The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-03
WANT STATE
:. i TO AID. FAIRS
Question Will be Brought up ia
Legislature by Boise
Interests

BOISE, Dec: Slater many month.
of careful consideration by the direct.
oors of the Intermountain Fair asso.
subject, IT has been determined to ash
| the approaching session OF the legis-
lature for an appropriation to assist In
maintaining the state fair. Coupled
with the request for assistance for the
Boise fair. will be like calls for aid fol
two district fairs. one in southeastern
Idaho and another i'm the northern por-
ton of the state.
The old board of directors spent
some time discussing the proposition
OF state aid for the fair and II was
one Of it's recommendations to it's sue
cessors when 1t left Office that such aid
should be sought. 1t was suggested
that while it would be Illegal for the
state to extend financial assistance to a
private corporation, II would be per-
missible for the state to pay premiums
at the fair, II it should be done directly
from the state treasury. the funds not
passing through the fair association.
With the purpose i'm view of securing
assistance of this nature, the new
board of directors appointed "A com
mittee to investigate the subject i'm
mediately upon taking charge OF the
state fair, and this committee has been
hard at work on the subject since it's
appointment.
1t has now been determined by the
committee and others who have inter
ested themselves in the proposition to
have bill introduced in the legisa-
ture this winter for the appropriation
of funds for the payment of premiums
at the lntermorhtain fair in Boise. the
southeastern Idaho fair at Rackfoot
and some fair in the northern part OF
the state. Lewiston had been sug-
gested but objection has been made by
some to giving any state aid to the
Lewiston fair because OF the alleged
fact that the fair grounds across the
river from that place are just over the
line in Washington.
1t is proposed IN have the state funds
handled by the state horticultural or
pure food commissions. leaving the
I
fair associations to pay such other ex-
penses of the fairs as are tleenred nee
essary i'm connection with the racing
program midway attractions and other
features. Such a bill SIS likely be
presented to the full b. s IN few
days for official recomm ion.
Ii is urged that such an appropria-
ton for the principal fairs of the state
would result In great amount of ad-
Vertising and bring many settlers to
Idaho and would i'm that way he n leg
itimate expenditure of the states
funds.
A bill to create state board of
health and vital statistics is to be in
trodnced in the Legislature also. The
provisions of the bill will cali for the
appointment by the governor. by and
win the advice and consent of the
senate. of a state board of health and
vital statistics comprised of six mem
bers Five of the members shall he
physicians i'm good standing and the
sixth shall be veterinary surgeon
The state engineer will be ex-officio a
member of the board The members
snail hold Office for two four and "a y
years and shall have authorize tn an
point secretary who will be executive
officer of the board and who will re
ceive a salary of $1,000 per annum.