Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-30

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tial encouragement it deserves. f,
cry progressive county in the stat
possesses its county fair, and all {
them have been successful whel
properly encouraged, and the peopl
who pay the taxes do not object
the expenditure of a small portion 0
the funds Of the county in so worth
an enterprise. 1t is practically i'm
possible for county fair to exis
without support from some publi
fund. The offering of premium
which will induce the farmers to ex
hibit-which will return to them il
some small measure, remuneration
for the time and trouble expended
in preparing exhibits-is necessary
| if the annual exhibitions are to be
successful, and thus large share of
the money expended by the county
government in aid of the fair finds
its way back into the pockets of the
people who have been progressive
enough to aid in the display. The
lawmakers Of the state realize the
benefits to be derived from the
county fair and have provided by
statute that certain sum shall be
appropriated from the state treas
ury in aid Of such organizations as
comply with the law. County courts
therefore, may find ample precedent
for the appropriation Of funds for
such purpose and they should also
understand that the people generally
will endorse any reasonable action
along this line.
In this contention for the county
fair, we do not refer to an annual
racing meet" which is often made
an adjunct of the fair, but simply to
the fair itself-to the encouragement
Of the display Of farm products and
-he live stock Of the county. When
an institution adds the racing fea-
ure it then opens the pathway for
great additional expense which the
aXpayers Of the county should not
Ne asked to share.
In deciding between the cOnten-
ions Of Independence and Dallas for
nd in support of the fair, the duty
f the county court is plain 1t is
ot a rivalry between the two com
so far as the court is CON
erned. 1t is not Dallas nor indie
endence that is asking for an APP
is the Polk County
air association, organized and in
orporated under the laws of the
tate Of Oregon, and it is for that
rganization to decide where the fair
to be held. In order to receive
le benefit of the state laws in aid
county fairs, the organization u-
ar whose auspices they are given.
ust be incorporated. This has been
me, and it is up to the association,
1t the county court, to decide upon
location for its exhibits. The OBJ =
rvcr submits that the proper loca-
on for a county fair is the county ]
at, but that is another story and -
'es not enter into consideration at .
is time. Stock in the Polk County
ur association will be held in all
rtions of the county. Men of af-
irS in their different communities,
no are interested in its success,
We subscribed to the capital stock, "
Dre are daily becoming stockhold- p
;, and it is for these men TO de-
le where the fair is to be held.
icy may accept the best offer pre-
lted to them, and they may not, o.
wever, it is solely the affair of the =
,ociation, and does not enter into "
controversy with the county
Irt. The court does not have to
'ulder this responsibility-all that
people ask of them is the fnan- W
! aSSiStance-the association will -
We the location problem. A
Above all things else, however, the
cess of the county fair is the first
Sideration and. so far as The OBJ
yer Is concerned, speaking alone
ourselves, We are perfectly will
that the fair shall go to any com W.
nifty in the county which. in the -
gment Of the association. shall NJ
N to guarantee the best location. "
-ything considered. We do not
lt the affair to become involved in
litter sectional strife for the OBJ
Is reason that such contention NJ
a only result to the detriment Of
enterprise which il would re-
e years to overcome.
y all means let us have the ap-
Driation-the location will take !"
Of itself.