The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-04
$50 FOOT SIDEWALL
TO PROVIDE STAGE
SETTING FOR FAIR

A side wall display canvas running
$50 feet along the east end of Roose-
welt Field will provide the stage set
ting for the important fair events,
Elmer Eggemeyer, chairman OF
grounds and concessions, announced
Monday after spending the forenoon
at Glen Miller laying off the space for
the tents and concessions.
The canvas background, Is feet high
will be illuminated with strings of
vari-colored lights, and flags floating
from poles set every Is feet. band
stage will be erected midway along
its length and in front of the stage, a
tanbark trail will be laid for parading
the horses in the horse show.
Stock tents will be pitched at the
north end of the field, both the hog
and horse tents standing side by side,
each one facing on the central grounds
with an S0-foot front, and extending a
depth of 30 feet back to the Deer Pen
road, from which stock may be unload
ed directly into the tents. Another
tent also 80 by 120 feet, will stand be-
side these with it's openings east and
west
Place for Horses
A space Is feet wide at the narrow
est point is left to the east side of
the wall, between it and the creek.
In this space, behind the wall, the
horses may be grouped and held dur
ing the horse show and brought out
promptly when their turn comes. The
white diving horses will be on exhibit
with the rest of the stock in the horse
show.
The emergency hospital, for which
y Cd Nv a
mortal hospital, will be located in A
tent near the spring, in the space jus;
south of the rockery. The hospital
will be manned by a member of the
Medical society, which will cooperate
with the fair management to maintain
it.
The nursery and women's rest tent
supervised by the Red Cross organiza
ton, will be located on the chautauqua
grounds, to the east of the location Of
the big chautauqua tent.
Amusement Concessions
Amusement concessions will bt
placed along the western entrance II
the grounds, ferris wheel near tbs
custodian's lodge, ap ocean wave nea
the western entrance, and others viii
be grouped along the drives.
The horse diving act will be staged
from a scaffold built about half wa.
down the slope of the middle hump
in the field, and the dancing pavilion
will be placed just to the south OF thu
tanbark trail and stage which is t.
be the center of attraction for specia
program events. Work on the seal
fold for the diving act will start OF
Wednesday, and the dancing floor i
expected to be up within a few day!
also.
Domestic science, agricultural ant
similar displays will be housed in a 81
by so foot tent on the ChautauQu;
grounds.
Orders for four tents so by 120, on
so by 100 feet, and three 80 by so feet
were sent by Mr.. Eggemeyer Satul
day Extra tents will be on hand 70
overflow exhibits or for needs no
previously arranged for.
A special finance committee, com
posed Of Mayor Lawrence Handley
Nimrod Johnson, Paul James and T
H. Harris is continuing work thi
week, visiting citizens not formerl
seen and making resolicitations. TIL
committee announces that checks ma
be mailed to the secretary, Charlie
Hodge, at 1917 North Ninth stree
by any who is interested and hav
not been seen.
News of the fair continues to dra7
additional concessions and attractions
Hostler and Harris of New Paris, tn
new owners of the plane used by tn
Chenoweth aviation company, al
nounced Saturday that they would fl
from a field near Glen Miller if po
sible Passengers will be taken {
the regular charge, and the sight {
the plane in flight will be an adde
interest to the crowds
A radio equipped automobile, whic
has Eoeen operating as an advertis
ment at the Ohio state fair and wi
be at Indianapolis next week, passe
through Richmond, Monday, and c
learning of the fair to be held her
the operator expressed an intentic
of returning for it. The radio CO
certs given by the set mounted in II
car, with an overhead aerial, hav
proved a strong attraction at the sta
fairs. From Richmond, the car Wi
go TO the Illinois state fair at Sprin
field.