The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-18
For Exhibit at the Lewis and
| Clark Fair
Committee OF As HELD A MEETING
Charles L. Whitney, Or. N. G. BiaIoek
and Mord Mcdonald Selected a.
Commiss toner's.

The true Walla Wala spirit cropped
to the surface this morning when the
committee Of taxpayers appointed from
the three commissioner districts to
pass on the matter of an appropria-
tion for the Lewis and Clark fair rec
commended that $4,000 be appropriated
for a county exhibit alone; that $1,000
be appropriated for a school exhibit
and that the Walla Walla County Fair
association be given $4,000 toward
holding a race meet and county fair
this fall. 1t is very doubtful however.
if the commissioners will consent to
appropriate the latter sum to the coun.
ty assocition unless the board has as
surances that it will be upheld in the
matter by the law.
Twenty-eight out of the As taxpayers
appointed on the committee responded
and were present at the court house
this morning. After President H. H.
Turner of the Commercial club had
been appointed president and School
Superintendent Myers secretary Of the
meeting little time was lost in getting
down to work. President Turner ex-
planned what the meeting was called
cutting Attorney Wilson that the
board of commissioners had the au-
thority to levy a half mill tax for the
purpose Of the county's making an ex-
hibit at the Lewis and Clark exposi-
ton.
DR.. N. G.. Blalock started off the in
formal discussion that followed by
stating that 1t was merely a waste Of
time to argue the Importance Of the
county making an exhibit. He stated
that it was an unusual opportunity
for Walla Walla county to exhibit It's
resources to eastern capitalists and
investors who were seeking an oppor-
tunity of investing their funds in
regions such as the Walla Walla valley
was. He said that the taxpayers In
his Judgment had not asked for SUI
ficient money for the exhibit He
closed his address by making motion
that the committee recommend that
the commissioners appropriate $4,000
for a county exhibit; $1,000 for a school
exhibit and $4,000 for the county fair
association.
J. c. Painter nearly created riot by
making a motion that the whole mat
ter be referred back to the county
commissioners. The motion was later
withdrawn but it had the effect OF
motion being put and carried that each
of the three propositions before the
committee be acted on separately.
c. w. Preston of Waitsburg offered
a resolution to the effect that the
levy a half mill tax 10
cover the three propositions. the mat
ter of an exhibit and the approprfa-
tion of a sum of money to the county
fair association. The resolution was
ruled out by the chair on the GROUNDS
that II was doubtful If the commits
sioners had any right to appropriate
money to the local association which
would make a half mill tax illegal
At this juncture ]. c. Painter moved
that the committee recommend that
$4,000 to appropriated for a county ex-
hibit and the motion was carried.
The recommendation that $1,000
he given for a school exhibit ani
$1,000 be given for school exhibit and
10000 be turned over to the county fair
,ssocition were speedily made.
Commission Selected.
The selection Of committee OF
.hree to be officially designated as the
r,ewis and Clark commission provet
n he a hard matter. 1t was suggestel
hat the matter be left to the directors
Il the Commercil club but it was later
Iecided that the committee should not
,ttenpt to stfrk the responsibility ani
were declared open. re-
u,ltine in C. L. Whitney, DR.. N. g..
,lalock and Mord Mcdonald being se-
ected.