The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-03
ANOTHER RECORD
FAIR DAY SEEN
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must prove profitable, else all bust
ness. sooner or later, will be found
upon the rocks.
Visitors from outside Marion
County came in everincreasing mum
bers. The Indiana Farm Bureau
Federation registered 500 all day
Tuesday, and the same number by
noon today. A delegation Of sixty
five was present from Pulaski County
today.
Tho board Of agriculture is offer
Ing prizes for the best attendance
from counties outside Of Marion
County.
The boys band from the Indiana
Boys School at Plainfeld came to-
day to spend two days at the fair.
giving concerts. There are twenty.
six boys in the band.
A count in the new Purdue build
ing showed visitors passing through
at the rate Of $3.50 an hour this
morning. G. NJ. Frier, director of the
division of short courses and ex-
hibits, Purdue University extension
department, announced. Tuesday
afternoon n count showed 1894 per
sons passing through the building
in an hour.
Because the roof OF this building
leaks, perishable exhibits have to be
moved out every night. William NJ.
Jones, Observation-Disclosures of the
board of agriculture, explained that
the roof was put on hurriedly, in or
der to be ready for the fair. and will
be finished after this week.
The Red Cross emergency tent is
handling cases at the rate of 100 a
day. Headaches lead in the list OF
ailments, with cut fingers next. Dr..
d. W. Foster was the doctor in
charge today.
One Of the airplanes used in the
aerial fireworks display given every
night in front of the grandstand was
damaged $500 in landing Tuesday
night. The pilot escaped injury>
One of the features Of the nightly
thirty models from the. New York
Hippodrome. according to G. r. KEN
per, fair board member in charge
Of amusements.
The fair moved like well.oiled
machine. The program was carried
out as planned. The throngs were
pleased with the exhibits, the plenti-
full food, the Midway attractions, the
races and the weather.
Visitors from rural districts found
plenty to hold their attention all day.
Walking through the immense new
cattle barn, they studied with inter-
est the stalls, which may be removed,
leaving one OF the largest auditor.
iums and exhibition buildings in the
country. During the fair, these
stalls are occupied by prize cattle
from all parts Of the State, as well
as some from other States.
Judging Of horses, sheep, cattle,
poultry and swine continued all day.
A friendly but spirited rivalry was
shown by boys seeking individual
prizes as judges. This contest is
under tSe direction of G. f. Gobble,
OF Purdue University.
Babies, of every size and dis
position, smiled or frowned from the
glass-enclosed rooms in which they
were examined by nurses and
physicians from the hygiene division,
State board of health. Crowds con-
stantly milled around this new glass
house built just for the tots.
The automobile show drew its
usual crowds. The horse-drawn We
hicles of olden days on the farm were
forgotten as up-to-date farmers
looked over the new models.
Tempting fruit, sunny grain and
bright vegetables attracted visitors to
the Horticultural Building. The new
Purdue Building, too, drew many
who, in former years, had failed to
see Purdue University exhibits in it's
old, unattractive building.
The style show, staged twice daily
by l.. S. Ayres & Co, was one of the
special attractions in the Women's
Building. Work in the girls school
also was watched with interest.
No matter what his taste, the Fair
visitor found something to satisfy it,
and satisfy it well, at this Fair, ac-
claimed the best ever"