The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-28
FESTIVAL IS
IN NEED OF
MORE FUNDS
With the Festival Only a Week
off, $500 Has Been Con.
tributed and S7,1OO Has to
Be Secured.
IA VIGOROUS CANVASS
TO BE MADE AT ONCE
At the Present Time There Is
ST, 900 Less on Hand Than
at This Time Last Year, It
Is Announced.
EFFORT TO GET BALLOON
MADE eY LOCAL COMMITTEE FOR
THE FESTIVAL, SO THAT THE
CROWDS CAN GET BIRDS VIEW
OF ENTIRE COUNTY.

A thousand dollars less tEan was
contributed to the Fall Festival at
this time. last year is now in the hands
OF the finance committee of which
Everett Lemon is chairman. So far
there has been about $3.100 contrib
uted with 5000 in sight. There must
be $7.10O to carry on the festival ac-
cording to . report Of the finance
committee last night. at the meeting
Of the executive committee in the
Leeds room ON Main street.
A resolution was adopted pointing
out the imperative need Of money
and providing for more vigorous
canvass of business men by the COM
mittee. It was also decided that an
itemized HIST Of the contributions to
the festival be published the week at.
ter the event, together with itemized
accounts of the receipts and expendi-
lures.
To Make Hard Fight.
Members Of the finance committee
and others. including Nimrod John
son. chairman Of this committee the
preceding festival, were called on for
talks on the situation and it was
agreed that harder fight for funds
must be made. Some business men,
especially on Main street. are believed
to be making contributions much less
than the benefit they will receive
from the festival crowds. Mr.. John.
son stated that last year $6,10O was
collected and the total amount in
1908 was $4.100. Many contributions
he said, always came in late and that
much collecting must be done during
the festival. It was suggested that a
list Of $50 men" be drawn up and
contributions of this amount asked of
them.
Mayor Zimmerman. who attended
the meeting. formally handed the keys
Of the city to the executive committee.
The board of works will do everything
possible to help the festival accord.
ing to the mayor.
A committee consisting of Charles
Marsh. manager Of the hippodrome,
and Ed Harris went to Dayton today
where they will try to secure the
big captive balloon. which made such
a hit at the Dayton festival. This bal.
loon is owend by an association OF
amateur balloon enthusiasts. It is a
big blue racer style, and instead of
being pear shaped. is perfectly round
and of enormous size.
For the Hippodrome.
II secured it will be placed at the
hippodrome grounds where 1t will
take passengers 900 feet into the air
every ten minutes. Manager Marsh
of the hippodrome, who has seen the
racer. states it would easily be seen
within radius of from Is to 30 miles
Of Richmond.
"Win the people Of Richmond Ga
up in the air?" Is the question.
The republican county central com.
mittee will be asked by the executive
committee to postpone Senator Bris.
tow's speech, which 10 scheduled for
next Saturday night, because it will
interfere with the hippodrome
crowds.
Manager Fred Schornstein of the
Light. Heat and Power company. and
Superintendent Johnson Of the MUM
cipal light plant got together this
morning and It was decided that the
L. H. and p. company would furnish
light for Main street and the Munich.
pal plant will furnish the current for
the north end and the hippodrome