots in the halls Other hotel
men have made efforts to ge, cots
bu, the demand is greater ,hap the
supply.
Dance Hall--Hotei.
Various unique schemes for caring
for the crowds are being worked out
The manager of the City auditorium.
dance hall and skating rink, has an
nounccd the purchase Of 200 beds
which he will put in place nightly
during the fair after II o'clock
Women will sleep downstairs and men
upstairs. The beds will be removed
the following morning and the audi
torium used for dancing and skating
until the sand man comes again.
Hotel men are asking the co-opera-
tion Of the private homes In handling
TIE crowd. c. Harris 81 the Egbert
hotel suggests that people Who are
willing TO rent rooms In their homes
u visitors. should make this known
lhrris proposes that the hotel men
FIX one hotel as the place TO send all
the applicants they can't handle. and
that a list Of the rooms in private
homes be filed at this hotel.
No Price Hikes.
Restaurant and cafes OF the city
are planning on laying in an enormous
amount Of food TO feed the hungry.
No idea Of the quantity needed has
been formed, but every effort will be
made 10 have enough. Although the
demand will be great, few Of the
proprietors are planning on raising the
prices and efforts will be made to
treat the public. as usual.
Every available car OF the Okla
homa Railway company will be put
into use during the week. Special
sections will be run on some tf the
lines, where the peak load centers.
while hailers will he placed on all
regular ears. At least Us cars will
be used.
Several Special Traiaa
: Several OF the railroads have re-
csived orders that special trains will
be run on September 2. the day OF
the presidents arrival. The Rock
Island will have = speeisi from Wan
Yika, another from Sayre and possibly
one from Enid. The NJ. X. and T
will run one special from Ada, and
another from Bartlesvilie. A special
from Dallas. Texas, is also expected
on September 26. On all other days
Of The week, the road. will run trains
with extra equipment, the majority
arriving at an early hour In the day
and leaving late in the evening.
Outlying suburban towns. such as
Enid, Edmond. Britton. Yukon, FL
Reno and Normal. will receive the
overflow from this city, Many peo-
pie will seek accommodations In the
hotels OF these towns. a. they can
all be reached by interurban. Large
numbers Of automobile parties will
likely stop for the night in these
smaller towns
Vacant Bulldingso Used.
Several Of the hotels have rented
concessions in vacant buildings and
cots and spare beds are already be-
Ing placed in them. One manager on
Main street even At this early hour
has his banner advertising 100 beds
Tor rent. waving in the breeze. No
extra raise In the price OF sleeping
quarters 10 expected among the hotel
msn. Who are anxious TO see the fair
made Z success.
People who desire 10 camp out Cur
Ing the wek will oil be aceomino-
dated, the Oklahoma Tent and Awning
company stated today. People having
tickets for the fair are given permis-
sion 10 camp on the grounds. and the
awning company promises TO have
plenty OF tents.
Scenes Of last years fair. when
people slept on billiard tables, In no.
te' lobbies, In automobiles and even
On street benches. are expected to be