The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-23
STARTS ON WAY.
State Fair Project Given Its
Initial Boost.
Messrs. Hubbard, Stitch, Senators
Avery and Stannard Present.
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
independence Man Outlines
What Is Necessary.
A Board of Directors Is Chosen
at Meeting.

/ Another step was taken last night
at the Comm ercial club by the stock
holders in connection with the de-
velopment of the reorganized fair
company, now the Kansas State Fair
association, when 'twenty-one members
of temporary board of directors of
twenty-four was chosen to guide the
affairs of an organization that is going
to do things. Aside froEl Topeka rep
resentatives the new board is composed
of men throughout Kansas who are
representative of the agricultural and
commercial interests of the state-men
who ere leaders in their respective
districts. A recess was taken until
Monday noon and at that time the
three remaining board members will
probably be chosen.
The advisory committee of fifteen
entertained at dinner last night four
of the men who were given places on
the board of directors of the new state
fair association. They were A. c.
Stitch, Independence; H. w. Avery,
Wakefield; c. A. Stannard. Emporia,
and T. A. Hubbard, Wellington.
A. c. Stitch vas formerly mayor of
Independence and probably exerts
more influence in moulding the affairs
in that city than any one citizen. He
is interested in the big manufacturing
interests of Independence.
H. w. Avery, aside from being
state senator. is a breeder of Perch
through the fact that he was owner of
brilliant Third" the most famous
Percheron that has ever reached
America.
c. A. Stannard is a stock breeder of
national reputation, having some of
the finest Hereford cattle in the coun-
try, and his Berkshire swine are known
all over the country. He is also
state senator. s
T. A. Hubbard is mayor of yelling
ton and a member of the state board
of agriculture. He has q farm at
Rome, Kansas on which he breeds
prize winning Poland-China and Berk-
shire swine.
These four .,len gave the committee
of fifteen the benefit of their broad
experience and offered some valuable
advice in connection to the proper
methods of procedure in connection
with the promoting of a great state
fair. The gathering was a most en-
thusiastic one, and there is now no
doubt in the minds of those interested
in the proposition in regard to the I'M
qualified success of the big undertake
ing. ~
It looks, therefore, as though Kan
sas would have really great fair that
will be a credit to the state and rep
not only her farm products, her min
erals, but also her manufactured
products. st9 rsfs7H Fa,.fsl
New Board of Directors.
The following are the q board mem
bers selected: Senator H. w. Avery,
Wakefield; Senator c. A. Stannard,
Emporia; Thos. A. Hubbard, yelling
ton; Cyrus Leland. Troy: A. c. Stitch,
Independence; L. L. Dyche, Lawrence;
Frank P MacLennan, Arthur Capper,
s. E. Lux, T. A. Borman. Albert Patten,
p. l. Bonebrake, H. A. Auerbach, H. w.
McAfee. I. D. Graham,a e. H. Crosby, l..
NJ Penwell, J. w. Going, John S. Daw-
son, Ed L. O'Neil of Topeka.
Mr.. Stich's@ Speech
One of the most enthusiastic and
valuable speeches of the evening was
made by A. c. Stitch of Independence.
1t was in part as follows: Il am
ashamed to admit it but we are abso-
lutely ignorant in our county of the ex-
istence of any kind of a state fair in
Kansas. We have a wonderful state as
regards our resources. In our part of
the state we would like to have place
to exhibit so that the people can know
what we have.
I'VE have in the last three years been
transformed from an agricultural to a
brick, glass, cement and other factories
I would like to have some place at
which we could exhibit and make
known the great industries of the state.
Down in the southeast part of the state
we do much manufacturing. We have