Not for twenty years have crop con
ditions In the northwest been so prom
ising as they are this year, and not
In twenty years have the money and
labor markets been in so healthy con
dition. Never before in the history
of the fair has the institution had
such an elaborate and thoroughly
^equipped plant for the education and
entertainment .of its thousands of an
nual visitors, and never before has its
Board of Managers invested so much
in the program calculated to please
all classes of its patrons.
The new $250,000 grandstand- and
exposition. building, of which so much
has been said, is a structure the mag
nitude of which none can appreciate
until they see it, although it is ad
mitted to be the only structure of its
kind in the world, and the biggest and
most modern grandstand anywhere in
the middle west. It is 378 feet long,
171 feet deep and 105 feet high, seats
13,000 and has 100,000 square feet of
exhibition space. The old grandstand
had no exhibition space at all, and
was but 250 feet long, 65 feet deep
and 75 feet high. In mere descrip
tion, no adequate idea of the impos
ing lines along which this greatest of
State Fair buildings has been erected
can be given, and visitors to the State
Fair this year will be amazed at its
completeness, comfort and absolute
safety against fire and panic. It is
built entirely of steel and concrete,
has,twenty exits and entrances, and
such is the scientific skill with which
it has been constructed that every
seat holder will have a perfect view
of the world's record mile track un
der any conditions.
Splendid Automobile Show.
