The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-01-11
SECRETARY'S
REPORT FOR
. RECENT FAIR
DETAILED STATEMENT SUBMIT.
TED TO STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

The following is the report of W..
B. Rowland, secretary of the Fremont
Sounty Fair Association, read at the
stockholders meeting Tuesday night 1t
is worth reading. Accompanying it
il his report as treasurer for the fair
year of 1911:
Te the Stock Holders of the Fremont
County Fair Association:
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
for the Year 1911.
In submitting my report for the
wear 1911 / have taken the pains to
compile facts and figures relating to
3he Fremont County Fair Association
since its incorporation in 1904 to the
present date, believing that these
figures will be of interest to the
stockholders.
/ find that the total expense OF the
six fairs that have been held during
the yearc 1904, 1905. 1906, and 1909.
1910, 1911 amounts to sS7.46s.ss. The
net receipts from the earnings of the
fairs amounts to $23,so7.47. The sub
scriptions from all sources amount 10
S13,790.61. Without the subscriptions
we would today owe $14,134.s2. This
shows conclusively that the fair has
never been self-sustaining, from Its
Organization to the present date.
Without the subscriptions there would
have been a deficit of about 100000
per year.
find that the subscriptions of 1855
amount to se240.s1. and those of s-10-
II amount to 455o0o. making the suo-
-scriptions of 4-5-s, s4ssos1 more than
s-10-11.
There were no subscriptions solicit
ed from the business men of Canon
City in 1909, but we had surplus
left from former subscriptions Of
s1ss127. This carried us through the
fair of 1909, leaving us surplus for
the fair of 1910 OF s51s.o4. The d.
rectors, being a little skeptical as to
this amount carrying us through, Sc
cured a guarantee subscription for
1910 amounting to $4,000 from the
business men of Canon City; but with
economy and careful management
they succeeded in getting through
without calling on the merchants sor
one dollar of this guarantee. but IT
further reduced our surplus for the
fair OF 1911 TO s65.17. The Board of
Directors, feeling sure that this
amount would not carry US through.
went on the street with a subscrip-
ton list and subscriptions were OBJ
tained amounting to $4,000. OF this
amount ss5o.0o was paid. the balance
the association has been unable to
collect from the subscribers, and as
a consequence the treasurer's report
shows a dificit of s345.31. Had It
not been that we increased our purses
for the racing s275.oo more than here
tofore, and our amusements cost us
$1,000 more than in former years, we
would have left a small balance of a
few dollars in the treasury.
A good deal has been said in regard
to the salary of the Secretary by
those unfamiliar with the facts in .he
case. As a matter of fact the Secre-
tary's salary for the six years has
averaged s141.00 per year, and out Of
this amount the time of an extra
stenographer was paid. This also in
cludes the salary as treasurer for
s-10-11. Formerly the treasurer was
paid separate salary of $4,000 per
year.
For racing We have paid in purses
in the six fairs s11,27o.75; in prem
iums s5ss5.50; amusements have cost
us s2741.31; and printing and adver-
tising s27S7.s4. The original cost Of
al buildings was s27ss.ss. The cost
Of buildings for s-10-11 amounts to