The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-19
FOR MENA'S l2TH
 ANNIVERSARY
An Enthusiastic Meeting Last Night Committes Appointed -Perma- nent Grounds Premium
 List Socn.

The preliminary steps were taken last week for Mena's Twelfth Annual Fair and Cele. bration, and judging from the enthusiasm displayed by the large body of business men pres ent at the meeting in Elks hall there will be no lei-up on the active work until after tke event is over for 1908
 Hal l.. Norwood, president of the Fair Association, called the meeting to order and made a hap py little talk, explaining object of meeting and the general object of this and other similar fairs. He said that the basic reason for such events was to benefit the country in which they were held by offering inducements to the people to raise the best of every thing, each in bis respective line, and for this reason urged the necessity of early issuing the premium list in order that exhibi- tors might know in time the things for which to prepare to compete.
 The speaker related with pride that last year the exhibit of fruit that Mena made at the State Fair in Hot Springs was far ahead of anything else shown at that time. He said, further, that while he had visited fifty-tive counties in Arkansas during recent mouths, he found none that see ned nearly so good to him as that among the blue mountaius of Polk county. He said that he told the people that If all the state had as much and as good water as Polk county, state wide prohibition would not hurt anybody.
 After Mir. Norwood's talk lively discussion took place re- garding place for holding fair which finally resulted in the ap- pointment of a committee of six composed of T. J. Clayton, Dr. J. k. Davis, G. l.. Lochridge, Eu- gene Cox, F. N. Hancock and Dan Watkins, to secure grounds and solicit and raise funds for the necessary improvements. This committee has already taken the matter in hand and will probably be ready to report definitely with in day or two at most.
 A committee composed of H. w. Cardwell, secretary of the association. G. B. Dennis, treas urer of association, and V. w. St. John was then appointed to look after raising funds and SC curing special premiums and the issuance of a premium list, with power to appoint all necessary sub committees.
 This committee afterward met ing and named the following:
 Soliciting committee outside of Meua-J. P. Davis, George Le- gate.
 Soliciting committee in Meua- Dr. J. K. Davis, M. w. Izard. G. l.. Lochridge. George Hopper, Dan Watkins, w. T. Bradbury.
 Women's department: First ward, Mrs. F. N. Hancock, Mrs. Ii. Hollar; Second ward, Mrs. B. w. Atwood, Mrs. H. B. Grif- fin; Third ward, Mrs. H. A. Babcock, Mrs. J. ". Worrell. This committee, 1t is planned, will have charge of securiugI pre- miums and conducting it's own department, selecting assistants and sub-dividing as 1t sees fit.
 Committee to prepare general premium list: A. w. Smith, J. w. Edwards, Marvin Shields.
 Committee on transportstion: T. J. Clayton, J. K. Davis.
 On every side is found enthu- siasm and there seems to be DO indication anywhere of indiffer- ence to the event that has done as much or more than anything else to make Mena and Polk county known far and near.