The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-05-12
FAIR TO BE
A HUMMER
Directors Elect Officers and New
COMMITTEES Appointed.
THIRD WEEK IN SEPTEMBER
There will be More Amusements,
More Horses, More Races, Many
Side Attractions and Bigger and
Better Display of Products.

The directors of the Southeastern
Idaho Fair met at the office OF the
Idaho Republican last Thursday
evening and organized for the cam
paign. C. W. Bergman was elected
president, C. E. Kinney, vice presi-
dent, G. H. Holbrook, treasurer, and
EW. H. Stuf1ebeam, secretary. After
ssshe organization was effected they
spent short time talking over the
work before them and discussed the
policy to be pursued. 1t seemed to
be the concensus Of opinion that more
substantial encouragement should be
given to exhibitors Of agricultural
products of all kinds than has been
given heretofore if it were possible
to do so; that the race program should
be made good interesting one, and
that special attractions should be in
duced to come to entertain people and
to show modern achievement in sci
ence and art. A committee, designat-
ed the amusement committee, was ap-
pointed to have supervision over
these matters and to act in conjunc-
tiom with the secretary during the
season to interest side shows and side
attractions and get them to come. &.
H. Holbrook, F. A. Robert and G. E.
Kinney were elected to have charge
of amusements.
Messs. Bergman, Kinney and Rob-
ert were elected an executive COM
mittee for the season.
Messrs. Givens, Smith and Biethan
were elected premium committee, and
Messrs. Brown, Robert and StufHe-
beam, printing committee.
Messrs. Bergman, Kinney and
Dunn were elected race committee,
and were allowed $500 to be used as
premiums.
Geo. F. Gagon was made general su-
perintendent of the fair, and W. B.
Eldredge marshal for the season.
The date for the fair was fixed for
the third week in September.
The matter of enlisting the aid of
the newspapers was discussed, and it
was suggested that am appropriation
be made to pay the papers something
for giving the people as much inform
alton as possible about the fair and
the work of the persons having the
matter i'm charge, to the end that the
officers of the fair and the people
might keep in closer touch through
out the season and accomplish more
for the general good. Someone said
that this work is the natural province
of the newspapers anyhow, and that
perhaps they would do it just because
they are newspapers, but others said
that while some of them had done
much in this way and others had
helped some, that there are SO many
things which the press is expected to
do for the general good that it must
get pretty tedious for the editors to
work for glory all the time in world
where the dollar is so important a
factor, and the matter was finally set
tied by making an appropriation of
$12O to be divided equally between
the three papers at Blackfoot, two at
Idaho Falls, two at Pocatello and one
at Mackay, and that the editors be re-
quested to aid the work all they could
and accept the money as an acknowl-
edgement of the service rendered.
1t was agreed that the premium
list should be issued early and placed
in the hands of the people so they
could become familiar with it during
the summer.