The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-27
AEROPLAIN FLIGHTS DAILY;
FAIR VISITORS WILL NOT Be
DISAPPOINTED THIS YEAR

At a meeting of theNfair association
Tuesday evening contract with q
4 bird man was ratified for making two
flights day during the fair. Eight
flights in four days are required to
complete the terms of the agreement
and people attending the fair any
day are assured the pleasure OF
watching the bird man start from the
race tracks and rise high in the air
and then make what is known as the
death dive, the spiral down, the
ocean roll the corkscrew dive and the
Texas Tommy, besides racing around
the track with an auto or motor
cycle not to exceed five miles each
ltime. The whole matter is in the
hands of the aviation committee. and
/ they have been instructed by the di-
rectors to furnish the best entertain
ment obtainable and not to stop for
expenses.
The fair has not been very much
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advertised yet, for the reason that
the committee has been busy since
June selecting their aviator and Sc
curing contract which was salts
factory to them. Now that this mat
ter has been finally settled, they will
proceed to get the whole program be-
fore the public as fast as possible, and
the papers in this part of the state
will carry weekly announcements of
what is in store at the biggest and
best fair in the state. The premium
lists will be off the presses in a few
days and then as soon as they pass
through the process of binding they
will be mailed out to the farmers and
stockmen. All the matter has been
published during the summer in The
Idaho Republican, so that people are
quite well informed about the pre-
miums, but inquiries are coming in
for the books. The books carry a
fine lot of advertising which will be
of interest to the public, but the ad
vertisers have held back the publi-
cation of the books for some time by
Eeglecting to prepare and forward the
ccpy within the time requested by the
committee. If they had acted more
promptly it would have given them
more for their money by having
them in the hands of the people for
a longer period before the fair. The
advertisers have been very generous
with the fair association and it is to
them the public are indebted for the
books delivered free. The printing
and binding are being. done in the
office of The Republican.
Some marked improvements have
been made at the fair grounds to ac-
commodate the crowds this year. A
new entrance gate has been opened
for pedestrians at the southern cor
ner of the grounds, making it much
safer and more convenient for all,
and it will enable the management
to let the visitors in and out much
more quickly, so there will be none
of the confusion and waiting that has
occurred before when the attendance
was good.
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made and a nice rest room for wo-
men and children.
e. M. Kennedy, superintendent of
livestock reported that more stall
room has been provided for horses
than ever before, new building for
cattle where they will show to the
best advantage, and all sheep and hog
pens have been disinfected and put
in better order than ever. All exhi-
bitors of stock are allowed passes to
the grounds as usual, and better sys-
tenn will prevail so that stock will
receive better care than it ever has
before. Mr.. Kennedy wants to show
the best and the most this year; he
feels quite proud of the Blackfoot
fair since he took his trip east last
spring and studied grounds and
and methods at some of
the big fairs in the middle west.
When be found the southeastern
Idaho fair had a reputation back
there for being the best in Idaho he
felt more like working to keep it the
best, and he relies upon the stock
men to bring exhibits to make it So
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