The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1915-03-20
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Large Number ata Armory to Talk
oYr Matter. Next Meeting in !;
South Dickinson. on March
22nd. ~

on Saturday afternoon was well at
tendM, some 25O "a! 800 people being
present, and contrary to expectation
a large proportion Of those attending
were German speaking citizens,
The German speaker, John Chris
tensen, leading farmer Of New
Salem, was unable to be present.
Committeeman w. J. Motley, ALI.
White, 8. D. Gregg and Frank Krueg-
er, We're present. Mr.. Motley acted
as chairman and John Orchard as
secretary.
The chairman explained the object
of the meeting and called upon Supt.
L. RI HWaldron to- give some of the
benefits of a fair, association. He
said S,a successful fair association
would mean much to Stark and ada
cent Counties. 1T would: tend to ad-
vance the price of land; and stimu-
late "a greater interest in good live
stock,s the growing of corn and alfal-
ia, etc. His idea asnthats farmers
would exhibit their live stock and
farmsproducts in the fall and by COM
parison would be able to learn a
greatsdeal. q.
Or1hanzo A. Brown explained the
state@ law which gives as county a
rightsto make ia half mill levy the
first year zand one-fonrth mill. there
after for Fair purposes, d providing
that sone-thifd Of the5voters have pc
titionsd the county commissioners. A
half mill. levy would give the county
about $22,700 on the present valua-
ton. He called attention to the fact
that Williston, one of; the newer
places Of the state,' had a fair asso-
citation. AS hear as he could learn it
had been very successful and the
total expense for grounds ant. build
ings was but $4,000. Mr.. Brown
also smoke Of the worth Of the ex-
hibits which were. hurridly gathered
from different sections sof the county
last year and taken to Bismarck by
Commissioners Hughes and himself, Z
Judge Fred Maserr gave: an address
i'm German, explaining the object OF
the gathering, etey He. also spoke
interestingly of the project in Eng
lish and hoped that the people, would
band themselves together and make
a 20 of it. gtsSasT :cs:sSE -,,5&2E:s
Frank Milhollan told: the. people Of
the success of the Missouri Slope
PoultryssAssoeiation.. in January,
when over 300 birds were exhibited
at thessarnaory. II Seventeen states
:. were represented and he estimated
that large proportion Of the fine
fowls exhibited from. distance were
left in this locality, which meant ant
that there would be better poultry
flocks in this vicinity another season.
A groughs estimate of, expenses for
fair purposes were given by Mr.:
Motley as follows: -
Eighty acre tract near the city,
$4,O00; sheds for cattle and horses,
$1,OO0 tx. 81 500; henery for 500 birds,
$4O0i5 art building, $500; race track,
REPRESENTATIVE Frank X. Wanner
was called to the stand to explain
these estimates in German and also
to tell his countrymen Of the bene-
fits to be derived from a practical
fair association. This he did in a
most interesting manner. ..
At the conclusion of the meeting
it was decided best to hold a second
mass meeting at 900 o'clock on
March 22, in st. Anthony hall in
South Dickinson. It is expected that
all business men and others will
make! special effort to attend the
meeting and help to get the Western
Slope Fair Association successfully
started. y, Z "a 49,, :Ssssl..t.
A number Of people from a dis
tance were present for the gathering
last Saturday, including Cashier
Christensen from Fryburg, Cashier
B. O. Thorkelson, Frank Kruger and
Paul Zimmerman from South Heart
Representative c. C.. Turner and
Jacob Krier were up from Gladstone
and r. d. Morford was up from
Hebron. ;,4 r.,