The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-24
MANAGEMENT IS ENTIRELY
SATISFIED WITH PATRONAGE
More Has Been
Raising Agriculture Horticulture and Mining Than Ever
Beoe-~Far Splendid Success, Even Surprising the
Most Optimistic Antcipations

Today will bring to close the most
successful state fair that has ever
been held in North Dakota.
For five days the people of the state
have had an opportunity of visiting
the fair and the thousands upon thou
sands who have availed themselves of
that opportunity have gone home, I'M
mensely pleased with everything they
saw and more enthusiastic over North
Dakota and her wonderful resources
than ever before.
Bringing to the front the varied in
terests of the state, advancing as no
other means possibly could, the stock,
agricultural, horticultural and other
resources of the state, the fair has
accomplished it's purpose. From every
standpoint the week has been q sue
cess, the elements combining with
the fair association giving to North
Dakota its wonderful exposition which
will, in a very few hours, be his
tory, but its place in history will al
ways be bright one.
This afternoon the last grand stand
program is being given. The attend
much larger than the association had
of the great cowboy relay race tonight,
the final act of the various perform
ers and the fair associations portion
of the attraction program will have
been completed. To round out week
of pleasure, the shows on the Merry
Midway will give the visitors their
last opportunity for amusement, and
then the fair will be over.
Directors Satisfied.
| This morning the board of direc-
tors held a meeting. On the faces of
all the members there was written
very plainly satisfaction at the week 8
work. The directors felt that they
had done their very best to give North
Dakota the kind of fair it was de-
serving of. and were willing to leave
it to the people of the state to decide
! whether or not their object had not
been accomplished. Perhaps there
might have been one or two improve
ments in the weeks program, or in
the manner of handling certain de-
partments of the fair, but If there
were. they could not be seen in ad-
vance. But everything that could pos
sibly be arranged for before the fair
opened, was carried out in splendid
shape and no one had any complaint
to offer.
More Attention to Agriculture.
The live stock department.. the poul-
try department, ETC.. have not attained
the point OF perfection and this MORN
ing the directors, in reviewing their
work along these lines, decided that
at the next state fair a great deal
more attention will be given to the
agricultural and horticultural inter-
ests of the state.
North Dakota, naturally an agricul-
tural state, is in position to give a
great agricultural show and for this
reason the directors have decided that
special attention shall be given to-
wards working that end of the fair up
to a point OF perfection that has not
heretofore been obtained either in
North Dakota or elsewhere.
In Grand Forks there is an oppor-
tunity of holding the greatest agri-
cultural show in the world, and the
directors will work to that end hence
forth.
Success Financially.
The fair has been tremendous sue
cess financially. The attendance has
been far beyond expectations and the
income from various sources has been
large enough to cover all the fairs
expenses, leaving goodly sum on the
right side of the balance sheet.
This feature of the weeks work is
especially pleasing, as it is but an
other demonstration of the fact that
Grand Forks push and energy is need
ed to make the state fair the success
it should be.
Left Much Unsaid.
1t has been interesting to note the
expressions of visitors to the state
fair. Many have come here from all
parts of the state, and they have re-
turned home we'll pleased and en-
thusiastic over what they have found.
Notably among the visitors have been
members of the legislative assembly,
before whom the fair question was SO
prominently brought last winter at
Bismarck.
The legislators. and many of them
were from Cass county, grew decided
ly eloquent over the work that has
been done here. They had heard the
members of the legislative assembly
from Grand Forks county tell of the
city and it's wonders for several years.
They had come here and are con-
vinced that the Grand Forks legisla-
tors left great deal unsafd. despite
the fact that their descriptions of the
city have been real gems.
Live Stock Department
There has always been one depart
ment in which Grand Forks fairs have
excelled all others, that being the
live stock department. Up to two, or
three years ago, the cattle classes
overshadowed all others. but since