Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-09-17
FW|STON FAIR
TO Be fine one
!, .rstary McEachron Tells Tells OF
\ Dams Being Carried Out to
Make Fair Best One Yet
Given.

| r D. McEachron, secretary ol
kbs e. .LevistOn-Cl Charleston aksoda fa'r ,;s;s- as
Isolation os a was Cottonwood ~ VISIT, SIT
|, Tuesday in the interest OF the
f. annual exposition to be staged
Saring re the week of October ot's a. 4;
Er. McEachron was en- tour ol
ths Al' nrairie country by automobile
snd was directing the posting OF
shs sI's advertising matter for the
", snnual show. This will make
|ths tba sixteenth annual fair given
|Sv tl,' Lewiston and Charleston and
|sscording to the statement OF
mr. McEachron, the program
now formulated will be the best
Offering in the history OF the Or
I'VE have organized this year
~ rrovide both educational and
4 entertainment features, said Mr..
McEachron. "The basis of the
fair will be the educational value
to the agricultural and horticult-
q ura] interests of the central Ida
ho and eastern Washington coun-
s. try but of course there has been
no Stacking up in the entertain
meent and amusement to be pro-
vided.
I'VE have arranged to secure
4 the most comprehensive agricult-
ural and horticultural exhibits OF
the entire region with a good
showing for the mineral and tim
ber resources of the tributary
country. We will have silos and
ensilage machinery on exhibition
and in operation and during each
forenoon we will have experts
who will give lectures upon the
various phases of agricultural and
n horticultural pursuits that will be
4 Of the greatest value to the farm
n ers and orchardists. What we
propose to do is to make the Lew
iston-C Charleston fair an industria
institution that will serve the
farmers and orchardists as doe'
the Northwest Livestock associa
ton serve the stockmen. Includ
ed in the list of lecturers alread,
secured are D. E. Willard, devel
opment agent of the Norther1
Pacific Railroad company wit
headquarters in st. Paul; G. L
Smith, development agent of tn
O.-W. R. & N. company wit
headquarters in Portland, an
Prof. 0. M. Osborne, of the Lew
iston State Normal school. W
have been practically assured {
lecturers from the University
Idaho and the Washington Stat
college. These men will divie
the work and aside from tt
morning lectures will be availab
for consultation and conferenc,
each afternoon during the wee
In the entertainment al
amusement line we will offer
1. Maroney, the daring await
who thrilled the crowds at t
falr last year. We have co
tracted with Mr.. Maroney tt
season because only a small p
cent of our people were priv
eyed to witness his eXhibitio
last year and with the introdl
tlon of many new thrills, we
ileVe those who saw him last s.
son will be more than anxious
see him again. We will also hi
the best of the wild west featu
to be offered at the track e;
afternoon and have already C
tracted with a number of prof
slonal wild west performers v
will provide special features e
afternoon as free acts. We
also have a number of high cl
Tree act features to be offered
connection with the racing
gram so that there will be t
hours of entertainment provi
daily with something doing al