The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-24
STATE FAIR PLANS
DOWN TO WORK THIS
WEEK
TO TAKE UP PREMIUM LIST
Meeting to he Held Wednesday at
which Work % Committees
VIII Come Up for
Ratification.

Az important meeting ~ the b0arI Dr
managers Of the State Agricultural sD-
ciety will be held Wednesday at tho Nor
chants hotel With the exception of 3D.
lew preliminary meetisgs soon aft.r tn.
annual meeting Of the society I'LL January
this Is the first business meeting of me
year, and much Will ue done i'm IN. WY
q planning work for the carnpaIgu ftr
the fair OF 1902
That the fair this year win be a erelr
one goes without saying. A pace has hr.-,
set IN several years PAST which must Zoe
maintained, ana the board h4s the lu-
cllnatlon and the ability III DO =o. one
OF the important items of business b.-
lore Wednesdays meeting Will be- tho
ratIucatIOn of the work uf the commit
tee on premium list Lyman ID BlrI
the new member of the board. is chair
man Of this committee. A number NJ
changes have been made. most of Them
looking 70 am increase in size 1f awards
offered or of the number of Glasses az
premiums i'm a class. Iu some instances
third premiums have been added wh.ra
before there We're only first ANA sc.uuIF
in other cases premiums for mdIviduIIa
Will be offered where before only 3rizeg
for herds We're on the list. and SD 1u.
Following the approval OF the full board,
the premium list will be printed and
widely circulated over tine country r.
the secretary, f. w. Randall
improvements in View.
The board will also approve such Aliens
as may be recommended by the executive
committee, and which are i'm accord with
its ideas for the improvements on tIe
grounds this year A large amount ot
stone walk will certainly be iaid-the
board is already committed to this i'm
provement. There Will also tie "a number
Of new minor buildings erected If the
board acts favOrably on Wednesday. such
as a new speed barn or So. G5arduz
house for the men employed i'm caring
Tor the horses another toilet D,uuIiu4
q new fire engine house. etc
President Cosgrove has been il Tine
South for several weeks travelling through
Missouri, Illinois and other states in the
interests Of the fair Tie has visited
many live stock breeders with whom ue
is acquainted as an officer of the Anleri-
can Hereford Breeders association and
! has done much tO promote thc exhibit at
the fair next fan. Ever since tha first or
the national cattle exhibits held iu lfn,
the breeders Of the more southerlv I.-
gions have felt q great deal Of interest BIB
Minnesota ana the Northwest Those ~ll
visited the fair of that year were great
ly surprised at the character Of the
Northwestern country and at the warm
reception which their exhibition ann SAKE
met with. Since then they have talked
Minnesota vigorously and are GLAD 10
come back here to exhibit and sell, ana
are urging their friends t0 come also.
This influence combined with the work
of President Cosgrove and other officers
| and departments Of the fair VIII have
/ much to do with making the live stock
! display this year something wholly uu-
| equaled
! Chairman Chester r. Smith. of the race
! committee and the evening entertain
| ments committee, viii have some inter-
! esting things to report next Wednesday.
| In both these important departments the
! fair Of 1902 will be a hummer" if AIR.
| Smith has his way.