The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-10-19
THE KIMBALL GRAPHIC
CLATE R. TINAN.
Official Paner Of the CITY OF KimbaII
-LATE R. TINAN.
WHAT A MAN SEES
When He is Away From Home-T
Editor Takes In Big Street Fair.
A Suggestion for Kimball

"A Suggestion for Kimball
No use talking. Kmball must have
street fair in 1896. Some people don't
know just what street fair is like, but
OF that I'll write further on. I have
been thinking of suggesting the street
fair idea to our business men for several
years. That have not done so before
is partly because having never attended
one | was not qualified to pass as under
standingiy upon the idea as | would
like and another reason has been that
the times have not been very favorable
for an enterprise Of this kind. Now that
l have had the privilege of attending a
street fair gotten UP on a big scale and
had abundant opportunities OF familiar
lzing myself with all the details OF the
management, l am more favorably i'm
pressed with the street fair idea than
ever and have picked up much lnforma-
tion that will become useful should Kim
ball decide to go into any such an enter
prise.
Street fairs, think, are distinctive
ly western inyention-as least the first
ones ever heard Of were in the west,
and the far west at that-but the Ohio
folks have caught on in good shape, and
have made such success Of them that
the old style fair is, in most localities, a
thing of the past. The fact of the mat
ter is, the uounty fair wore itself out
years ago. Efforts were madein many
places to revive interest in them by con-
structins good race tracks and by offer
ing tempting purses gathering a fine field
of horses. This plan was successful for
a time, but for time only. The farmer
who brought a $500 bull twenty miles
fora 81 premium got tired of seeing a
800 horse walk off with a $500 purse
and kicked so vigorously that soon ther G
was another collapse, and, as stated
most likely final one.
In the modern street fair everything
is free, no admission fee and entrance
fee. The fair is gotten up and manage
like Fourth Of July celebration. There
is president, vice-president, secretary
and dozen or fifteen committees.
fund for general expenses such as music,
printing, police, and SO forth. is first
raised and to this fund is added the re.
ceipts from lunch stands and similar
privileges. The business men are the
main promoters of the enterprise anf
| from them is expected the greater par
of the cost to make the fair go. Tha
it is a paying Investment for them is
fully shown wherever street fair has
been held, and so far as can learn at
every town or city at which one of thes:
fairs have taken place each succeeding
fair is better, bigger and grander than
the last. At Fostoria, this state, one is
to be held this week, believe, and ter
| tirst-class brass bands have been en-
gagged. Five band stands have heeI
erected and the town proposes to givt
| the visitors their moneys worth of ml,si,
II nothing else. Every merchant offer.
small premiums, ranging from 25 cent
to IS, and the stuff brought in is dis
played in booth erected in front of hi
place OF business. The business stree
or streets are given wholly to the displa
and all vehicles excluded. The adyan
tage to the merchant oyera county fai
or even over big celebration is at one
apparent, The crowd is all day long il
front of his place OF business and no
where else and the stores are thronge
| with buyers from early morning til
late at night. II sports are a featur
they are held on an adjacent street, S
there is nothing to attract the crow
away from the business streets. Usual
The fairs are held but one day only, bu