The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-01-13
WESTERN NATIONAL FAIR.

We last week published an article relative to
the Bismarck Grove Fair, and the failnre OF the
Association to pay premiums, or give any sat
isfactory answer to inquiries. The article seems
tn have borne fruit; for the Secretary enclosns
us. under Lawrence post-mark of January sth,
draft RS per cent of our premium, and due-bill
for the remaining 25 per cent, payable at the
time of the next Fair, in September. Accompa-
nying this was printed circular letter, dated
Dec goth, 1850, as follows:
WESTERN NATIONAL FAIR ASSOCIATION, I
LAWRENCE. KAN, Dec 70.
To Holders Of Premium Arards:
We r.grrt the delay to which you have been sub
iected in the payment Of premiums due you our
desire has been TO make inil cash payment o. M ~
oar indebtedness, and our Efforts TO that end have
been unccasing. In our endeayors to provide Tor a
large deficiency. we have not been entirely success
full and much against our desires are compelled 10
We hand you herewith in cash, IS per cent. Of
your premiums. and 2j per cent in scrip This
scrip will be fully redeemed at next Fair, tS-p
tember Ist TO 10th, 1851 and viii be received by Us
in payment of stall rents, entries in the speed ring
or other indebtedness TO the Association.
We trust you will visit US next year. when We ex
meet 10 hold larger and ssful exhibition
which hope and intend. shall he Tree from any de
lays and embarrassmeuts attending first Effort
For the Board of Directors:
Respectfully yours,
JosEfH Z. RiGGs, Secretary.
Whether the Board of Directors were hurried
up by the grumblings and growlings that came
from all directions, whether they could not
arrange their affairs sooner, we cannot say; hui
the complaints were lond and widespread. Al
the beginning of October, they issued circular
asking for thirty days time to straighten NJ
,to;, brs;no.s ub.r tbat time bad .xnirnd
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and thirty days more, and people began 10 send
another circular, Hanhi! e.Piah'ns 'he sHua'i""
and stating what they could and would do, al
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ed patiently and quietly. But when no atten
30, ,r,s ,a;J IN tb. ;nou;ri.s far N month n,
more, the public began To suspect crookeGness
and To inouira what had become of the immens.
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sum repo'teu l" naNe "eeh I'm" 'h AZ ''' al
To show wha. others thought, who were sup
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the Fair, and what contributed greatly 10 IN
auenee the nublic mind. we eoupy the followin!
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le'ter, "Fitteh py JOHN H. hice' "ho H1'ehe'
over the state working up the Fair. IL also ex
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PiaiH' 'ne @o""ee'''" " INC 'N-'
road with the Fair. The letter Is dafe Decen
k.r o2J ,t-.a 5,,s l,t.r tho, tho date of the cir
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eular above copied, but whlch was ho' uaiied uh
til three weeks letter:
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FORT ScoTT, NAN, Dec. -, ieoo:-DEAh sit
Referring to your editorial IN the Co'"1T OF thi
date relative TO the Bismarck Fair, Will you do IN,
the justice to insert this IN your valuable paPert
did work hard TO give the people oil hantas falr
bismarck aud II was no swinde, and the Kansas IA
| cihc Railroad imposed upon no one. Ihe road haf
no more to do with the running Of the TAR than dl'
| the Hudson River Railroad, OF New York. Th
nra. and sr.r,a1 hn;iJiSas in acrordance With
promise to do So and then gave the Fair Association
the use Of them Tree ana men % ,ne pnd 80 nr. Son
tors for the Associaton were alone responsible 70
it, and for whatever was right or wrong eonnecte'
There was also nm Executive Committee that rep
resented the Board, and that has transacted all tn
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