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(IE NEBRASKA State fair tor 1903
Is now a matter of history. Its
record Is that of the moot suc
cessful ever held, and who Is
the Nebraakan who cannot love
his state more because of what has been
achieved; because of what lias been
demonstrated; because of what has resulted
from this memorable event? State fairs
are held for the collection and exhibition
f the resources of a state. Then If a
ttnle Is always favored with abundant
ereps; If Its cuttle and hogs never know
the want of succulent grasses and fattening
rereals; If Its people are progressive and
enterprising, why should It not grow
teadlly and find It easily possible from
fv to year to make needed Improvement
Annual Exposition at Lincoln Proves
Record Breaker in Every Respect
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WOODMEN TEAMS EXIU C'l'TING A MANEUVEH.
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OF BONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PROTECTION.
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and In time become expansive and perma
nent? Thcto are the main reasons why it
has been possible for the three ttate fairs
which we have reported In past Issues to
be successful. They could net be other
wise, for they have always had every nec
essity at hand and do not know reverses.
Put It has not always been the with Ne
braska. Its crops have not always been the
best. Hot winds and drouth have visited
its vast fields of corn and have blighted
prospects that were the moet promising.
They have burned the pastures and thus
cut off the last rource of sustenance for
cattle on the plains. But - these condi
tions were not this year, nor last year.
- For the last two years Jupiter Piuvius has
been more than literal and In consequence .
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A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THE CROWDED GRANDSTAND.
a great many shocks of Nebraska wheat
and hay have "gone down Salt creek."
Yet Nebraska has never had a reverse
by which It has not protlted. The failures "
of clover and timothy, as well as corn and
wheat, Introduced alfalfa, now . the king
of all grasses, a crop which never falls en
tirely and which as a Buiiplenontul food
Is not equaled.
The Nebraska people are imbued with a
loyal, resourceful nature, and that is why,
under the most adverse conditions, Its
state fair hits made this steady growth,
defying every mlafortune or reverse.
The breeder of pure bred stock has found
a permanent home here. He. came many
years ago, but it is only -within the last
few years that - he has become familiar
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A PARTY OF "STATE HOUSE GIRLS" WHO HAD A 1BERRT AFTERNOON AT THE FAIR THE SIGNS THBY DIS
PLAY MU8T NOT BE TAKEN TO INDICATE THAI THET WERE OVERLOOKED.
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HE DID TRICKS WITH CARDS
AND TALKED AT THE
SAME TIME.
with the conditions to cope with crop fail
ures, etc. He now comes to the fair with
his stock and is proud to say to his farmer
neighbors. Ills city cousin, or even William
Jennings Bryan as he perambulates through
the stock barns:
"I won the first on that one, and there
Is one I sold for $100 (or $1,000 as the case
may be), but what do you think of my be
ing turned down on that smooth fat rascal,
the very one on which I had placed my
whole hopes of winning."
Then mayhap he shows his pigs or his
cattle or his massive draft' horses to his
farmer brother with the view to selling.
- This has come to be one of the main fea
tures of -taking stock to the state fair, and
aales at the Nebraska fair this year wei'o
Exhibits tljat Were Not Listed
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excellent
The total atten
nee at the fair was right
at 70.000 and we
e pleased to say that of
this number a 1
years were repr
tter share than In past
jentatlves of the state's
agricultural lnd
Vrles. It must be so, for
the fair reprei
ts in greater part the
agricultural reso
ces of a state and these
predated must be seen
exhibits to be
by the man i
has "been there" and
knows just how
luch labor and pains it
has taken to rai
that perfect ear of corn
or that "round
at pig," that looks aa
though it had b
made in a mould,
wife has equal interest.
And the farme
In fact, she has
lore than equal interest.
for she not only
'mires the stock and fine
may ge through the
rich grain.
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MIDWAY Til KKH WAS A
CROWD ALL THE TIME.
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Art hull and admire and appreciate every
article. There will come a time the change
is here now when our farm homes will be
adorned with beautiful pastels and crayon
portraits, costly hand-paintrd china will
be seen on our tables, and Battenburg and
point lace will be nothing unusual. Tin so
will be the product of the skill of the
farmer's wife, and this change will be
more readily wrought by a few extra
moments spent In the Art hall at the state
fair or elsewhere. Then isn't it a shame
and to be deplored that any true husband
will think of leaving his noble wife at hone
to "sec alter things" while he goes to the
fair smoking a brand new cigar the size of
a corncob? The wife would be more than
pleased only to go and would not think of
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asking for any such delicacies. And, too,
while In IJncoln Bhe could do her shopping
and would save a great many timea the
expense of going, to say nothing of the
more modern and up-to-date Ideas she
would get of household furnishings and
clothing for herself and children.
It was foresight and gooi management on
the part of the fair board that brought
t'resceus to the fair this year. It not only
brought out again as many people, fram the
cities, but, . "there's no use talkin'," the
farmer and his wife and family went to see
this "feller go a bit." And he did g. He
Is a noble horse; so sensible, so kind and so
willing. He sped around the course that
-easily that few realised the clip -lie was
making, and what an ovation he was given
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Some of the Features of the Show
Recorded by The Bee Staff Artist
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INSPECTION.
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ROYAL HIGHLANDERS FORM ST. ANDREW'S CROSS.
when It was announced that l e h id lo.eral
his own record on a half-mile Hack, mak
ing the mile In 2:08'i.
The "speller" for the fIiowb wa present,
but not In such evidence as at some of the
pat-t f;iirs, tills season. It will by a day for
rejoicing when these fakirs and vile show.)
can be excluded from our state fiirs. TrO.
the American people like to be dupel; this
Is because of their ambitious und inqiirlng
nature, und the only way by w!ilc!i to
eliminate or modify thl trait Is to el m n :te
entirely these unretined, debasing sliowa
and put In their stead Institutions of cul
ture that lend to uplift rather than to de
tract from the purest thought of the m'nd.
These institutions are tolerate 1 bec.iuie of
' the pecuniary aid they afford the fair as-
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soclitloii, which proves dl-tlnctiy that a
wrong would be licensed becau-.e of the
money to he derived by doing o. But In a
financial way the state hoard is now about
$i,(l to the "good." which, with the ap
propriation coming from the rtate. should
make It titn.f-ctKr.uiy to resort to any such
means of procuring :nore funds.
In the way of taking care of the live
stock the management is certainly to bf
lauded for their noble efforts. This depart
ment was the most Important and the moat
liberally putronlztd of any part of the fair,
and whl!e over 4n head of hoys were or
dered to not be shipped because of the In
adequacy of the facilities, this o 11 not
possibly be avoided. Several i.ew barns)
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