The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-04-18
NEW FAIR GROUNDS
Are Assured - Enthusiastic
bly,
! Meeting and Plenty Of
\ Funds Forthcoming.

The first meeting Of the new
organization of the Mobiles County
Agricultural Society was held in the
basement of the court house, Satur-
day afternoon and was we'll attended
by business men and farmers who
are enthusiastica and in earnest in
an endeavor to enfuse new life in
the Fair. The meeting was called
to order by CIV. Paterson who was
a short time ago elected President
and E A Trip as Secretary.
I Mr.. Patterson said: 'The village
had been canvassed and 1925 had
been promised and the money
would not he paid unless four
Thousand dollars was raised. We
want five and it can be raised. We
want to buy grounds, erect new
buildings as far as the cash will go
and then stop when we have every
thing paid for and then everything
will be our own. We want to make
a stock company of it and issuestock
to every man that subscribes to the
amount of his subscription. It was
a success at Sheldon. Filst the
business men took hold of it then
the farmers and with these two
elements pulling together they can
make anything go and insure sue
cess"
Z. Trip said: "Our object in seeing
the business men first was to see
what they were willing to to show
tho farmers that they we're in
earnest and then give the farmers a
chance to subscribe al we could
rest assured it would be success if
we got them both interested. We
have not asked the farmers to sub
scribe yet but two of them heard
what we were doing and without
asking subscribed. We will now
give the farmers, chance to sub
scribe.
/, Patterson said: 1.-The fair on this
plan at Sheldon was success, there
was an attendance one day of ten
Thousand people and for the three
days of two years there was an aver
age attendance of six thousand each
day. Most of them went into the
grand stand and thus increased the
receipts. Sheldon is no better town
than this. At Alta Iowa with 3
population of 800, three years ago
had an attendance of over twenty
thousand people. -"
.gAlbertus, said: ''Think We can
make q success of it and it will be a
good thing. Az suggestion think
plan to have = committee appointed
to canvas other towns and get them
interested and then call another
meeting.'
.Stitser said: ''Think the move a
good, one. We can have good fair
a. any town. Where lived they
got out ton or fifteen thousand peo-
pie to the fair.
F. L. Humiston, said Believe the
arrangement will be ali right started
out this way. Each must do their
part and pull together.
Ludlow, said: Am in it heart
and soul. If the people all take
hold we can have a good fair. Here
tofore people have said they had just
as good as hvae been shown, at
home. We can make as good display
here az any where in the state, if a
little money is put in it, it will he
q SUCCESS and if we can get the peo-
pie interested we can have as good
fair as anywhere.
Cupper said, Am also in it heart
and soul. Will put in a weeks work
Think it an assured
success now. We can now go out and
raise money among our farmer
friends ana if we don It they will feel
slighted. If q stockh older leaves he
can sell his stock but if he did not
got anything for it he could look
back with pride at what he had done
to benefit tho town. The move is
4 success now, pelieve the committee
should 10 ahead and incorporate and
if werneed more money We can raise
il. Go ahead, incorporate and issue !
stock and elect officers. =.
The chair then said a motion
would b in order to incorporate
and ssppoint = committee to got up
= art