The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-01-28
A FAIR APPROPRIATION
Will Be Asked of the Present
Legislature For This
County.

AS the State Legislature is now in
session it is time for the delegation
from this county to get busy and lay
before the body of law makers the
reasons why an appropriation for the
establishment Of Fair Association in
Churchill County should be granted.
All will remember the little exhibi-
tion of the local fair we had the middle
of last September and the benefit the
people gained by it. This one was got
ten up in very short notice and no one
who exhibited fruit, vegetables, fancy
work or live stock had over a couple
of weeks in which to make any extra
effort to bring out the best for the
first fair. The exhibit was surprise
to all and showed that the produts of
Churchill County was as good if not
better than the majority Of the pro-
duets at our State Fair.
At this time the people were so
pleased with the result that they at
once organized Churchill County
Fair & Stock Association with Senator
w. w. Williams as president, j. w.
Richards, treasurer, and DR.. c. A.
Hascall, secretary. There were sever
al meetings held by the citizens in
September and October of last year
and Senator Williams after seeing the
good results which came of the fair or
exhibit which had already been held
donated for long term of years at a
rent of one dollar per year tract of
land amounting to 70 acres just west
of Fallon, near the railroad track, for
this purpose. This was a good starter
for permanent fair association and
with this start there is no question but
that the Legislators in the present leg
islature will be willing to grant US an
appropriation. In asking for an ap-
preparation of not less than $1,000 for
the next two years, we will say that
this sum of money will be used to build
substantial exhibit buildings for our
first vegetables, live stock and fancy
work that the ladies of this community
have reputation of doing.
In the settling up of this project
there is hardly week passes but that
a family from the east, family from
the north, a family from the south and
a family from California does not ar
rive here to make homes and take up
their abode with US. And every time
one of these families arrive they bring
with them some blooded stock of some
kind, some have horses, others cattle,
hogs, sheep, chickens, and other fine
bred stock. While the older ranchers
and citizens of this section are at all
times laboring to establish a better
grade of stock they are therefore send
ing away and getting the best of every
thing.
The appropriation will not only help
this section but others as well fer as
soon as they see the good results of
using only the best they will naturally
emulate our example. Especially this
will help the State Fair at Reno. In
the past the State Fair has not been
as much of a success as it will be in the
future for up TO this time the products
exhibited by it came from very limit
ed territory, probably the largest a
mount of exhibits came from the val
ley around Reno. But from this time
on with the state helping to create
smaller fairs at different points it will
insure much better State Fair. The
prize winners of these smaller fairs
will be so encouraged with the success
they have obtained that they will take
their products to the large ones and in
that way not only will we be benefited
by the appropriation but the State
Fair will also reap harvest.
Senator K. l.. Douglass, Assembly
men Lemuel Allen and j. w. Ferguson
are the delegation from this county and
are all fully aware of the success we
gained at the first fair ever held here
and can intelligently lay before the
state legislation why we should have a
permanent organization for this county
and the apprc priation granted.