Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1916, Page 14

THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916. £y If there is one thing more than _ any other that the people of Nebras- | ka look forward to with supreme | : | pleasure, it is the annual meeting of‘ ¢ ; ! - / s ; : ‘ the Nebraska State fair. This fair | | might more truly be classified as an exposition, for it is to the west what < & some of the great expositions have ween to the country, ! Just because it is called the Nebras- ka State fair does not mean that none but the people of Nebraska attend. i Far from it. They come from the | states of the middle west in great " numbers, for the people of this great I agricultural territory comprising the ¢ country embraced in half a dozen of ' the best states in the union, have long ® ago learned to know that the Ne- | braska State fair is one of the best, = if not the best, in the whole west and I8 that in its display oi fine stock the " best in the country can be seen. As an indication of the drawing of the Nebraska exposition it is only necessary to refer to the at- tendance. as shown in the six big state fairs of the west. Taking the population in a radius of ten miles b of the fair in each state, in the state | & of Minnesota the tatendance was 55 & per cent of the population within that radius. In Iowa, 2227 per cent; in Illinois, 3389 per cent; in Michigan, 37.6 per cent; in Wisconsin, 31.8 per ¢ cent, while in Nebraska it was next to Illinoi 1.2 per cent. This in i spite of the fact that all the other states had a population within the & ten-mile limit of from 10,000 to over 500,000 more people than Nebraska. ¥ While the fair has and is suppos it be an incentive to greater work ¥ along agricultural lines, it is a great Thelp im all other lines. The policy of the management has been to provide a well-balanced fair in all depart- & ments. In addition to offering premi- ums lufiiciemkv attractive to bring together splendid displays in the va- | ¥ rious departments, the amusement end is a feature which is not for- D —— gotte VIEW OF THE HOME STRETCH AND GRAND STAND DURING AN AFTERNOON OF STATE FAIR WEEK ~ In selecting the amusement fea- ‘8 tures the management makes an el})t- last year with grand success. Two [county exhibits and agriculture had an |to create greater results next year.)and girls to the cities than anything )was compelled to spend a whole day disgust and turn from such a vision. R cial effort for none but those of a|half-mile records on a dirt track |inning which will be long remembered | The contests which have been |else. in the trip to town. But such things have come to pass, ean nature and so in selecting the | were broken when Ramey beat the by those who attended the exhibition. | brought about by reason of the part| FEach year brings to the state fair| Now all is different. Behind his oil | and as the farmer poes to the Ne- Rattractions the management seeks to | five-mile record and “Wild Bill” En- However, the prospects this year |the state fair has taken in promoting |some new machinery. Last year the |propelled tractor he plows all day,| braska state fair he each year derives [@please the patrons of the fair and |dicott went twenty-five miles faster |are equally good, and if nothing arises | contests among the youngsters of the |steam and gasoline tractor for plow- | turning several furrows at.once where | some new information which helps | Bendeavors to send them away without | than an nutumobi{u had ever gone|to prevent the 1916 exhibit of farm | farm has sometimes taken on a phase | ing appeared to draw the most inter- |only one was turned under the old | the farm work and the day does not B2 feeling that some. of the things|before on a half-mile dirt track. products will be great. which appears ludicrous. Last year |est along the lines of agricultural ma- |system. After supper is over he goes | seem to ve very far distant when the they have seen should have been left Then' 'there is - the music. Music The bringing in to the state fair of [at one of the exhibits given by the chinery. What it will be this year re- | to the barn and drives up to the house | farmer who does not keep a dress coat out, . lovers this year will be especiall the county exhibits carries with it a [corn growers’ association, a lad of less | mains to be seen. with his automobile, and taking in|and a plug hat while his wife has the The race program has always been ledsed Theymann ement has mady degree of co-operation which always !than a dozen years competed with his | Gasoline and oil are doing wonder- [ Mary and the kids drives to town be- | latest style evening dress, will not be [fla good one and will be better this Eelec&i(;ns that ":"Ot but hel ‘e tends to give farmers new ideas which | father, who for many years had been | ful things in helping the farmer solve |fore the stores are closed, while old recognized as much of a farmer. . B ar than ever. In fact, the manage- swell the attendance and the n?usig they put into effect. Those in charge |a prize winner in the growing of corn. | the harg questions before him. Twen- [ Dobbin and his mate, deprived of the Just what the agriculturist is going nt is seeking to bring to the fair enthusiast who passes up the state of the different exhibits fraternize and 'I'L)c lad was too much for his dad and |ty years ago, yes, ten years ago, the | work of plodding around and around | to find at the fair this year to make U4 program of races which will ap- |’ \ : swap ideas which simply means that |{copped many prizes. farmer was plowing all day behind his | the field all day, stand in the cool | his life more enjoyable as he goes al to the lovers of fast horses and fair in 1916 will long regret it. all al:'e benefited by (hg l’;ncrcnursc. .‘Such lhin[{spas these has worked a | plow and [hgn whegn cveniyng came he | barn or feed from the green grass out | along will have to wait until he ar- them something to talk about| ' Last year the display of farm prod-1 Then, too, the individual exhibits, | degree of interest among the boys and | hitched his tired horses to the old |in the pasture. Such a picture drawn | rives. However, that there will be when they gq home. ucts at the state fair was exceptionally |notably those made by the boys and | girls ¢n the farm which has done | wagon and went to town to do the [ ten years ago would have caused the | something along improvement lines Automobile racing was inaugurated | good. Many counties competed in the girls from. the farms, have a tendency [ more to stop the flow of country boys trading, or if he lived too far away, | average farmer to shake his head in | can be assured. e s e S —— e —— — 2 - —— { It is the policy of the Lincoln Telephone & Tele- graph Company to operate along lines that meet with the approval of the public. cial interest in the business. Nearly one:fifth of all the employes are stockholders. 111,400,000 local messages and 1,200,000 long distance messages a year are handled by the Com- pany, and the task is intrusted to 1,086 loyal men and women. We believe that the people have a right to know what we are doing and why we are doing it, and we welcome an opportunity to explain the reasons for any of our policies or practices. We are confident that the public welfare is best served by our constantly making extensions and improvements to our existing property to meet the continuing requirements of the public for addi- tional service. All our accounts are kept in strict accordance with the instructions of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Nebraska State Railway Com- mission so that the public may know at any time through their governing bodies how much money we take in and what we do with it. 20 e e et e In order to get new money for these extensions, it is essential that we pay fair dividends. No man will put his money in an enterprise unless he is reasonably sure that it will be safe and that fair dividends will be paid promptly. 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