The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-06-05
TO HOLD COUNTY
FAIR THIS FALL
Enthusiastic Meeting of Busi-
ness Men Last Evening so
Decides-Near $4,000 A.
vaiIable for the Purpose.

1
The gathering Of business men
at /. O. O. F. hall last night was
addressed by Hon. 0. M. Plum
mer, Of Portland, who presented
in an able manner the great ad-
vantage of holding county fairs.
Mr.. Plummer is an enthusiast in
this line and his talk was full of
timely suggestions from begin
ming to end. There has been
some talk for months past of in
augurating county fair, and
business men of Heppner and
other points in the county have
been much interested in the prop
osition but did not know just how
to proceed. For years past we
have been tackled on to Umatilla
county as a part Of the Third Dis
trict Fair Association, and while
we have obtained some excellent
results from this association of
interests, yet the main benefit
has accrued to the sister county
where the fair has always been
held. AS for Heppner, our peo-
pie have not felt able to shoulder
the responsibility heretofore so
have not undertaken to hold the
fair here, although it has been
offered them at different times by
the Pendleton people.
Under the new law governing
fairs in the state, each county
can now have its individual fair,
and funds are provided by the
state to aid the work. Mr.. Plum
mer explained the new laws SO
that the meeting got an under
standing of what can be realized
in cash aid from the state treas
ury, and with what business men
are willing to put up a fund of
$4,000 can easily be provided. Out
of this it is proposed to spend at
least S125 per month for four
months as a salary to an expert
appointed by the Oregon Agricul-
tural College to have charge of
the preparation of exhibits and
getting the fair on it's feet in
proper shape. This will be money
we'll spent, and it is the opinion
of Mr.. PIummer that if we have
such a man this season, we will
have him each season, and our
first as we'll as all succeeding
fairs will be grand success.
The law providing for an expert
agriculturistin each county makes
it possible to have a man of this
kind for the fair work. To leave
it to the county fair commission
to look after the details will
mean that much will be over
looked.
A committee was appointed by
Chairman Woodson to convey the
sentiment of the meeting to the
county court when they meet to-
morrow. At this meeting of the
court the county fair commission
will be appointed.
A fair for Morrow county this |
fall is assured. And in connec-
ton Herewith will be a school |
fair. There will be no need, the |
first year, to go to the expense of
erecting buildings. In fact there |
may be no need of tieing up
money in this way for some years
to come for we have buildings in
Heppner sufficient to accommo-
date all the exhibits of produce
and live stock, and the Heppner
streets are wide and roomy, and !
street fairs are popular. From |
now on let everybody boost for
the Morrow County Fair.
The committee on the Newton
we'll proposition reported that
they were getting on well with
raising the bonus, and while there
is yet several thousand dollars to
be raised they believe this can be
done, and the work will continue.
This matter will have to be closed
up with Mr.. Newton within the
next fifteen days. 1t is an op-
portunity for genuine develop
ment work that will not come our
way again, and it should be
AS to roads, there was some
talk, and finally a motion was
carried which gives endorsement
to the county court for work now
being done. While it was not
as an endorsement, en-
tirely, of the present methods of
carrying on road work, it was
the unanimous expression that
the court was entitled to credit