Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-02-11
MILWAUKEE, IS
ASSURED OF FAIR
State Exhibition win Be Held
September 14-18.
AGRICULTURAL BOARD MEETS
No Night or Sunday Programs
PIanned-crounds win Be Closed
to Bring Crowd Of Visitors
Downtown.

Madison Wisconsin will have a
state fair this year and it will be held
on the fair grounds in Milwaukee,.
September IA to is. The state board
OF agriculture at it's. annual meeting
voted to borrow $4,000 on the per-
sonal note OF its members and to ac-
ceDt the $4,000 guarantee offered BY
the Citizens Business league and the
Hotel Mems association of Milwaukee
and use the money in paying the OBJ
legations of the board until funds are
available from state corporations and
receipts of the next fair The board
will hold special meeting in Milwau-
kee on February 20 to sign the note
and negotiate the loan from one of
the banks there, probably the Second
Ward Savings bank. II is proposed to
make the note payable on or before
a year from its date.
1914 State Fair plans.
Fair will open Monday September
Ia.
VIII continue until Friday Septem-
Der Is.
No Sunday attractions planned.
Night entertainments are abolished.
Free passes may be done away
with.
Reduced railroad fare will be asked.
Milwaukee bank TO loan money for
immediate action.
The board selected the dates Sep
TENDER IA to IS, inclusive, for the next
fair after hearing delegation of rep
resentatives of the northern part of
the state, who urged that the fair be
held late in September This dele
cation consisted of w. E. Webb of
Superior J. G. Lewis of Amigo, J. II.
Schmidt of Wausau, and NJ. r. Bell OF
Prentice. The dates assigned the Wis
consin fair by the Western Associa-
ton of Fair and Expositions at a
meeting held in Chicago several
months ago were from August % to
September 5, inclusive. These pro-
posed dates were strongly opposed,
particularly by citizens of the north
ern part of the state, who said they
We're too early to enable them to make
horticultural and agricultural exhibits
because their products would not ma
ture in time. The board held several
hearings on the matter and finally de-
cided to reject the early dates as
signed Wisconsin at Chicago and Sc
leet September IA to Is. inclusive.
The fair last year was held on Sep
TENDER to -. which was iii the Sec
ond week of September The dates
selected for this year bring the fair
in the third week
The board decided not to hold the
fair open evenings as result of a
statement made by DR.. G. A. Kletzsch
of Milwaukee, who said that the bush
ness men of the metropolis had agreed
to furnish a $4,000 guarantee on con-
dition that they be offered an oppor.
tunity of entertaining the fair visitors
downtown during the evenings. 1t
was stated during the discussion on
the subject that night programs at the
fair had always been given at finan-
cial loss to the board. The board
seemed to be unanimous in its opinion
that it would be best to close the fair
at o'clock and the buildings. at 9
o'clock at night, thus allowing day
visitors to spend their evenings down
town and city people who worked
nearly all aay to spend an hour or so
In visiting the exhibits Just before
closing time.
DR.. Kletzsch made motion that the
practice of issuing free passes to the
grounds during the fair be discontin-
ued He believed that the practice
was being carried too far and it would
be best to stop it entirely. He him
self. he said. was tired of being pest
cred for passes by persons we'll able
to buy them He said that at the last
fair he was forced to the necessity of
buying tickets and giving them to per
sons who presumed on their acquaint-
ance with him to request passes. At
ter considerable discussion the matter
was laid over until the next meeting.