The daily sentinel., 1906-04-16
THE DATES ARE SET.
Mesa County's Next Fair will he Held
on September 20, ~ and
2S-Splendid Dates.

There was no meeting of the board
of directors of tile county fair associa-
ton Saturday night owing 10 the fact
that there was not enough members
present by one TO make a quorum.
However fthe executive board of the
fair held session and finally decid-
ed upon the dates for the next fair.
After considerable discussion and
after carefully reviewing every phase
of the matter the executive board
fixed Steptember -2G. 81 and 2S.=
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday as
the dates
Tuesday. September 25ih WIN he
entry day but no program will be car
riod out ON that day.
Programs will he carried out on
three days only.
The officials of the fair have been
in correspondence with the managers
of the state fair and other county
fairs for some time in order to get
all the information as to dates so
that there will be no serious conflict
Of dates this year
As ii is now arranged that Grand
Junction will be one of string OF
fairs to be held during September
which assures a larger attendance of
horsemen and general exhibits than
under other circumstances.
The state fair will be held the week
of September 10th. the Montrose fair
and the Canon City Fairs will be held
the week of September Sth, each oc-
cupying three days, the Grand June
tion fair comes the next week 4
The dates of the local fair will
conflict with the HotchSiss fair but
It Is not probable that this will have
any effect on the attendance here.
BY having Tuesday as the entry
day those who will have exhibits viii
in reality have two days to get in
readiness for the exhibition days and
the fair management is determined
that every exhibit shall be in place
before the fair opens on Wednesday
morning.
Friday night the fair viii be
brought to close and exhibits can
be removed Saturday morning with
this regulation enforced those who
visit the fair on the last day Will not
be greeted with partially dismantel- /
ed exhibits as has been the case at /
the last two fairs. BY closing the /
fair on Friday night the exhibits can
easily he removed Saturday and the (
affairs of the big show brought to 4
a close before Sunday.
This arrangement will surely meet
with the approval of every one I'll
'ouiu hdiuAN bt llnplONeu upon ana 4
will in itself go long way toward !
making the next fair more success
ful and satisfactory in every way 1
than those of the past.
The executive board discussed var Il
ious other matters at the meeting |
Saturday night upon which no denn- 1
ite action was taken.
On Saturday afternoon ut two o.
clock there will be meeting Of the
board of directors
Now with the dates set and many
of the preliminary arrangements car
ried TO perfection. the prospects of
the Mesa county fair grow brighter
and brighter. The board of direc- |
tors and other officials are right men
In the right place. They moan busi- 4
ness. They know how to do business 4
They are all conservative and sue 4
oessful busincs men. They are de 4
termined TO make the fair n complete II
success and We belive that they Will
succeed. The people should encour-
age the institution most literally. II
The board of directors can do much
but they cant make the fair a big
success unless the people stand by
them.
The county fair is to be n perma
nent institution. II should be and
every citizen should rejoice in the
progress that is being made