The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-07-07
THE STATE FAIR.
An Interesting Meeting of the Board
Of Directors Friday Afternoon.

On Friday afternoon there was
held an interesting meeting Of tn"
directors of the State Fair Of Louis
lana. The meeting was held in the
secretary's office with the president,
DR.. C. C. McCloud, presiding, and L.
n. BrueggerhOff, secretary.
A contract with ]. A. Sloan for a
self-registering turnstiie was au
thOriZed.
1t was announced that the pro-
gramme of entertainments was be-
ing gradually filled.
The resignation of DR.. J. A. Blan-
chard as a director was received
and accepted with regret. DR.. Blan
chard explained that his business
would not permit him to attend the
sessions regularly.
Secretary Brueggerhoff was ten
dered the fullest appreciation of the
directors for his successful efforts in
securing the appropriation voted by
the Legislature for the association.
In his acknowledgement Secretary
Brueggerhoff stated that he had re-
ceived valuable assistance from Mr.,
John Jenkins and he and the Fair
were indebted to Senator Leon r.
Smith, Lieutenant Governor Barret
and the Caddo delegation.
In attendance by invitation were
Mayor Eastman and Commissioners
Mccullough and Epple. Mayor East
ham on being called to address the
meeting stated that he had come to
solicit advice of the directors as to
the best methods of regaining the
funds which had accrued from the
special tax of ia mill, levied for
the purpose of making permanent
improvements on the Fair Grounds,
part of which had been paid for
the drilling of the we'll. He desired
the approval of the directors for the
reason that he intended to lay be-
fore a mass meeting to be held
probably Monday night, at which he
would submit the cost of the well
and the spending of the money. At
that meeting there would planned
or suggested how the revenue could
be obtained from the sale of gas.
Director Queries moved that
Mayor Eastham's suggestion be ap-
proved, to which Director Gresjean
objected. In the court of his re-
marks he explained that it would
not be good policy for the directors
of the Fair to pledge in advance the
endorsement of a plan which was
indefinite and which, at the meeting
as proposed when made public
would possibly provoke opposition
and would therefore place the direc-
tory in an unpleasant predicament.
He for one would not be bound. We
should reserve our rights unham-
Dered. -......
There followed a desultory dis
acussion which led to the withdrawal
of Mr.. Queries motion, which he
substituted for the motion follow
ing which received unanimous ap
proval: r.#
'That the funds used. for the pur-
pose Of putting down the gas we'll at
the Fair Grounds were derived from
the quarter mill tax voted by the
people for maintaining the Fair
Grounds, and that it. is the sense of
the board of directors of the State
Fair of Louisiana that the first
money derived from the sale of gas
be refunded to the special quarter
mill tax Is
1t was announced that Contractor
d. II. Jones of Shreveport, Mr.. M. D.
Walker and C. d. Smith of the Sher-
man Morris Company of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, were in the city and
the work of constructing the grand
stand will be pushed rapidly.
There was appointed committee
to confer with the Mayor and the
Council in devising ways and means
necessary to clean up and improve
the Fair Grounds. The committee
consists of S. H. Bolinger, A. Quer-
bes and W. K. Henderson Sr.
Before the end of the session
Mayor Eastman pledged himself and
the Council to do all they can to
make in CONJUNCTION with the asso-
citation the success of the next Fair.
His expressions We're cheering and
were fully appreciated.