The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-12-21
name FAIR BOARD
Rain Interfered With Program
for This Year.
Total Estimated Attendance for
1921 Was 10000.

consecutive years, the program anu
attendance of the Kansas State Free
Fair was interfered with by weather
conditions, according to the report OF
Phil Eastman, secretary. Eastman
report was made at meeting of the
stockholders of the association held
Tuesday night.
The state weather bureau reported
the falling of a total of 1852 inches OF
rain during fair week. with a threat
ening sky on the last day and rain
falling after o'clock in the afternoon.
Despite the unfavorable conditions,
says Eastman's report, 1.-The attendance
on Tuesday and Wednesday was fair,
and on Thursday and Friday quite
good, considering the unfavorable con-
ditions. The estimated attendance for /
1921 is 100000
On account of the rain, the State
Free Fair association was able to col
1ect from the Eagle Star and British
Dominions Insurance company the
sum of SS,70S-the difference between
$4,000, the estimated income from
the grandstand receipts and the actual
receipts, due to the unfavorable
weather conditions.
There are detailed in the report the
| improvements which have been maze
and the new buildings which have
| been erected on the fair grounds dur
| ing the year just past.
New Livestock Pavilion.
The improvements include a live
| stock judging pavilion erected be-
| tween the cattle barns and morse
| barns; three nurse-coW barns bu1lt
east of the cattle barns, a well-buit
| crushed stone and cinder roadway east
| of the horse and cattle barns connect
| ing with the Nineteenth street and To-
peka avenue gate.
| In the swine and sheep section two
| judging pavilions with spacious judg-
| ing rings, pens, and provided with
| seats for spectators were erected and
used for the first time The swine
and sheep section was fenced off to
| prevent parking of motor cars and to
| provide exercise space.
| Since 1915 the Kansas Free Fair
/ has built six swine barns, two swine
| judging pavilions, the state and fed
! eral departments exposition building.
| a cattle judging pavilion, three nurse
COW barns. a boys and girls club de
partment building, rebuilt the asricul-
tural building, ladies' rest room and
| the race track bleachers.
| Asks for New Grandstand.
| Eastman, in his report. urges that
| the fair grounds remain in their pres
| emit location and that a new grand
| stand be erected. THE Kansas Free
| Fair is losing money and prestige py
not providing the grandstand equip
ment it should have says the report,
after a comparison has been made
| between the small, twenty-year-
grandstand in use by the Kansas fair,
and the cement grandstands which
| have been erected at other state fair
| grounds.
THE public demands high-class
| horse races, tho with the limited
grandstand space it is impossible to
| derive sufficient revenue from horse
races to bring any profit to the fair
from this source, altho races should
be a source of excellent income and
profit" Eastman says.
From the standpoint of finances,
the fair was not discoura ging. A
cash balance of $3,61O.54 is left on
| hand after all expenses have >been al
lowed for. The cash on hand with
which the association started the year
was $5,30413. The total income from
the 1921 fair was $113.586.49. The
total expenses of the 1921 fair were
$1O9, 975.95
The premiums paid out for exhibits
amounted to a total of $24.89165.
| which was paid from the county tax
for state fair purposes. In addition.
the fair received an appropriation of
| 81 900 from the state legislature.
The premiums were paid to depart
| ments, as follows: horse depart
ment, $3,S45; cattle ar t.
ment, sS,834; swine department,
$4,3S0.5o: sheep department. $72O;
poultry department. 1896; dairy de-
partment, $179; agricultural depart
ment, $2,299:50; horticultural depart
ment, s279; culinary department,
$270; art department. $479; textile
| department, $685. bee and honey
department, $16S.50; judging contest,
sos; Sunday school department.
$173.45; boys and girls club depart
ment, $1,200.20; spelling contest
$1O6; pet stock department, $2S.25;
| eugenics department, $500; milk goat
department, $55; education depart
| ment, $500; Old Fiddlers' contest, SOS;
horseshoe pitching contest, $50; girls
milking contest, $2S; amateur must
clans contest, $685..
Total of ST., 1851 From Races.
The race department returned a
total income of $17,851.67 during the
fair. The might shows paid the as
| ISOLATION a total of s6,21O.75, and cost
the mana cement S5,656.25. The de-
| partmentaI expense totaled $2,775.26
| source outside the state and county
appropriations during the fair, was
| from concessions and exhibits, which
| brought in 20,310.20.
| Following the report of the secre-
| tary, the association stockholders re-
| elected the board of directors for the
| coming year. The directors are Albert
| NJ Patten, J. r. Burrow, S. J. Hodgins,
| ]. H. Lee, H. w McAfee, H. S. Putney,
| Arthur Capper, C. S. Elliott, H. H.
Pugh. Frank P. MacLennan, Paul
Huycke. F. A. Anton. E. L. Copeland,
| A. NJ. Harvey, T. F. Doran, Z. H.
| Crosby, R. w. Hodgins. c. W. Seely.
| Charles Sessions, A. ]. Carruth, Jr., S.
E. Cobb, W. w. Webb, ]. S. Dean, and
C. L. Mitchell.