Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-13
FAIR ATTENDANCE
MOUNTS ON SECOND
DAY OF EXPOSITION
LARGER CROWD THAN THAT OF
FIRST DAY TURNS OUT FOR
"oTTAWA DAY"-SPECIAL PRO.
GRAM PROMISED TONIGHT.

''''''i''H VI tithNdIS WtIt UDUTs
ing into The La Sale county fair
grounds this afternoon at an early
hour when official OTTAWA day." was
staged. From the time the business
houses closed at ~ o'clock until the
middle of the afternoon. STEADY
stream of visitors had been passing
/ thru the gates of the grounds.
I Street cars were filled and on some
/ not even standing room could be OBJ. |
tanned, procession of autos and taxis |
passed down Norris street to the fair |
grounds, while the side walks leading |
to the driving park were filed with pc. !
destrians.
Ihe attendance gave promise Of be- !
ing greater today than on any "Otta
wa day in many years past. While
.at the park this afternoon it was pro.
dlcted that the paid admissions into
the park today woud be far greater
than yesterday the attendance it is
not believed will be so large. as many
Of the attendants yesterday were
school children who were admitted on
free tickets. Secretary Nevoy Strawn
stated today that conservative esti
mate OF yesterdays crowd would be
placed at 10000.
Crowd is Orderly.
In spite Of the enormous crowds ar
the grounds yestorslay not sinrIe
accident was reported to the Office Of
the association which is lust inside
the gates.
One woman WIN was accomnanied
by two small children reported that
she had lost her purse. She did not
believe that she had been the victim
of a dip saying that she believed
she cropped the pCcketbook while she
was escorting her children through 7
the crowd. She said the poctetro9k
contained only a small amount Of
money,
Fireworks Tonight.
Tonight a feature of the program
will he the display of fireworks, whiah
Will be shown in front of the grand
stand. The program Of fireworks win
be repeated on Friday night. These n
viii lc given in addition to tho pro II
gram Of six free acts, which are un- :,
usually good .
Educational Exhibits. IN
Ono CT the esnecialv fine pxhibitq tl
m the grounds Is in the educational III
hall where the school children OF tho d,
city and county are displaying their -
work, Cooking, sowing, manual train e'
ing, fine and applied art works, hand Iii
iratt work, maps and mechanical
lraNtnga, and even a horticultural OK el
liblt such rs was never arranged as @;
nc work of school children before has Of
'een placed in the building The dia.
play is a delight to all the visitors r
who attcnd the fair, One especially in OF
erestinR lecture is a map made TO A
show the schools having entries in the cl
2xhihits This shows that the work
ONES from All parts of the county, re
iGmc from the extreme south section ot
md others from the north section. kt
Milk Bar. w
The Home Bureau milk bar is a ri
Unique place on the fair grounds this
tear as well as last. Tho bureau is nc
this milk station as part di
If their health campaign for the chill M
iren. Last year thcre were more
han 1900 drinks sold The Home
'ureau women are working hard to Pl
,eep their bar the cleanest place on i'm
he ground II
The committee in charge of deco. hi
atlng have made very lovely place wi
II the bar room. Mrs. Clarence Carey ga
hairman, and Miss Nellie Wakey VII
damned and carried out the decora. hi
ion with the hcln of Mrs A. r. Gil
forming, Mrg. Charles Pool and Mrs
" H Stockley, The use of yellow
nd white paper for wrapping the tent ia
oles and decorating around tables di
nd tent has made the place very ia
right and cheery. There were more op
han 600 drinks sold yesterday
'ookies and sandwiches are being
old too "V
The workers in charge of the booth We
'uesday were: tn
Freedom Mrs w. II. Stockley co
irG. Charles Pool and Mrs. B. c. Ohm E'
tead
Cedar Point-Nrs. Jerry Hoffman
irs. Chris Hoffman, Mrs. Fred Nudge ed
lrs. Charles Nudge and Mrs X. 9 ST
Iartens pl
Mendota-Mrs. II II. Grosch, Mrs mi
ID Miller, Mrs. l. p. Morehouse and lie
frs. KatZwirkel ed
Trov Grove-Mrs Charls Miller and
Irs. Andrews.
Deer Park-Mrs. A. F. Hornung and
irs. ]. j. Hornung he
Dimmick--Mrs Charles Robinson Of
Grand Rapid Mrs. josephine Jr