The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-09
THEY SET THE DATE
KANSAS STATE FAIR WILL MEET
IN SEPTEMBER.

Executive Board of the Kansas Fair Decide
Upon September e2, e3, "a, rs, 90 and
"a, 1896, as the Date for Holding Their
Annual acknowledgements of Kansas
and Oklahoma VIII Meet at Chanute
Thursday to Make Full Dates for the
Circuit-Dr. johnson Promises Good
Weather for the Full Meeting.
The date is set. and from this time
on every true Wichitan.an and in fact res
ident of Sedgwick county will join
hands with the officers and officials OF
the Kansas State Fair association TO
make their next meeting a success in
every sense Of the word.
At q meeting of the executive COM
mittee Of the association held in the
Office OF the city clerk il was decided
to fix the date OF holding the fall meet
ing at September %, %, "a. %, 20 and
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On Thursday Of the present week the
secretaries Of the following fair asso-
Citations comprising this circuit will
hold a meeting at Chanute, Kansas
and arrange dates for the entire cir
cult, Wichita and Chanute being the
only ones who have thus far selected
their dates. The associations in the
Kansas and Oklahoma circuit are held
at the following places: Chanute, Mo-
ran. Girard, Erie. Fredonia, Independ-
ence. Winfield. Guthrie. FL Reno. and
last but not least. the Great Kansas
State Fair at Wichita Kan.
The fair at Chanute, Kansas, will be
held on September l, 2, 3, and 5.
The secretary. c. S. Smith. was IN
structed to appoint superintendents for
each township in Sedgwick and ai-
joining counties, who should have full
charge of the exhibitions TO be made
from each township, and also to lock
after the interests and work up an in
terest among the farmers, with the
view in mind Of making the coming
fair meeting the greatest yet held.
In pursuance to the instructions CIV
en- Secretary Smith announced the fol-
lowing appointments and will make the
remaining at a subsequent date:
Linooln-Frenk Mccormick.
Wac-W. n. Beck
Union-J. r. Brown
Illinois-Frank Means
Morton-Harvey Grace.
Erie-C. q Peahs
Gypsum-C- H. Cantley.
Attica-O. II. Pfttinger.
Delano-Pat Mcdonald.
West Park-C, V. Welsh.
East Park-E. B. Jewett.
Rockford. (Mulvane)- Thomas Trfckey
Rockford Oerbyt-M. E. Fleming
Dr. Johnson who has been given le-
gal control OF the weather pulse, by the
great United States government, was
present at the meeting, and after con-
sulting his books gave them a promise
that II the executive committee should
select the week commencing Septem-
Der %, be would give them good wea-
fher. While IL they selected their old
dates, they would only have two chan
ces out of five for good weather. These
facts were proven by the wonderful
book he held IN his lap.
Secretary Smith when eeen by an
Eagle reporter satd: ''I have made a
settlement with all the exhibitors of the
last fair, and I went TO say they are
all more than satisfied and every one
OF them are working and doing their
best to make the coming meeting by far
the most successful ever held In the
state. Secretary Smith said:
You can just say that Wichita has
more horses on the grounds at the pres
ent time being trained than at any time
since the track was made and Mr.. Du-
ianey has done more for Wichita than
is generally known
Il have written 10 all the exhibitors
of the last fair. and after making set
Element for their premiums have asked
them TO return at the coming meeting
and bring with them their exhibits and
tn fsac hax- Id - 80
they would be on hand They are the
friends of the association and every
man in southern Kansas wants 10 talk
fair from this time on, and the great
Kansas State fair will be permanently
located at Wichita and not only the
merchants. hotel men. business men.
but farmers viii reap a reward that
viii come by the State fair being es-
tablfsbed here"