Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-27
j. K. Dysart Believes Sucl
an Exposition Can Have
Only Good Results
WILL ADVERTISE THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY
City and Country interested
Equally In Success Of
Proposed Venture

Proposed Venture
Il am heartily in favor Of the move
ment started with view to have an
annual fair or exposition that VIII
serve to show what the products o1
southern Iowa and northern Missouri
are and how they compare with the
best products of any other section Of
either of these two. or other states"
Thus declared J. X. Dysart. one Of
Ottumwa's most active retailers and
man who has seen Ottumwa grow
from the village stage to the busy
trading center it now il.
Mr.. Dysart Is enthusiastic for the
scheme and sees great possibilities
for this community and these, he
states, will be enhanced very much
by such a movement as the proposed
fair. THAT Ottumwa has not done
something Of this kind before Ia some
thing that I cannot readily explain.
That It will meet with the popular
approval of her most active citizens
Is an assured fact. 1t cannot help but
be successful II carried out along the
proper lines and that means to make
| It really the big thing that it deserves
to be. A half-hearted attempt would
be worse than none and believe the
sentiment is strong for really big
and attractive exposition that will be
large enough to take in every activ-
ity within the territory that is com
monty included as southern Iowa and
northern Missouri This country is
q 1roo du 1nnyfnr t1
business center and recent years have
to advance Ottumwa's position as the
real center for this community il a.
| business way, lies within t'ro rruer
of Ottumwaps shoula t'-ov rise 10 the
occasion and 10 es msthiEg of this
kind in the right way.
For the commu~ity
1T is not selfish proposition in
which only Ottumwa Is interested, but
can be and should be made worth
while for all of the cities. towns and
the rural communities within the low \
er tier Of Iowa counties and the up.
| per tier of Missouri counties. The
! plan to be evolved when actual or
ganization is effected should be one
that will include the farmer and mer
chant, the stock raiser and manufac-
turer the laborer and capitalist. for !
every activity can be improved by,
such an enterprise properly handled
The fair to be started in Ottumw
should be second only to the str
fair and should offer every attract
both to the exhibitor and the pub
generally.
Has Big Possibilities.
"When one begins to think seriois-
ly Of the possibilities OF such thing
as the proposed fair, 1t is easy to be
carried awav with the thought Of the
multitude of things that can be done
for the advancement Of the entire
community. The rural resident Ii
equally interested and can be as fully
benefited as can be the city man
OF business, whether retail, jobbing or 4
manufacturing. The prize stock, wheth- 4
er cattle, hogs, horses, sheep, or pOul- H
try: the soil products In their endless
variety, dairy products and fruits tho
work Of the schools, domestic science
exhibits and the local manufacturing
products which are manifold ana
many Of them leaders In their respec- +
| tive fields and with worldwide rept-
tations; the merchandising that has
made Ottumwa the trading center sh0
Is: all of these things can be shown
in manner that will call attention to
them and let the people OF the COM
munity know what is raised and what
is made or done In this section One
is not at loss to find reason for
holding such an exposition as that
proposed here and am glad to lend
my approval to the movement and see
only success for such venture ii
only taken up and carried along in
the right manner. s.ss
| "This Is an age OF publicity and
none know it better than the bust
ness men But they are notsalone in
the publicity or advertising field The
agricultural interests have for some
time since seen the wisdom Of letting
the world know what 1t can do and 1
does with the result that no place can
point to the advance made In agricul.
ture that Iowa can Justly claim.
| 'Just count me as one who Is Ia
! favor Of this project and one who
1 thinks that 1t should be accOmplisheds
| With fair or exposition Of this char
acter one that is second 0nlyAto tho
state fair, Ottumwa and the territory
lying in southern Iowa and northern
Missouri will become known far and
wide and tha result can only be halr-
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