The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-09-28

Editor Diamond Drill -
A year ago expressed my opinion
of the way the Iron county fair was
run and | ask space TO again raise my
voice in protest against this libel on
the fair name of our county for if tLere
Is one knocker more than another upon
the agricultural development of this
county it Is the so-called Iron county
fair. Talk about frost; it's frost
liquitied.
! went 10 the fair this year more 10
compare it with last years exhibition
than because expected to got any
benetit out of IT, found the last state
of the man much worse than the first.
To begin with the affair don't seem
TO be representative of what i. is de-
signed for. Instead of being an expo
sition of the agricultural development
of Iron county ii seems-to be kind of
a side show to the hobby of few Iron
River gentlemen. They don't seem 10
be able to reach out aud interest the
farmer and the-citizen generally.
And even at that the affair has not
the support of the community in which
il is located. heard more opposition
10 it in Iron River village than any
where else in the county. | estimate
that fully onehalf of the Iron River
business men didn't visit the grounds
at all. | heard two gentlemen levi
IDENTIFY interested in the management.
talking at the grounds. One said,
why, we are not going to make ex-
penses; there's no one here from the
Falls at all. The other replied,
"What do you expect They came
over here seven or eight hundred strong
on the Fourth and we disappointed
them. Then we didn't show any in
terest in helping them ont with their
celebration How can you expect
them Overt" AT that, the major per
ton of the paia admissions the first
day were Crystal Fals people; that is
when you take out the Officers" |
heard one of the gate keepers call out,
Have We fellers ticketsr" to which
the spokesman of bunch Of tour or
five replied, mo, we re officers. =
There appeared TO he an officer for
every visitor.
Then to get down to the exhibits.
There were mono to speak OF. The cat
tie department showed bull owned
hy Paul Minckler; one belonging TO
VIM. Poyseor and three cows that look
ed as II the village poundmaster had
run them in that night to keep them
of the street. That was about the ex
tent Of the cattle display.
Olof Helgemo had display of four
teen varieties of apples that was praise
worthy. Mrs. Frank vanderpoo had
a beautiful display of flowers and the
mines of the county had an extensive
display of ores.
That about all there was to the
Iron county fair | need not reiterate
what said last year about the grounds
They never were designed for fair
grounds and never will answer the pur
pose for which they are intended. /
repeat that fair without horse race
is like a wedding without bride
There no attractions
/ inquired about Iron River village
why IL was thar the fair didn com
mand more support from the towns
people and found that they were all
complaining because the commercial
club promised AN air ship flight the
Fourth of July and didn't have one.
One fellow intimated 10 me that a
small sized fortune was made out OF
the Fourth of July celebration by a
few of the irsiderr. So, there you are.
Petty jealousies and local strife is al.
lowed TO interfere with the display of
the oounty's achievements and posi-
bilities Can we ever expect to have
the county advertised as 10 should be
while such spirit predominatess
was amused by conversation be-
tween Iron River men which | over.
heard at the Boyington in the evening.
One of the party said, 81 wish that
Crystal Falls would take hold of this
fair and chow THESE fellows over here
how TO run things Weed have fair,
I'll bet for you must admit that when
they attempt to do anything over there