The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-01

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day In the City Building aud an
| Organization Was Perfected-Com-
| mittes Has Raised BY Subscription os,-
| 600 Those Who Favor Riverside as the
Will be Held From Sept. 90 to OCT g
| Application for Charter Has Been Made
| Wichita is 10 have a fair. That is an
assured fact Yesterday afternoon the
following weltknown business men met
| in the Fair association rooms in the City
building and drew up an application for
Charter. The application was sent TO
the secretary OF state last night by Sec
retary III. G. Toler. II was signed by
Chas. G. Cohn. j. j. Mcnamara. B. IS.
Herndon, Clarence r. Fulton. H. c. To-
Ter, 3. L. Eaton. W. W. Johnston, Jr.,
d.. Fred L. Johnston, Sid Ashton. n.
Steffen, and Sid Neff. AS will be seen
by a perusal of the above names. all the
signers are business men. This in itself
insures success; it might be said that
il viii be a business mems fair.
The name Of the organization will be
the Wichita State Fair associa ton. The
capital stock will be $3.50, at one dollar
per snare. In the Applicant ton for the
charter is stated that il is to be gen.
eral fair, gwen in Sedgwick county, and
Incorporated for term Of twenty years.
The number of the trustees and directors
will be limited to thirty, selected for
period OF five years. Those who make
up the personnel OF the board are: c. G.
Cohr, c. r. Fulton, B. B. Herndon,
Samuel Hess, Chas. Smyth, Thos. Shaw.
w W Johnston, Jr., B. l.. Eaton, n.
Srafien, j. j. Mcnamara, John Mahan,
VI Kraitsheimer, s. C.Ashton, W. L.
Jett, Sidney Neff. E. B. Jewett. 5. L.
CONNIE, john I. Giles, VIM. Little, II. G..
Toler, S. E. Height, VIM. Dunn, c. +.
Coleman, VIM. Dale, Tom Randall, j. r.
Brown, Robert Cook. John Doran. and
B. +. Kies.
The dst e for the fair will be from Sep
TENDER 20 TO October 2. inclusive
The gentlemen who were present az the
meeting yesterday We're full of enthusi-
asm and they dispatched the business on
hand with rapidity. They were feeling
particularly jubiant over the bright
prospects for the success of their under
taking. The committee which had been
appointed by Mr.. Cohen reported that
they had raised. by subscription. up
wards of $1,000, Mr.. Cohn said yester-
day that all purses and premiums which
would be offered would positively be
paid. This will be encouraging TO horse
men and exhibitors and will bring many
people here with their stock, knowing
that should they be successful in win
ring a purse or premium that they will
get the money which is due them.
The p,sce for exhibiting has not been
decided upon. There were quite num-
Der who favored Riverside park as the
place for holding the fair. as an induce
men. they offered to solicit among those
VINO were partial to Riverside and raise
an additional fund The following com
mi.tee agreed 70 raise the a9itional fund:
Fred L. Johnston, S. c. Ashton, y. Stef-
fen, and Cash Henderson. The commit
tee set out Immediately to raise the re-
CURED amount. They will probably re-
por. on Wednesday, when IL will be de-
cided where the fair will be held. The
fo,l)ving township vice presidents were
elected. after which the meeting adjourn
ed: C. F. Wright, Valley Center; ]. N.
Meyers. Derby; Henry Stunkle, Peck; j.
x Gardner, Morton: Chas. Carr. Waco:
c. ". Hadley, Lincoln; Henry Tjaden.
Payne; 0. G. Jacobs, Grant; J. r. Brown
Eagle: Moses Jay, Union; o. S. LOOMS,
Garden Plain