Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-11
MILWAUKEE, IS
ASSURED OF FAIR
State Exhibition viii Be Held
September 14-18.
AGRICULTURAL BOARD MEETS
no Night or Sunday Programs
Pianned-Grounds VIII 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-
capt 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
win hold a special meeting in Milwau-
Eee on February 20 to sign the note
and negotiate the loan from one of
the banks there, probably the Second
Ward Savings bank. 1t is proposed to
make the note payable on or before
a year from its date
1914 State Fair Plans.
Fair will open Monday September
II
win continue until Friday Septem-
Der 49,
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
5ember IA to is, inclusive, for the next
fair after hearing a delegation of rep
Tesentatives OF the northern part of
the state, who urged that the fair be
held late in September This dele
cation consisted Of W. B. Webb of
superior, J. C. Lewis of Amigo, ]. Fl.
Schmidt of Wausau, and NJ. r. Bell of
Prentice. The dates assigned the Wis
c0nsin fair by the Western Associa-
lion OF Fair and Expositions at
meeting held in Chicago several
months ago were from August 2S to
September 8, inclusive. These pro-
s'osed 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
1ect September IA to t8, inclusive.
The fair last year was held on Sep
4ember s to Il. which was in the sec
end week of September. The dates
selected for this year bring the fair
in the third week.
The board decided not to hold the
5aif open evenings as result of a
statement made by DR.. G. A. Kletzsch
If Milwaukee. who said that the bust
ness men OF the metropolis had agreed
- furnish a $4,000 guarantee on con-
&ition that they be offered an oppor.
,anity of entertaining the fair visitors
downtown during the evenings. 1t
was stated during the discussion on
me subject that night programs at the
Sair 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
7it 6 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 day to spend an hour or so
in visiting the exhibits just before
closing time
Dr. Kietzsch made motion that the
practice of issuing free passes to the
grounds during the fair be discontin-
Hed. He believed that the practice
was being carried too far and it would
he best to stop it entirely He him
self. he said. was tired of being pest
cred for passes by persons well 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.