St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-26
PARISH FAIR
ASSOCIATION.
Matters Discussed at Meet
ing Held Monday Night.
Committee Appointed to Lo-
cate Suitable Site.
Also to Estimate Cost of the
Necessary Buildings.
| Prison Labor Will Be Used
On Experiment Farm. ..
Committees Will Report al
Meeting Next Tuesday.
Committees Will Report at
Meeting Next Tuesday.

The Parish Fair Association held
a meeting in the courthouse Tuesday
evening. The meeting was informal,
and the discussion was general as to
whether it was best to include in the
plans the installation of race track,
baseball park, golf links, ETC., in con-
nection with the fair buildings and
experimental farm or to simply have
an experimental farm. Mr.. Harvey
E. Ellis, who is the originator of the
idea of the parish fair, and who pre-
sided at the meeting, made an excel
lent talk showing the advantages
such a fair would be to the parish.
and it wac after this talk that the
discussion came up as to the advis-
ability of undertaking the whole pro-
gram. Mr. G. E. Millar expressed
himself as doubtful If the undertake
ing could be carried through with
the funds provided, and thought that
experimental farm. His objections
it might be better to simply have an
| was not to the fair, but simply as to
| whether the means were sufficient
for both. He did not, however, offer
| any figures showing what the cost
would be for Quitting the fair
! grounds, and the impressive seemed
to prevail that there would be sum-
| cient funds for carryine out the
original program. In order that
there might be no further doubt on
the subject committee of three, P
e. Theriot, P. ]. Lacroix and A. r
Smith, were appointed to find sit
uation for the fair within a mile OF
two of Coyington, conveniently sit
uated, and the cost of fifty acres Of
land, and also to get an estimate o1
the cost of building necessary struc
lures, race track, etc.
Messrs. E. G. Davis, L. M. Bour
geois and H. D. Bulloch were ap
pointed committee on subscrip
tions.
President Geo. Koepp, Jr., of th'
Police Jury, spoke enthusiasticall!
of the project and thought that ever!
with the benefit of such an associa
member of the jury was impresse,
tion. He said that before the matte
of organizing fair association cam
up he had been thinking of puttinl
an experimental farm at Madison
Vile; but now that an association
was to be formed be felt that ever
one in the parish should be interest
, ed and help to make it a success
For his part he was body and sou
, in favor of it and would do what h
could to help it along. Mr.. Keep
received applause for his earnestnes
an evident appreciation of what
fair would mean to the parish.
According to action taken by tn
Police Jury at their meeting on las
Monday, the nine members of ths
body will become members of tn
i board of directors of the Fair Asst
j. citation. Mr.. Koepp explained tn
action of that body in this respect b
stating that the members Of the pt
lice jury were servants of the people
Y that in this instance they were spent
ing the money of the people an
would exercise greater care than
= disposing of their own; that the
were acting in fear mismanagemel
8 of jerpadizing the parish funds.
Mr.. Koepp also stated that tt
3 road machinery of the parish coul
0 be used in constructing the race trae
5 a minimum cost AS for the tt
O labor required to work the exper
O mental farm, he said that could all
be supplied at light cost by workiT
the parish prisoners on the farm.
r All the speakers seemed enthusia
It tic and that the association promis
s to be organized under very favorob
e circustances.
The next meeting of the stoc
holders will be held at the couI
house Tuesday evening, Novemb
:. 29, at 8 o'clock, when committe
r will report and charter be accepte