Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-22
Clerks in the Office of the
Fair Commission Are
Having the Same Trouble
This Year They Always
Had.
ENTRIES REACH
NEARLY 10000
And These Have to be En-
tered in Two Sets of
Books, Which, it Will be
Seen, Requires Consider
able Work.

| Ii indications are to be credited.
/ Arizona is this year going TO have at
/ her fair one of the finest exhibits of
| live stock poultry, agricultural pro-
/ ducts and wOmens work ever seen
= outside Of the thickly populated east
! ern states. The fair office is already
/ busy taking in entries and preparing
| the entry books for the rush" al
( though both Mr.. Young and Miss
I Wilson admit that they are not as
busy as they ought TO be. considering
/ the fact that the fair viii open in
only two weeks.
The same thing happens every
year" said Mr. Young. the assistant
secretary of the fair yesterday.
The people won't bring in their en-
tries until the last minute / don't
: believe they realize the amount of
work connected with this phase Of
the fair work. or they would en-
deavOr To help us out. If they knew
the extent of the work entailed in
receiving and listing in two sets of
books of nearly ten thousand diff
ferent entries. besides writing tags
describing i'm detail each individual
entry. they might assist us to the ex-
tent of getting in their entries at
least q week earlier. As il is. many
of them put IT off until the last min
ute True. the exhibitors don't al
ways kow for certain until nearly
fair time just what they viii have
for exhibition. but as it doesn't cost
q 70 ba, h..
running no risk. financial or other
wise. if they would get in their en-
iries a week or two earlier than they
have to- And ii would be easier for
them. as wei as for us.
Another thing: l want to call at
tention To the fact that we have ad-
vertised in our premium book. under
the rules and regulations of the diff
ferent departments. that our entries
Will close on certain dates. Here
tOfore. on account of negli gence or
other causes. many exhibitors have
brought in their entries after the ad-
vertised dates. and expected them to
he taken. To prevent in feeling We
have done SO. in spite Of the inCOn-
venience it has caused us. bot I
wish il understood that hereafter our
entries will positively close on the
advertised dates. This year our en-
tries will be far more numerous than
ever before. and it will be necessary
to enforce this rule in order to have
our books in shape before the judg-
ing commences.
This fair has a business end To
it. and il has assumed such proper
tions that it positively must be run
on a business basis. Hereafter our
rules will be rigidly adhered to-
For the informa ton of the readers
Of The Republican. Mr.. Young fur
niShed the following schedule, show
ing the final dates on which entries
can be made in the different depart
ments.
Dept. \. horse and mule. p. m.
Tuesday. October 81
Dept e. cattle. p. m, Tuesday.
October 81
Dept c. swine. p. M. Tuesday.
October 81.
Dept u. sheep and goats. p. m.
Tuesday October 81
Dept f. poultry. p. m. Monday.
October 80.
Dept f. apiary. p. m. Tuesday.
October 81.
Dept 6. dairy. 6 p. m. Tuesday
October 81
Dept Fl. women's work. p. m.
Thursday. November >
Dept /. pets. 8 2. m, Saturday.
October %.
Dept J. educational. 6 p. m. sat
urday. November q.
Dept n. agricultural. 10 a. m. Non
day. November 8.