The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
A POSSIBLE MERGING
Fall Festival and Farmers Insti-
tute May Combine 80

Mahasks County Farmers { lnsti-
tute Is prosperous, The treasury
shows cash balance that now APP
proaches the, thousand dollar mark.
At meeting of the 1913 directors,
held in town Saturday, the old board
cleaned up the business of the for
mer administration, to give way to
the new organization The new
board of directors will hold a special
meeting in Oskaloosa next Saturday
for the purpose of organization. elect.
ing officers, and mapping out a plan
and campaign for the years work.
Reports of the 1914 Institute indi-
cate that the weeks program just
about paid for itself, broke even,"
as it were. and the balance in the
treasury will be around nine hundred
dollars. This sum the old wheel
horses are guarding and would con-
serve as a permanent fund for future
usefulness. 10 ..i" .nt.
Criticism of old features has been
voiced by some and new ideas or
suggestions for the further growth
and usefulness of the organization
might be entertained or at least CIV
en- consideration. Mahaska county
farmers, or those represented in the
Institute organization, are of the
opinion that the Mahaska Fall Fes-
tival as an educational and enter
tainment institution has come to stay
with US. They look with favor upon
the premiums offered in various de-
partments, the corn show, the stock
show and the fruit department and
the exhibits. Add to these the
industrial and historical exhibit, the
trades display and the parade feat
ures and the fall festival assumes
proportions that appeal strongly to
both the city and the country folk.
Some one has suggested that the
Institute program and that of the
Fail Festival might, with both advan
tage and profit, be merged and q
greater success be made of the affair
The idea is pregnant with the posi-
i bility of results and is worthy OF
earnest consideration.
Some say that two corn shows,
one at the FAN Festival and another
at the Institute, detract from the in
terest and success of both.
Changing of the dates OF the lnsti
tute gathering from January to Oct
ober also finds favor with many
The time of the year finds the farm
ing community ready and willing t.
. participate in the entertainment pro
gram and the combining of the two
organizations would work to the ad
vantage, of both. ...
Extend the Fall Festival program
one or two days for the benefit o.
the Institute features, making a pro
Institute, parade, stock and corr
shows. Old Settlers and declamator!
features. The problems presented
viii no doubt receive attention o
the new board OF directors, the direc
tors of the Fall Festival and tn,
management of the women of the
Institute. -.. ..a
The members of the old board o
directors OF the Institute in session
Saturday we're: win Campbell, II
r. Hicks. Willis Holt, Willis Pettitt
iC. w. Jordan, h. T. Hanna, j. G
Lyle, +. c. Steddom, A. A. Rinden
Thos Soseman, A. r. Hellings, G. w
Randall, w. !. Rice, Hassel A. Hedge
j. H. Williams. p.
Members of this board to retir,
are A. r. Hellings, ]. Fl. Williams
Willis Holt, Willis Petit, E. T. Han
ma and J. G. Lyle. The new timbe
placed in the directory consists o
Robert Holt, J. NJ. Convey, Elmer Cam
eron, Ben Hoover, w. F. Michene
and John Fox,
Many OF the older workers hav,
felt that it was time for the old whee
horses to lay back and let the Loaf
or responsibilities fall upon younge
collars. They have taken the up hill
pull, starting without cent in tn,
treasury and going out individual.
and alone, boosting and soliciting
working and planning, breaking new
ways and taking the up hill drag
when the outcome was by no means
easy of reach or determination. The!
have earned rest. '-s.
That the Mahaska County Institute il
one of the pioneers of the institut,
movement in Iowa and one OF tn,
most successful is acknowledged
that II has big field of usefulness II
an educational way is self eviden
and that IL may have a permanent
place in the future makeup of tn,
county institutions is the hope o
both country patrons and city friends
Splendid records made by the OLE
time workers are duly recognized
and fully appreciated. but new prob
lens are presented with the recur
lrence OF each season and the younger
men called TO the harness will hav,
q load worthy of their best efforts.