The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-06
WESTERN MONTANA FAIR
The Committee Has Prepared
Plans for 1898.
WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE
Farmers, Fruit Growers and Stockmen
Will Be Enabled to Make Prepara-
tions-A Midwinter Meeting
of the Fruit Growers

Missoula. Dec. 5.-The board of trade
! committee. appointed TO prepare plans
| for the Western Montana fair for 1888
I has prepared the following report
which will be presented to the board of
trade at its meeting Tuesday night
Your committee. appointed to pre-
pare plan for the Western Montana
fair for 1898 begs to submit the follow
ing report:
'First-We recommend that the fair
be held. as heretofore, under the aus
pices of the Missoula board of trade.
''Second-That the fair be held. as
this year. Immediately after the Ra-
valli County fair
'Third-That the fair committee. TO
be independent of the executive com
mittee, be authorized to select secre-
tary and to prepare a premium list for
the fair. the latter to be completed not
later than Feb. 15 1898.
.'Fourth-That efforts be made to in
crease the membership of the board of
trade and to otherwise strengthen that
organization so that, if possible the
fair may be conducted with the regular
funds of the board without the neces-
sity of special subscription paper.
"Fifth-That the farmers be inter
ested in this matter as early as possi-
BILE in order to secure their co-optla-
tion. not only in the matter OF eX-
hibits. but also in the managerg gnt of
the fair
your committee believes that the
fair. conducted along these lines. will
continue to be success and that it
Will advertise the resources of this re-
gion as no other plan can do. All that
is necessary is the earnest cooperation
of the business men of the city and the
support of the farmers, fruit growers
and stockmen To insure the perfect sue
cess of the fair of 1893. Your commit
tee believes that if the premium list and
the rules Of the fair are in the hands of
the farmers early in the spring, that
the exhibits of 1898 will surpass any
attempt in this line. All of which is
respectfully submitted"
In connection with this report, the
committee has, in accordance with it's
instructions, prepared the following list
OF names to constitute the fair commit
tee for 1898: j. ID. Lehson. William
Spurgeon, Gaspard Deschamps. d. X.
Rockwell, Tylar Il. Thompson c. H.
Edwards and A. l.. Stone. This COM
mittee, If the plans are adopted as
recommended, will have charge of the
arrangements for the fair next fall and
the work of preparing for the fair will
begin at once. There is more general
interest in the fair this year than there
has ever been before. and it is believed
that the fair next fall will be the most
successful that has ever been held The
early start IN preparing it Will enable
the farmers and fruit growers, as well
as the stockmen. to make special prepa-
ration for the display and the fair if
the citizens take the proper interest in
the matter. will be the best exhibition
of the wonderful resources of this see
tion of the state that has ever been
made.
Secretary Edwards of the board of
trade is at work now upon the plans |
Tor the midWinter meeting of fruit !
growers which will be held in this city /
in February. In connection with this |
meeting, which will be similar To the |
meetings of the past two years. there |
will be a display of late winter apples. /
which Will demonstrate that the Bitter /
Root apple is something of q keeper.
after all. The display made at the
meeting of the orchard men last winter
was surprise to all who saw it and
the show this year will surpass that
one, as the fruit growers have had |
more time for preparation. The de-
tailed arrangements for this meeting
have not yet been made, but the board /
of trade proposes To make the meeting
more of success than any of the pre-
vious ones have been. There will be
present, in addition TO Director Emery
and DR.. Wilcox of the State Agricul-
tural college, prominent agricultursts
and orchardists from all parts of the
state The programme will include
talks upon topics of interest |
TO all farmers and general discussion of |
points that puzzle the farmer i'm his |
contest with the elements.