Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-09
FERGUS FAIR
NEXT AUGUST
Dates Are Advanced One Month, and
Fair Will be the Finest Ever
Held Here.
FORM A STATE ASSOCIATION
Arrangement Made That Will Bring
Finest Race Horses on Coast to
LeWistoWn.

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than last year, and it is believed the
change will be one that will give gen.
era] satisfaction. While a bit early
for some of the agricultural exhibits,
this will be more than Offset by the
better weather that may be expected,
and as for the fair itself, as a whole,
it will be incomparably better than
any ever held in this county. This
does not apply alone to exhibits. but to
the special features that will be pro-
vided for the entertainment of the
the races. Moreover, the date was
not selected by the Fergus County
Fair association, but by the Montana
Fair and Racing Circuit, which was
organized in Helena at series of
meetings ending last Saturday. The
meeting was attended by the secre-
taries of the various county fair as
sociations, the representative from
Fergus being o. w. Belden, the Sec
retary of the local organization. The
primary object of this new state as
sOciatiOn is to secure the same attrac-
tions and horses for each of the county
fairs, and to insure the highest order
of merit in all of the attractions. In
order to accomplish this, and form
ulate a satisfactory workable plan, it
was decided to make state circuit,
and to select dates for each fair The
season is to open at Butte on July 30
and close at Kalispell on Oct. 10.
Except Butte, which is given IL days,
each fair is allotted a week, and a
majority of the counties will utilize
four days for their fairs. The extra
days will allow ample time for the
shipping in and out of race horses,
ETC.
The Dates Selected.
The dates of the fairs and meets
as decided upon is as follows: Butte
July 80, IL days; Anaconda, August
13, four days; Lewistown, August 20
four days; Livingston, August 27
four days; Big Timber, September 8
four days: Billings, September 10,
four days; Bozeman, September II
FIVE days; Great Falls, September "a
five days; State fair, Helena, October
/, six days; Missoula, October 8, foul
days: Kalispell, october Is, four days
The employment of all the race
track officials was left to the boart
of directors, president and secretary
treasurer of the state circuit, and thesi
officials will serve throughout the fail
season.
The purses for the various race
meets have not yet been decided upon
but they will be large and the state
fair at Helena will have at least fOu
and probably six $1,000 purses, whil'
Butte will offer even larger induce
ments. Altogether, the arrangemen
is one that will attract the best horses
now racing at Oakland and Los An
geles to this state, as the whole seasol
is long enough to justify the owner
in bringing their stables here.
No Conflicting Dates.
Another immense advantage is II
the arrangement of dates so that Their
will be no conflict between any of tn
counties, and they will all have tim
to get their county exhibits to tn
state fair at Helena in good shape.
Those who attended the Helen
meeting were: Missoula, D. A.Boyd
I.ewistown, O. w. Belden; Big Timbel
L. F .Doughett; Livingston. J. NJ. Ses
man: Billings, w. B. George; Butte
D. A. Galbreath; Bozeman, R.
Steele; Anaconda, J. H. Cole; Grea
Falls, S. R. Jensen and H. Johnson
Helena, J. w. Pace and N. B. Hol
er
The officers of the Montana Fa
&. Racing Circuit are as follows:
President, r. D. Steele, Bozeman
secretary treasurer. D. A. Galbraitl
Butte: directors, J. w Pierce, of He
ena, W. B. George, of Billings, an
]. M. Seaman OF Livingston.
eelden 10 Pleased.
Secretary O. w. Belden returne
from Helena last evening, and whe
seen by the Argus this morning, b
announced himself as being great
pleased with the result of the Heller
meeting.
"The dates selected are the vel
best we could get and they are e
tirely satisfactory except as relat'
tc the vegetable exhibits. In that +
spect it is little early, and we shs
have to rely almost altogether on Il
farmers in Warm Spring valley for Il
vegetable display Except for ths
the dates could not be improved u
on. The races will be the finest ev
seen here and there will not be Il
slightest chance for jobbing of al
kind. All the other attractions W
be first-class. and people will soon G
r., understand fhat sif vOu SEQ il on n