The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-14

ton by this meeting asking the leg1s-
| lature to pass law placing fair prop
erty free from tax assessments. do
not believe our fair grounds should be
taxed to give fair In Salt Lake City.
/ recommend the adoption Of a res
, olution asking the state legislature to
give the other fairs in the state n por-
tion of the annual appropriation for
fair purposes.
7 recommend tnat an assessment of
so cents per share be levied on the
stock OF the association for the
purpose of erecting additional build
ings OF improvements. 1t has been
suggested that the people of Ogden be
requested to contribute $4,000 to $10,-
600 to erect new buildings I think
this Is wrong, I believe the stock
holders should assess themselves for
the erection of all improvements. The
public is not interested In putting up
buildings for others, but the giving
of the fair is public affair and there
Is no doubt about the business men
being willing to pay for the premiums
given at the fair We need a grain
and vegetable pavilion, a poultry
house. a restaurant. and several re-
and cattle stalls, We are also in need
of 81 900 worth of show cases to pro-
tect exhibits For instance. in the
pantry and kitchen department. the
people deliberately broke cakes and
pies to pieces and ate them, all before
the close OF the first day, thus destroy
ing that exhibit entirely. The women's
neeGlework should all be placed under
cover. The exhibits of needework at
our fair was 80 per cent greater than
that of the state fair, and some OF the
state fair officers conceded that the Big
Four County Fair had mucn the best
exhibit of the better class of needle
work. The lace work exhibits are said
to have been among the very best ever
exhibited anywhere. The owner of
one piece Of lace was offered $50 per
yard. Not half OF the needlework
could be exhibited to an advantage
and many pieces were not seen by the
visitors at all. Such expensive and
dainty exhibits must be placed under
cover. l believe the people of Ogden
will gladly pay the expenses of the
fair If the stockholders Will erect the
proper buildings.
[ have been asked by many to eX-
plain when dividend may be expect
ed | desire to state that the associa-
tion was not formed for profit and l
do not expect to live long enough to
see dividend paid by the lnter-Moun-
tain Fair association Even IL we
should make a few dollars In any one
year. il would be needed to buy more
land and erect more buildings and
unless the state should give us sub
ctantial aid. there need be no eXpec-
tation Of relief from assessments,
recommend that the fair this year
shall be a four-state fair, and that
tie adjoining counties In Idaho, Ne
vada and Wyoming be invited to unite
with us In big fair. / believe that
such fair would secure for us rate
equal to conference rates from the
whole intermountain country. l be-
lieve ogden ought to have one week
encb year when the rates, are so low
that the people from the four states
can come TO Ogden and do their shop
ping. / believe such a move to be OF
the greatest Importance to Ogden,
and, with that object in view, | believe
and / recommend that the fair grounds
be decided or leased to the business
r1en OF Ogden for one dollar. If they
will arrange for the Interstate fair and
annual inter-mountain holiday week
ut Ogden. ask for this and all re-
Communications your earnest consid-
Grafton.
Last year I recommended that each
s:ockholder be given two passes. The
request was granted. 1t did not do
what ! expected. | hoped the
stockholders would help at the fair
grounds and would genorany make
themselves useful on fair days. In
stead. however, the pass business
proved a nuisance and an annoyance
not worth the while. For instance
my life was made a misery by some
stockholders who had more than one
share; they wanted to divide the
stock In onc-share lots among their
friends and relations, | had to refuse
their request for, If all snould do this,