Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-08-23
HUTCHINSON HAS
!. REAL STATE FAIR
INSTITUTION O. RECOGNIZED BY
9LEasLAToRE IN. 1908.
o. o.
FAIR HAS OFFICIAL STANDING
Men Behind the Enterprise Have Con
trIbuted Their Time and Money in
Belief That They Were Engas-
ed In, a Public Bene-
r. faction.

There are many people in the state
VINO wonder why the Fair at Hutch
fnson or any other place in Kansas
Is called the State Fair. Originally
the Fair at Hutchinson was organized
for ;. the advancement Of. agricultural
development locally.
), In 1903, there being no regular au-
thorlzed State Fair in Kansas, the va
rious national associations of breed.
Grs Of live stock began recognizing
necessity Of aiding and assisting in
the Development of Fair in this great
live stock producing territory Of the
great southwest. After looking the
situation over they decided to lend
; their assistance to the Fair at Hutch
inson and do what they could to pro-
mote a large educational institution.
The Hutchinson Fair managers.
quick in their discernment, recogniz.
ed the great field tint lay before them
and the important object sought to be
attained They also recognized that
they occupied a strategic point in this
reat growing southwestern country
for the development Of q Fair equal
IN scope to the usual state supported.
state controlled State Fair and issued
their premium catalogue on this scope
and accepted the proffered support Of
the breeding associations,
The legislature of the State Of Kan.
q sas in 1908 realized the probability. Of
success which the Hutchinson Fair
would attain and passed an act au.
thorizing it to issue premiums in the
name OF. the state, which should have
the same force and effect as the pre-.
miums issued by the state fairs OF
other states. This act reads as fol.
lows: o.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of
the state of Kansas:
Chatper 2, section 5. That the Cen
trail Kansas Fair association is hereby
authorized to police its fair grounds
and to enforce the rules and regula-
tons of said association.
Section g. Standing. That the fairs
held and the premiums awarded br
the Central Kansas Fair Association
SHALL HAVE THE SAME STAND
ING AS THOSE GIVEN. BY. THE
STATE FAIRS OF OTHER STATES.
The managers Of the Fair at Hutch
inson then had the right to call their
Fair the State Fair. No other fair
in Kansas has am equal right, but
there are pretenders and imitators in
eyry line, of human endeavor. No
man can prevent another from being
IN ape If he wants to be an ape. 1t
has also been further thought by the
Hutchinson management that their
Fair should; be taken over by the
state and a state controlled, state con.
Quoted fair result.
The men who have been behind this
Pair now for more than decade
have given their time and their abili.
~ to its management without pay OF
hope Of reward except that they are
q part Of a public benefaction and
q the pleasure Of seeing the enterprise
4 success A number of them have
given very largely Of their money and
their time. They have acted in per
feet good faith to the public and each
year have devoted the profits to the
building of 4 still larger and betteI
Fair. In 4 sense they have been the
stewards Of the public. 1t is literally
true that the people have built thil
Fair for the people.
The managers take no credit t
themselves other or more than al
honest stewardship and the exercise
Of q wise and conservative judgment
They have builded q very valuable
property. They have the confidence o
all the men who know them. Thu
Hutchinson Fair is always as good a
Il represents itself to be, and the PEG
Die usually exclaim, It's better thai
We expected"
The people Of Kansas are invite
10 be present, and they will ind
loyal welcome. They will feel afte
the Fair Is over that the management
under the law cited, is not at all pre-
Slmptnous in announcing that tn
only genuine State Fair Of Kansas b
legal right and attainment Of result
clS held in the center Of the state a
its agricultural capital. o e
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