The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-02-19
ANNUAL FAIR MEETING

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Brookings County Fair
Association was held at the CONNER
cial Club assembly room Saturday
afternoon.
When President Rudolph called the
meeting to order there was a fairly
large proportion of the stock repre-
scented.
After the reading of the minutes of
the last annual meeting Secretary
Riley presented his annual report. 1t
showed a deficit from last year of but
1864, although as everyone will remem-
Der the fair ran into some very bad
weather. Counting the year by itself
it showed a balance on the right side
of the ledger, but something over
$40O left from the previous year was
paid, and this resulted in the above
mentioned deficit.
Mr.. Riley made several recommen-
dations in connection with his report.
He thought hat the fair dates should
be moved forward to about the first
of September, when better weather
was likely. He believed that the JOY
Way at night was a good feature and
should be continued. He thought it
would be better to cut down The size
of the premium list and limit the num-
Der of advertisers, as under the pres
ent system the business men of the
county feel hat they are simply CIV
in the book. He advocated the taking
up of the notes against the association
at the local banks, which are signed
by the directors, and turning them
into a mortgage against the fair prop
erty. 1t is not right to ask the direc-
tors to assume the obligations of the
association when it has ample assets
upon which to borrow money. The
notes amount to about $4,000 and the
fair property is worth owe $4,000.
This latter suggestion was adopted
without much discussion and a COM
mittee was appointed to make the
transfer and secure the best terms on
the money.
The question of changing the fair
dates brought out a lengthy discussion
and a good many different views. Some
advocated holding the fair in July,
some in early August, the majority in
early September and a few thought
that the present dates were good
enough. The matter was finally left
with the board of directors, who at
their meeting after the close of the
afternoon session fixed the next fair
dates for September 1, 2, 3 and 4. In
our opinion this is the best week that
could have been selected. 1t is the
week of the Minnesota state fair, but
that doesn't attract much attention
out this way any more. The weather
will be warm and even if it does rain
for a day or even two days it will
quickly dry off. The weather the lat
ter part of September is always chilly
and there is no comfort in setting out
side for half a day. The showing of
corn and late vegetables may not be
quite as large as it would be later, but
on the whole we believe the change is
a splendid one.
The question of holding a race meet
on the Fourth of July was brought up
and discussed, but nothing was done
about it. 1t seemed to be the impress
sion of some that If tt e meet was held
it should be free, but they did not ex-
plain who was going to pay for the
horse races or how the association
would reduce it's deficit by this meth
Just how anyone would expect an
expensive afternoons sport for moth
ing any more than they would expect
a free sack of -four is beyond us. The
matter was left with the board of di-
rectors and it is likely the meet will
be held.
The election of a board of nine di-
rectors resulted as follows: G. N.
Kennard, Fred Killing, M. G. Carlisle,
J. A. Keck, Geo. Duff, E. c.. Sheldon,
Chas. Yule, G.. D. Cole, w. a. Cald-
well. This gives the association a
splendid board of representative bust
ness men and farmers, and the fair
management will be in good hands.
The board met after the meeting
and elected the following officers:
President, E. C. Sheldon; vice-presi-
dent, G. N. Kennard; treasurer, H. F.
Haroldson; secretary, H. e. Riley. Mr..
Riley. however. declined the position
and the board will elect his successor
in a short time. The stockholders
were hopeful that both Mr.. Rudolph
and Mr.. Riley would stand for re-
election, but they had had enough
and absolutely refused to be consider.
ed. The fair never had better officers
than these two, and it is to be re-
GREETED that they could not see their
way clear to act again. Mr.. Sheldon,