Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-10-14

MY ARGUS. OCT. ID
the state represented by a big dis
play. To properly show these the
fair management will have to prepare
things on a bigger scale, New build.
ings will have TO 90 up, a larger
grand stand will be built, better trans.
portation service will be put in and
every department will have to be en-
larged.
ITO say the fair directors were
cramped by their little space this
year is putting II mildly, There was
no end of trouble over the fact tnat
there was not enough space TO 20
around and many exhibitors came
here who were disappointed in that
they could not show their property
to good advantage.
A Good Advertisement.
The people of Montana must soon
er or later realize that a state fair is
the best means of advertising the re.
sources OF the state. People have at.
tended our fair that ends today from
all parts of the county and foreign
countries had casual observers on the
scene. II all helps. We need more
people in our state-a class that will
help TO till the soil and build up
towns. A state fair is the best sort
of advertisement for this. Persons
who were passing through the city
from east to west or from west to
east have been told of the fair we
gave for the first time and many of
them stopped over to e what Mon.
tana can do in the way of agriculture.
horticulture. poultry. livestock and
manufactures. All that visited the
fair in this way expressed wonder
that this state. barren looking on the
map, can grow such fine grain and
fruit as we'll as vegetables and other
products of the soil.
please say for me that the direc-
tors are all agreeably surprised at the
showing made with the cramped quar-
tiers. We admit. of course. that the
fair vas ON too small a scale this
year and when | say scale | mean
everything but the crowd. That sur
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the whole. | should say the first Mon-
tana state fair was a decided sue.
cess
Well Pleased With Results.
John W. Pace, secretary of the fair
association and perhaps the busiest
man of the entire week. is jubilant "
or the decided success of the fair.
The officials of the association,
myself included. have had many bou-
quets thrown at us in the press and
by our friends, but | wish TO say that
without outside help the fair would
have been a fiat failure. Mr.. Benepe.
Mr.. NARROW and Mr.. Shoemaker have
all worked like beavers. but no three
men in the world could make a state
fair a success without help. There
fore. | say that the success of the fair
is due to outside help-to the men
who came to us quietly and offered
their services. The Helena Business
Mems association assisted us in many
ways and the press is to be commend
ed and thanked for the way IL has
boosted the fair"
Bigger Affair Next Year.
Thomas A. NARROW. chairman of the
executive committee, believes that the
state fair text year will be a much
bigger affair than the one now clos
ing. and that nothing builds up the
state as well as an exposition of its
resources.
The success of the present fair on.
ly shows to what proportions it can
and will assume with the coming
year" declared Mr.. MARROW. Il have
shaken hands with people from every
county in the state, and. while some
counties are not represented as we
would have liked. this will come about
next year.
Perhaps the best thing about a
state fair is that it brings together
and smooths over political opponents
who have become embittered to the
extent that the public suffers from
the fights. 1t works good fellowship
and makes the people of eastern Mon.
tana acquainted with those of the
western part of the state, while peo.
pie from northern Montana meet and
talk with those from the southern por-
ton.
I'm conclusion, ! will say that what
We lacked in quantity this year We
more than made up in quality. Ihave
talked with persons who have attend
ed state fairs in almost every state
in the union. and they told me they
never saw a better fair than ours"
The board OF directors of the Mon.
tana state fair held its annual meeting
Friday night in the rooms of the Hell
ena Business Mems association in the
Pittsburgh block. Officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year. the old ones
being retained, and the salary of the
secretary was raised from $500 to ST..
900 a year. In addition to this the Of
fee of treasurer was segregated from
that of the secretary. Those present
at the meeting were: Beaverhead,
James p. Murray; Broadwater. Her
man Berg; Carbon, j. n. Tolman;
Cascade. ]. J.. Patterson: Dawson,
George McCone; Fergus. S. S. Hob.
son; Gallatin, +. l.. Benepe; Jeffer.
son. John b. Welcome; Lewis and
Clarke. w. NJ. Biggs; Madison. w. II,
Raymond: Meagher, Len Lewis; Park,
George J. Allen; Rayalll, Henry Buck;
Rosebud, T. Z. Hammond; Silver
Bow, Eugene Carroll; Sweet Grass,
Ewing o. Clark; Teton, William W.
Gamble; Yellowstone. w. b. George.
The officers are: President, +. L..
Benepe. of Gallatin: vice president,
w. NJ. Biggs, of Lewis and Clarke;
secretary, John w. Pace. of Lewis
and Clarke. Most OF the management
Of the fair fell upon the executive
board. of which Thomas A. NARROW