The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-09
COMMITTEE Reports Fund Now
Pledged Sufficient to AS
sure Success of Undertake
ing Upon Large Scale.
SOME SECTIONS OF CITY
HAVE NOT BEEN SOLICITED
For Every Dollar Subscribed,
Merchants May Expect Ten
fold Return in Boom and Ad-
vertisement to Business.

At the meeting last evening OF the
fall festival finance committee at the
club rooms it was announced that S3,-
400 has been contributed, although
only $2,s75 was reported at the meet
ing. There were six committees that
did not report last evening and there
are several sections Of the city that
have not been canvassed so far by the
soliciting committees When the
whole city has been canvassed 1t Is
certain the amount raised for the fall
festival will reach the $4,000 mark.
which is the goal of the finance COM
mittee
That the fall fe stival will be one
of the largest celebrations Richmond
has ever held is now an assured fact.
Nearly every merchant that has been
visited has responded most literally
with the exception of the few who do
not see the progressiveness of the
movement. One Of the prominent
Main street merchants gave the sum
of So to the committee when 1t visit
ed him and his establishment will per-
haps one Of those benefited the
most by the movement. Another gave
the manificent sum of 81.
The committee of which Matt Won
Pein is chairman was one that did not
report last evening. This committee
canvassed the south end district. 1t
has secured $3.50 SO far and is not yet
through work. Harry Downing's COM
mittee which has a section of North
Eighth street has secured $3.50 that
has not been reported. Cash Bealrs
committee which has section of
South Eighth street has 500 not yet
reported B. D. Games committee
which has another section of North
Eighth street has 500. Nimrod John
son chairman of the committee has
$125 collected that he has not report
ed. He states that this amount does
not include $40 which has been prom
Used to him. Charles Hodges COM
mittee which has North Twentieth
street has $65 which he has not re-
ported. This gives total of $S15
which was not reported which makes
the total sum collected by last even
ing $3,490.
The Ft. Wayne avenue district,
North D street, the manufacturing
district, the bankers, the Indianapolis,
Terre Haute & Eastern Traction COM
pany. the George H. Knolle nberg Co,
and several other of the leading firms
and dry good stores have not been
visited so far. The committee ex-
poets to realize not less than $500
when these places have been solicit
ed.
The members of the club say that
for every dollar given by the mer-
chants. ten will be spent in the city
during the three days. The commit
tees visiting the merchants stated
that the fall festival will advertise the
city as no other celebration possibly
can and that during the three days
October s, Z and 8 the stores will have
the best trade during the present
year.
Edward Harris, secretary has writ
ten to several of the automobile COM
panies in the east and special effort
has been made to secure one ofthe
cars manufactured by the E. r. Thorn
as company of Buffalo, N. Y, for use
previous to the festival for advertising
purposes.
This will prove very busy week
for the different committees of the
club. Tonight there will be a meet
Ing OF the decorating committee. It
is expected at this time there will be
number of reports made as to the
sale OF advertising spaces that the
committee has arranged for-