The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-08-11
COMMITTEE IS SELECTED
TO MANAGE STATE FAIR
C. j. Kelsey, joe Jarvis and B. +.
Headley Named TO Cooperate With
II. l.. Douglass and w. A. Keddie.

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The final steps in preparation for
the State Fair were taken at meet
ing of the State Board of Agricult-
ure in Reno last Thursday, when r.
L. Douglass, one of the two members
of the Board from this county tend
cred the deed to the lands recently
donated for State Fair purposes by
the Williams Estate to the Board and
received their acceptance of the
same.
Owing to the inability of a num-
Der of members of the Board to be
present to take an active part in the
preparations for the Fair, it was
deemed advisable to appoint spec
ial committe of Churchill county
men to whom would be delegated the
task of bringing the affair to a sue
cuessful conclusion. The unavoid-
able absence on business of Senator
Keddie, the only other member of
the Board from this county, would
have thrown the entire work upon
the shoulders of Mr.. Douglass, who,
while quite willing to perform his
share of the onerous labors neces-
sarily involved in the undertaking,
felt that the responsibility should be
shared with others who would be
acting as proxies for a majority of
the Board. As result of these de-
| liberations Messrs. Joe Jarvis, c. ].
Kelsey and B. F. Headley were Sc
lected. II is safe to say that no bet
ter selection could have been made
from the "live wires" of Churchill
county, and their active participa-
tion makes the Fair an assured sue
cess at the outset.
1t was the sense of the Board that
the best date available for the Fair
would be that commencing Monday,
September 20, and ending Septem-
ber 25, both dates inclusive. Owing
to the limited time at the disposal
of the Board for the erection of the
proper buildings on the newly ac-
quired fair grounds for a proper
housing of the exhibits. it was
deemed advisable to hold the stock
exhibits at the race track and the
agricultural, industrial and domestic
science exhibits within the town linn
its. probably at Clark's Pavilion, and
in booth annexes if that should prove
inadequate to proper display of the
exhibit offerings. which seem likely
in view of the fact that at the last
Churchill County Fair the pavilion
was taxed to It's utmost to accommo-
date the displays from this section
There is no doubt but that several
other counties will apply for space
that may tax the ingenuity of the
committee to satisfy under one roof.
Application for street fair privi-
leges have already been received and
1t was the judgment of the Board
that these concessions should be
granted to the Fallon Jockey Club,
since there is no provision in the
law for providing money for racing
purposes, which must be raised by
private subscription. At a meeting
of the city council last week, it was
decided to permit the use of the
streets for this purpose, as this
seemed to be the general desire of
the business men of the community.
1t is understood that there will be a
waiver of the city license, which
would be tantamount to a contribu-
tion by the city of the amount of the
| licenses.
Active work in leyeling and plac-
ing the race track in condition will
commence at once and will be finish
ed in ample time for the fair. In the
meantime it is understood that Mr..
Headley, who has had the task OF
preparing the list of premiums in
charge for the past three years, will
begin at once in preparing for the
equitable distribution of nearly $5,-
600 which will be offered for prem
iums, which work he will finish and
place in the hands of intending ex-
hibitors prior to leaving on his va
cation, which he had intended TAX
ing next week and the arrangements
for which have been somewhat dis
arranged by his appointment on this
committee.
1t is expected that Mr.. Kelsey will
have charge of the livestock exhibit,
since his acquaintance with the var
ious herds in the valley makes him
peculiarly fitted for such a task.
There is a general feeling in the
community, that, despite the un-
avoidable delays that have occurred
in getting started until this late
date, Fallon is ready to rise to the
occasion and will have a display for
the delectation of visitors that will
be an eyeopener to some and a con-
firmation of the claims of those who
are better informed as to our posi-