Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-09

There many why the Fair bonds should be vot
by people of Dallas tomorrow but the most momenous
reason of all is that if permanent location is provided
Dallas will lose the county fair.
This idle prediction made merely for the purpose of
Influencing 1t is plain statement of fact The voting
bonds purchase permanent Fair site is not
proposon the proposition OF any set or clique OF men,
that of any club organization 1t is case where
every citizen of Dallas should be- Interested and where
Dallas itself must make good Our reputation as one of the
live and growing towns Of the Willamette vaeyour
ation the county seat of Polk County, the natural and
logical home of the County Fair-is at stake.
In matter of such vital Importance to the city, every citizen
will desire to vote nteioeny and with full knowledge of
conditions they exist Through the fault of mis-
understanding the of site has arsen and is to
this misunderstanding that this article is written
In order that thorough understanding of the existing sit
uaton may be had by every voter 1t Will be well to briefly
review the steps already taken toward securing permanent
county ar the results attained and to set forth
the objects for which the friends OF the enterprise are earnest
Ily striving
Polk County Fair is the outgrowh of the Childrens
Industrial School will be remembered that Polk and
YamL the first counties in Oregon to hold annual
school fars-ars which grown rapidly in popularity
that they held in nearly every county in the state
of these chdrens exhibitions in Dallas
that the need of annual county fair soon became apparent
to thinking and was in response to wide
spread demand from every portion of the county that the
business of Dallas took upon their shoulders the work
|of providing annual exhibition representative of the
Icountys resources and industries. NJ
Approaching the value and Importance of county fairs
Oregon Legislature enacted law extending ber
a aid to such enterprises and providing that their manage
men be placed in the hands of boards appointed by the
specve county courts Among the duties assigned to these
boards requiring them to select permanent locations
for fairs in the several counties.
DALLAS PLEDGES PERMANENT SITE
the time the Polk county board named the
growing late and it apparent that if Dallas to
the fair quick action the part of people would be
necessary The Rowe of 16 in the western part
city for sale Seeing in this tract ideal location
fair grounds time lost in securing
option land, the low price of $500
This offered site and the Fair Board
accepted the offer.
Thirty passed. and of raising had
sent
$S00 The commercial club having the interest of the
paid the the land and the cost of closing
the deal. This is how the ROwel tract secured.
who bought the tract agreed to hold the
zation off their hands the price they paid
for it. This they have done and they keeping the
faith by Offering it to the city the purchase price of $500
acre. To fully understand why they willing to do this
but glance the list of who holding the
property will find here of men who have always
best of Dallas and Polk county at heart
who appreciate the value of county fair and who know
will in the education of the people and the up
building of this favored portion of Oregon.
LAND OFFERED AT LOW PRICE
it is remembered that all but small of this
lies within the city limits the price which this land
recuousy low Good lots in far less slightly
portions the city be bought for less than from $5O
to 5000 eac while here the people offered land at only
$500 a straight investment aside from any bene
fit that might realized the fair the city would make
money the very day bought this property AS stated
before business who this property stand ready
for county fair purposes but every
resident of Dallas knows full well that if their offer is rejected