Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-14
Retail Merchants Will Propose
a Scheme to the Farmers
Institute
WILL BANQUET FEBRUARY 22ND
Outside Speaker Expected and Organ.
ization Perfected to Promote Inter.
urban and County Fair in Mar
shaltown-Merchants are Awake
and Alive with Interest in Boosting
For Their Town.

Inere Will be something. doing IN
Marshalltown this season. The retail
merchants are organized and you can't
stop them. They have had the best
years business they ever had and they
feel like the small boy just out of
school. They want to grab hold of
something and test their strength. They
are going to give banquet on the
22nd SO as to tell each other how good
they feel. Then they are going to do
two or three things of Importance.
They are going to appoint commit
tee to look into the interurban project
another to promote harmony among
merchants and third to organize a
corporation for county fair in Mar
shalltown.
The Banquet.
Tickets for $50 plates at the ban
quet have been printed and will be on
sale in a day or two at 81 per plate,
open to anybody and everybody inter-
ested in the welfare of Marshalltown.
Efforts are now being made to get a
speaker from out of town. Local
speakers will be drafted, orchestra mu-
sic provided, and a good time prom
Used.
The County Fair.
Mayor Ingledue, president of the
merchants association, has secured OPP
lions from l. S. Finkle for the purchase
and for the lease of his property on
East Main street. The plan is to in
corporate company with $4,000 capt.
tai if property can be leased and more
if it is purchased On the basis of
$4,000 capital, 100 shares will be sold
to business men at SIS each and 100
to farmers at s25 each A board of
directors guaranteeing an equal repre-
sentation of farmers and merchants
will be provided. With the usual con-
tribution from the state to county
fair, one from the county and one from
the city, with tt rent of $3.50 annu-
ally paid by the ,ase ball association
and 500 or more from occasional cir
cuses it is estimated that an income
of $1,000 annually is in sight aside
from the fair gate receipts. The mat
ter will be presented to the farmers
institute this week for consideration.
If there are breeders enough Of good
hogs, cattle and sheep in this county
to support rousing good fair the
of Marshalltown are dis
posed to dig up for the guarantee
fund.
Finkle's property already contains
the necessary fencing, track, one am
phitheater, 100 horse stalls and other
A large exhibit hall, hog
house, sheep house, cattle barns. ma
chinery hall, another amphitheater, and
public comfort conveniences would
have to be built.
Another plan would be to lease 40
acres alongside of the city park of Mr..
r. Binford and he says he will give
fair association a ten year lease at
very reasonable rental. Fences and
necessary buildings could be erected
anew. The advantages here would be
that the city park and part OF the ralr
grounds covered with magnificent trees
could be used for picnic and camp
grounds and the scheme proposed by
La Plant and the street car company
to build a summer amusement place
with vaudevilles, shoot the chutes, etc,
could be incorporated with this and
help out on the expense. A street car
line reaching the grounds would be OF
immense benefit.
It is figured that there are as many
people living in Marshalltown alone as
there are in the whole Of Franklin
and a successful fair is held
at Hampton every year. If the farmers
will cooperate fair can be made a
great success here. Those who have
views on the subject should write to
tla TIP ahout e.