The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-12
CUT OUT GAMES
AT STATE FAIR
Skill and Chance Games
Alike Eliminated From
Big State Show.
MIDWAY" MUST GO
(By Agsociated Pres Leased wirel

by Associated Press Leased Wirel
Madison, Wis.-The Wisconsin State
Fair has hung out the mo Admit
lance" sign to operators of all kinds
of games, either of skill or chance.
Heretofore followers of this trade,
most of them nonresident, have flock
ed. to state and county fairs, set up
their stands, orerated their show or
gaming devise, and moved on with the
profits of their enterprise. State laws
have gradually curbed their operation,
but now the state fair outlaws them
entirely.
This years premium book, just is
sued, announces that at this years ex-
position at Milwaukee, the mot want
ed' sign will be hung on "the roll
down, swinging ball, fish pond, add-a-
ball, shoe-string game, bucket game,
clothes-pin rack, pickout game, corn
game, DEVILS bowling alley, striking
machine, marble roll, dart board, Big
Tom spindle or other wheel, paddles,
art gallery, or other invention for tax
ing much and giving little or nothing
in return" Some of the foregoing de-
vices have been barred for years.
"Under no circumstances" the Of
fetal bulletin announces, "will priv
ileges of questionable nature of de-
moralizing tendency be let or in any
manner tolerated upon the grounds OF
in the buildings; nor will any privilege
be permitted where the business is
conducted in other than a legitimate
manner.
Midway to Discard.
"This ruling spells the end of the
unclean midway, although this has long
been fairly we'll eliminated from the
Milwaukee fair. 1t bars the immoral,
indecent and suggestive shows and
those that border on the demoraliz-
ing, such as snake-eating and other
side shows. 1t lets out the gypsy
fortune-telling avocation usually a
cloak for worse depredations, such as
pick-pocketing. Gone too is the carni-
val from the Wisconsin state fair"
"This year, l have been informed"
writes Governor Blaine in a foreword
in the premium book, "moral cleanli-
ness will be more emphasized than in
the past, and not questionable game
of any sort, skill as we'll as chance,
will be permitted on the grounds.
This is proper, because there is no
necessity whatever for providing for
state fair crowds, or any other fair
crowds in Wisconsin or elsewhere,
features which may offend"
Hoan Boosts Big Show.
Mayor D. w. Hoan, of Milwaukee,
wrote: 81 learn that this year the
state fair will go even farther than
the law of the state requires, and that
not a single game of skill, even, will
be tolerated on the grounds; that all
of the great array of racing and other
amusements will be of the highest
type. For any resident of Wisconsin
to miss the state fair this year, or any
year as long as the present high ideals
are maintained, is a misfortune"
The state fair board also announces
that ''sheet writer's" are taboo this
year except under, rigid supervision.
These are solicitors of subscriptions
for periodicals., who obtain cash sub
scriptions which seldom reach the pub
fishers. This year all such men must
present authentic credentials from the
publishers and other proof of legitS
mate employment.