The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-03

session of the legislature can fix that
by cutting out the wheels and max
ing 1t a permanent fixture.
Lidgerwood Monitor: The manage
ment Of the state fair at Fargo is re-
ceiving a number of compliments just
now for the management of the ex-
hlb1tion given in that city last week.
1t is said to have been the best fair
held in the state and the attendance
was the largest ever.
Aneta Panorama: Well, we had the
pleasure of visiting the state fair at
Fargo n 1t sure was a good fair.
Ihe EXHIBITS were as good as any that
can be exhibited in older states. 1t
was a fair that not only Fargo but
the whole state should feel proud
OF. As far as the fair, exhibits,
races and entertainment wa con-
cerned We doubt if it could be
excelled but we have to regis
ter a medium sized kick on the
larger number of little CRAFTS allowed
practiced on the grounds. There is
no reason that a price so per cent
higher than the usual, need be charg-
ed for things when the seller is To-
Gated on the grounds for nearly a
week. A man needed be well supplied
with the coin when he went there; so
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cents for admission to the grandstand
Enclosure and run your own chances
Of getting a seal in the grandstand
and then you paid 10 cents for pop,
lemonade or buttermilk. We saw peo-
pie who wished to leave the Enclosure
that were told that there was no
checks issued for ~re-entering and that
they run their own chances of being
recognized. Now If there is any rea-
son why the soft drinks could not be
sold for the regular price Of 5 cents
we would like to know it If for any
other. reason than to bleed the peo-
pie? If they were not duty bound to
give re-entrance checks why are they
not duty bound to arrange convent
enees within the Enclosure? On the
grounds they charged all the way
from s cents to 20 cents for sand
witches. A meal that you could easily
get anywhere for S5c they charged rs
cents for. We did not care for the
money We spent WI had some that we
thought ought to be spent anyway,
but 1t made us feel like going to war
when a shabby dressed woman with
three little hungry crying children
and got three ham sandwiches and
handed then to the children and
turned around to pay asked how much
and n maj answered As cents. The
poor woman gasped and reached for
her handkerchief and it took every
cent she had to pay for them three
sandwiches. There was that poor wom-
an with three children on her hands
and not enough money for street car
fare back to town. Anybody that will
stoop SO low to get money as that
man did with that poor woman is no
man n we do not think very much
of the management that viii allow it
to be done on the grounds. 1t is no
wonder to us that Fargo has fought
SO hard in the past for to make the
state fair permanent at that place:
get a large appropriation from the
state and still they allow such graft
ing procedure to go on to get money
We repeat that as far as the fair. the
exhibits, the races and the entertain
ment features were concerned they
would be hard to beat and no man
with common sense could say diff
ferent, but we also repeat that ii is a
shame for Fargo to allow these little
gratis to be run.
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