The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-07-21
STATE FAIR WEEK.

This is the state fair week at Grand
Forks. and, beginning tomorrow and
continuing all the rest of the week
there will BIZ in progress a fair which
, it is confidently expected, Will eclipse
{ all previous North Dakota lars ana
set a new mark for all fair image
, ments to aim at in the future.
The state fair at Grand Forks has
had a continuous and progressive
{ growth. Judged from the standpoint
| of immediate cash returns h enter
prise was not a promising one. The
. men who went into it and took hold
! OF II did SO with the full knowledge
that they were running great risks
; and that the money which they IN
| vested in the fair might never return
, to them directly from the fair. But.
F! because they were convinced that a
good fair would stimulate all that is
best and most desirable in the agricu!-
! tural. and industrial activities of the
, state as nothing else could they We're
; willing to take the risk, and TO inves
both their money and their labor in
; the effort to give North Dakota the
I: sort of a fair thai it needed.
The efforts that have been put forth
thus far have been more than sue
cessful. Each yea has witnessed a
better fair than the one before it, and
each year the attendance had demon-
.. strated an increasing interest i'm the
great state exhibition. While the state
the so-callcd Grand Forks fair. held
in the alternate years under the au-
spices of q county association. has
been made to fit into the general fair
scheme, and associated with the gen
eral movement is the midwinter fair,
which is becoming in some ways of
fully as great importance as either Of
the others All three are inseparably
associated, the trio constituting one
great enterprise which is doing more
for the development of the state along
the lines touched than any other
agency
Tomorrow, the first day Of the fair,
has been made Grand Forks day. One
thing which the management is trying,
and has been trying for some time to
impress on the public is that the fair
here is not conducted on the plan of
taking two days of the fair dates to
get ready, and two at the close to let
go, with possibly one real fair day
along about the middle.
The fair begins on Tuesday morn
ing and closes on Saturday night. and
it will be a fair all the way through.
Exhibits are required to be in place
at the opening, and must not be re-
moved until the close. The program
. on the first day., as on the last and the
middle n the other days, is planned
to give the greatest and best possible
entertainment to the crowds. The in
vitation to the people of Grand Forks
to attend on the first day is not mere
ly an invitation to them to turn out
and show their good will. but an in
vitation to attend and participate in a
: fair which will then be complete in
all particulars, from which they will
derive benefit, and in which they may
take pride.
Tuesday afternoon will be as nearly
a public holiday as it is possible to
make any day not so designated in the
statutes. Business places generally
will be closed. n the town will turn
out en- masse to give the big fair a
proper start. Let everyone attend who
possibly can. We owe this to the fair
worked ably n earnestly to give us
the very best. and We owe it to our
selves, for the fair is both an inspira-
ton and an education, and no citizen
can afford to miss it.