The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-10-05
SUGGESTION
FOR TA| FAIR
VOlGA TRIBUNE WOULD CHANGE
SOME FEATURES OF THE
COUNTY FAIR
SHOULD Be MORE representative
Much Truth In Editor Horizons Con.
tentions, But Bookings City is
Not Altogether at Fault.

Last week the Volga Tribune printed
a lengthy article on the conduct Of
the Brookings county fair and made a
number of valuable suggestions, par
ticularly relating to children's day.
Editor Horton also finds fault with
the system under which the fair is
managed, claiming that there are too
many of the directors and other Off
GERS from Brookings city. We agree
with him that there are too many fair
officers from this city, but this condi-
ton is not the result of any desire
on the part of the city to run the fair
but comes rather from a lack Of in
terest on the part of the people out
side of own The people of the coun-
try and outside towns support the fair
splendidly by their attendance during
fair week, but at the annual winter
meeting when the officers are elected
there is never a single stakeholder
present except from Brookings and the
immediate vicinity. The people Of
this city do not by any means banker
for the fair Offices, but rather have
tried to evade the honor" as there
is nothing in it save kicks and the sat
isfaction of knowing they did what
they could for a public enterprise. In
the past it has been up to the business
men of Brookings to go ahead with
the fair management, but if in the
future the people outside of the city
will relieve them of a part of the bur
dn they an have the offices, and well
come. Local people interested in the
fair realize that there should be a
better representation on the fair
board from outside the city, but they
feel that they are not altogether to
blame if there has not been. The fair
is a county institution and must be
maintained as such if it is to be a
success, and the people outside the
city will find that Brookings will meet
them more than half way in any eff
fort they may make for a bigger and
better county fair.
We re-copy the Tribune's sugges-
ton regarding children's day, as we
believe that it is worthy Of serious
consideration:
1T is a mistake to hold the fair the
first part of the week and have what
is called "children's day" the first day,
The boys and girls from this section
have witnessed the arranging of eX-
hibits for a number of years, and they
have decided that they would like a
day set apart for them when the fair
is on in full blast, with its horse
racing and all the other things that
create interest. Our young people
have no objection to the county seat
people arranging spelling schools
for their children, but do it at some
other time. When the boys and girls
from the country and smaller towns
go to the fair, they desire to throw
school cares to the wind and have a
good time. Now what the Tribune
would like to suggest to the fair man
agement is that the fair be held on
the last three days of the week, three
days are enough, and designate Satur-
day as "children's day" Let the boys
and girls in for a nominal sum, ten
or fifteen cents, and give them just
as good a program of sports and
a~musements as are given on the other
days. Have it distinctly understood
that no exhibits can be removed be-
fore 4:30 on Saturday and everything
must remain untouched until that
hour. Do that for once and see how
it works. We believe that the boys
and girls from the county and smaller
towns will turn out in large numbers
and show their appreciation of a man
agement that will give them the same
"meat" as is provided for their elders.
The boy or girl in the high school
or higher grades is just as anxious to
see a good horse race as his or her
dad" ever was. The writer has a
boy and a girl and he knows how they
feel regarding the matter
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