The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-28
THE COUNTY FAIR PROPOSITION.

ManltOWOc county Will nave county
fair this fall, such as it used to have In
past years. The committee Of ten ap-
pointed by the Citizens committee to
take the matter up and decide on the
steps necessary for the holding OF
fair had meeting at the National
Bank on Thursday evening Of last
week at which the members of this
committee submitted the results OF
their work in attempting to get fund
guaranteed for the payment Of debts
of the fair in case there should be any.
The success met with by this committee
was such that at the date of this meet
ing very large proportion of the
fund deemed necessary by them had
been subscribed and the committee
thereupon elected set of officers who
will have charge of the work and ma
nagement of the fair In case it is finally
decided to hold it. The officers elected
were as follows:
President, G. F. Fechter; Vice-presi-
dents, John G. Kellner and Jay Hall;
Secretary, F. G. Borcherdt, Jr.;
Treasurer, F. T. Zentner; Superinten-
dent of Grounds, William Morgan;
Superintendent of Speed Department,
]. S. Egan. The appointment Of the
other officers and judges was left to
the officers elected and named above.
At the meeting of the Manitowoc
County branch of the Wisconsin Agri-
cultural Experiment Department held
in the assembly room at the court
house on Saturday the matter of the
holding of the fair was presented to
the members of the society by August
Schuette and c. E. Brady and the
members present voted unanimously in
favor of the holding of the fair and
promised to lend their aid to the sue
cess of the project. They appointed
committee of three members to CO.
operate with the committee of ten
which have the matter in charge and
as they are practical farmers their sid
will be of much benefit to the commit
tee and the officers of the fair associa-
tion in the mapping out Of the general
exhibition features of the fair and the
filling of the exhibit lists. Very many
of those present at this meeting prom
ised to exhibit cattle Or farm products,
if it were held.
The fair in the past has not been a
financial success, the results being due
very largely to unfavorable weather
conditions. There is no question but
it can be made success if the weather
conditions are favorable. The county
is interested in the matter as whole
and under the state law is authorized
to aid the project by an appropriation
of not to exceed $1,000.
The county board will, according to
expressions of the members of the
committee, be urged to make an ap-
preparation of this amount to help
carry the project along.
The movement for the holding OF
the fair is meeting with very much en-
couragement from residents of the
county and while it probably is of no
financial, beuetit to anybody it is some
thing which should be encouraged and
which both the county and its resi-
dents should help in promoting, as
the benefit derived from it other than
the direct financial benefits, of giving
the people generally chance to meet
with their neighbors and friends and
to note the progress made on the farms
of the county, should be sufficient
inducement to more than repay any ex-
penditure of money which may be
made in the matter.