Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1914-10-22
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FOR COUNTY FAIR
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CESS-VOTERS CAN MAKE SUCH
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ceded to have been by far the most
successful Fair ever held in Williams
County. We have attended County
Fairs all our lives, in this state and
in States to the south and east of us,
but / am sure we never attended
Fair where there was more genuine
interest shown by the visitors, exhibi-
tors and those taking part than was
shown at our own county Fair. The
exhibits of livestock, farm produce of
every description, school exhibits, Cul-
mary and Needlework, were as good
as one could expect to see at any Fair
and the only way they can be improv-
ed upon is to have more of them. Our
Fair this year came at an exception
ally busy time. Ordinarily September
first comes midway between the har-
vest and thrashing seasons, but this
year the season being about two
weeks early, caught us just beginning
the thashing season. Naturally many
of our farmers were hindered from
attending the Fair at all. If the Fair
came earlier in the season we could
not exhibit mature products from the
farm and thus a very important fac
tor of the Fair w uld be eliminated.
Right at this season of the year is per-
haps as good a time to hold the Fair
as any, because it is practically i'm
possible to find a time between April
and November when there is any "let
up" to the work on the farm. The
management has prepared financial
statement of the operations of this
year, and they are proud to state that
the Fair was success financially and
the records show a few hundred dol
lars left after all premiums and ex-
penses are paid. These records are
on file at the office of the Secretary
and we shall be glad to have any one
who. is interested land we all are)
call and look them over.
Never was our County in as good
shape financially as today: Not only
has providence bountifully ly favored us
with an abundant harvest, but we are
learning more and more as time goes
by, how to apply ourselves to our sur
roundings, and how to extract the
greatest returns from our rich al
luvial soil. At the longest, the great
est number of us have been in the
State but few years, and it is ma
tural that we must first adapt our
selves to our surroundings, and study
climatic conditions, before we can
hope to get the most and best out of
the soil. Every man, woman and child
in the County seems to have that
about them that tends toward the bet
terment of conditions generally and
there seems to be general feeling of
contentment and satisfaction every
where we go. This is as it should be,
and these conditions will be just what
we make them.
Our County is second to none in the
state: The products of our farms,
and our live stock is as good as there
is to be had. This was certainly dem
onstrated at the Fair. There is no bet
ter place where we can go to look over
the products of the County that have
been brought in by our neighbors near
and far, than at County Fair.
Our Fair this year was show
given by our County and practically
every dollar of premiums and purses
were paid out to people in the County
and hardly dollar was taken outside.
A Fair cannot live without there is
money with which to carry it on. Suit
able grounds and buildings must be
provided for and maintained. This can
be done only by the united efforts of
the forces of the County. Our Fair
next year can be made larger and bet
ter than this year, but in order to do
that some small improvements in the
buildings will necessarily have to be
made. In most other Counties in the
state small tax is levied to help car
ry on the County Fair. With a little
County Aid and good management on
y the part Of the Board of Directors, we
can have the best County Fair in the
state, and our Fair this year has in a
small way demonstrated that one fact.
At the general election in November
We will have the opportunity of voting
to grant County Aid to the Fair. Let
every voter, cast his ballot "FOR"
County Aid and thus support a cause
that will do more for the County as
a whole than any other one institution.
A friend of the County Fair.