Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-09
FAIR is UNDER WAY
Committees Appointed to Place So
900 Stock Needed TO Float
Enterprise.
WORK TO BE DONE IN HURRY
Some Tall HustIing From Now On
Last Week in September
Probable Date.

STOCK OF the pTOpoSeu SouhtS IAN d.
ISOLATION were appointed at the meet
ing held last evening at the Rock ISL
and Club. c. S McDaniels, W. S.
McCombs and Warren H. Reck are to
have the cities of Rock Island and
Moline, and l. d. Nudge. T. P. Latin
and ex-senator William Payne the
rural section of the county.
Mr.. Nudge will call on the farmers
| in the lower end, Mr.. Latin in the cen
| ter and Mr.. Payne in the upper end.
Subscription lists were gotten out to-
day and the committees will have their
| work under way not later than to-
morrow. Judging by the sentiment
manifest over the county in favor OF
an annual fair in the county seat the
required funds should be subscribed
| in a week. The farmers will be given
equal representation with the cities
on the governing board. The purpose
is to as nearly as possible apportiOn
the stock equally in the cities and
country. \ limit will be fixed of the
amount OF stock that any single indiv-
idual may subscribe.
street Car Extension to BE Built.
The committee appointed at a prev
| ious meeting reported having effected
lease with the Davenport heirs and
| the WeyerhaeusCr syndicate for the
additional land needed to increase the
| Ninth street park sufficiently to &C
conmOdate a county fair. There are
II acres i'll the strip that has been
secured Ii lies directly north of the
| park. J. F. Lardner, general mana
ger of the Tri-City Railway company,
| has been consulted, and has assured
the promoters of the fair that the COM
pany will have its tracks leading to
the grounds and cars running over
| them whenever the association is pre-
pared TO open the gates on the ex-
hibitiOn. A spur will be built from
the Tower line west over Eighteenth
avenue.
The last week in September is fav-
Ored for the holding of the fair. This
would bring it right in after the Mer-
Ger county fair, and would offer an
advantage to the exhibitors there to
move their displays here in that they
would not suffer any loss of time and
would not have long haul. There is
Rock Island county. but in Mercer
there are several large raiscrs. and il
is believed that all these can be in
duced to bring their exhibits here.
Manufacturers VIII Cooperate.
The tri-cities alone. if all the man
| ufacturers would display their prod
ucts, could occupy all the exhibit
space, but of course it is not the in
tention to adopt the close corporation
idea. The exhibit hall will be open
to the world. The larger manufacture
ers in recent years have refrained
from sending displays to the county
fairs. They have not been exhibiting
at any fair smaller than the state fair.
but one of their number who was in
attendance at the meeting was of the
opinion that, as matter of local
pride, they would make a concession
in the case of their home county. and
join with the association in making it
as big a success as in their power to
do. They would go further, he be
lieved, and take some of the stock.
The Ninth street park. in recent
years, has been used exclusively for
racing. II is now under lease to the
" lll-SlNN III lNillS cio9bSldAIDh- ll'i'
are five men in this organization, and
they have an investment approximate
ly of 5000. They all arc Interested
in the county fair, and are willing to
convert a portion of their investment
into stock in tho new association that
is planned. The driving association
will be absorbed by the fair associa-
ton.
RunnfnE Meet Will Not Interfere.
Beginning Sept. /. as heretofore an
nOunced, there are to be nine days
of running races at the Ninth street
track. which has been rented to- Col.
Horton. president of the Southern In
ter-State circuit who will bring the
horses here from the Union Jockey
club. at St. Louis. This arrangement.
however. will not Interfere with the
plans for the county fair.
It is realized by all having a hand
in the undertaking that in order to
present the fair on the scale cOntem-
plated that hustle will necessarily will
be the watchwOrd henceforth Accord
ingly all those interested have placed
their shoulders TO the wheel deter
mined TO make the enterprise a go
from the start.
Di-pIay Hall and More stalls.
Bids will be asked on an exhibit hall
and about one hundred additional
stalls and pens. After all preliminar
les are gotten out Of the way it is
figured that it will not take longer
than week TO finish these buildings.
The committee probably will employ
some professional fair promoter to as
sumo direction of the details after the
stock has been subscribed and relieve
those whose private business will not
allow them 70 devote their whole at
tention TO the enterprise.
Japanese Steaks.