Show FAIR MAINTAINS BIG ATTENDANCE TO THE FINISH At 1030 Saturday Night the Lights Go Out at Greatest Exposition MORE ROOM IS NEEDED FOR NEXT YEARS SHOW DIRECTORS ALREADY ARE MAK MAKING MAKING MAKING ING PLANS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION a o f The last admissions a which O 0 C S s came through tie gates Rates at the thew 0 t O w fair grounds last night brought O S the total attendance for the week weak to over people Of Ot these theses J O s over were paid admissions O 0 and the fair was a financial suc sue b S O s cess The directors have not as asyet asyet CI O yet had time to compile their re G 0 v J ports but enough data has been U 4 furnished on the finances of the O 9 association to assure the enlarge i w meat of the fair next year car A Aw n S w G lar large e and enthusiastic audience C 0 S saw the fair to a close and It was O S O after niter 11 when the last VIS Is A S left leCt the grounds Some time 0 O during last evening the art build 0 ing was robbed of or a workbox fin finIshed O fished In work ork which 4 stood near the th door of the tho secre s cre O office and amI a O cup up and saucer exhibited by Mrs J W V V R Powis The directors Im 0 C S mediately Instituted an int 4 n but no trace of the Ule thief was wasE 4 E found I O 0 O i 0 S 8 At 1030 last night the lights went out outon outon outon on the greatest state fair ever held in InI I the starter Frank Devin of Sacramento to has given a splendid exhibition of ot ability In handling both horses and jockeys at the post The midway has been more satisfactory satisfactory tory tOr In every respect than ever before b rore and the throngs at the last night of the fair were as liberal o of their patronage as at nt any an time during the fair It isa Is isa a ft remarkable fact tact that the shows given on the midway both free and those at which admission was charged I have served to keep the race crowds at atthe atthe atthe the grounds over the dinner hour and fully 75 c 5 per cent of those who have paid admission during the afternoon have remained for the evening shows Free From I There was not a single accident dur during during ing the fair fall and the crowds have been surprisingly orderly and free from row During Saturday y there was not nota a single arrest not a single lost child or a report of ot any attempt at theft The crowd consisted almost entirely of grown people and the police force was relieved cf Gf the anxiety for the safety of children to a great extent The decision of the fair management confetti would be allowed dur during durIng during ing the closing night of ot the fair was received with approval by the people who planned to attend the fair Satur Saturday Saturday day da night It is almost impossible to allow the throwing of confetti without subjecting the tle patrons of the fair fall to and the directors were de do determined that there should be no blot upon the magnificent record made dur during durIng during ing the week The fireworks display which has been a feature of the even evening evenIng evening ing entertainments entert was as largely aug augmented augmented augmented last night and was thoroughly enjoyed by the immense crowd which filled the UtE stands and the race track The car service which has up to the present pre nt year car been most scandalously Inadequate showed a splendid im improvement improvement Improvement provement over ovar past performances and the crowds were handled without crowding and in an expeditious man manner manner manner ner Plans for Future In the midst of receiving congratulations over the success of the present fair and andUs Us its enlargement and Improvement over all fairs held In the past the directors of the State Fair association I began bean planning for even bigger bl ger and better fairs In the fu future future future ture The principal difficulty which the directors have hae had to contend with luring during the present fair has been lack of ot accommodations accommodations Exhibitor after alter exhibitor had entry fees fet returned because there was WM not room room to properly display the exhibits This |