The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-03
Executive Committee Meets and
Works Out Details Of Big Gag
gle" Show to Be Held
September 2O-2l
SELECT SHANOAN
SPRINGS AS PLACE
Exhibits to Be Housed in Tents with
Numerous Attractions; Eleven
Township. Fairs, Too; Best
Products Wanted

Carnival attractions, the best that
can be secured, Better Babies" CON
test, numbers of demonstrations of
scientific methods and half a dozen
other features are TO have place in
the big county fair to be held in Grady
county September 20 and Fl, according
to action taken by the executive COM
mittee OF the Free Fair association at
meeting held in 0. C. Cooper's Of
flee in Chickasha yesterday afternoon.
Not only did the committee make
preliminary plans for the holding OF
the fair. but they also selected the
place for holding 1t and made other
arrangements by which actual gather
ing of exhibits will begin at once. Ex-
hibits, horses and other live stock,
poultry, fruits, grains, canned goods,
everything exhibited for premium at
the fair, win be housed at Shanoan
Springs in tents during the two days
Of carnival for Grady county. This
method OF holding the fair was decid-
ed upon when the committee was un-
able to secure building large enough,
and when Mr.. Cooper suggested that
the tent method had proven to be the
most satisfactory one, ANYWAY. AT
iShanoan Springs as fine shade as can
be found in the county, together with
free water in plenty, will be furnished
by the PARK, it is explained. Also there
is plenty of room to have everything
chose enough together so that all can
be inspected by the same people who
sit Ia the shade and listen to speeches
by experts on better farming, the rails
ing of better pigs, the making Of bet
ter bread, the canning of better fruit
and the raising of better babies.
There will be eleven township fairs
in the county this year. part of them
to be a combination of two or three
divisions. Over these, as over the
county fair, r. M. Cavett is to have
charge in the smaller details. he hav-
ing been selected yesterday to be sec
retary of the association. He will re-
ceive the sum of $50 for his work.
Though the township fairs are to be
left almost entirely to the local COM
mittees, the board apportioned the sum
of $50 for each one and designated
the places where they will be held.
The following places are now prepar-
ing for exhibits to be shown some time
in September: Amber, Dutton, Prai-
rie Valley, Tuttle, HilIsboro, Bradley.
Rush Springs, Alex, Ninnekah, Middle
berg and Minco
Exhibits will be brought from these
division fairs to the big one to be held
in Chickasha on September 20-2i. Be
sides these, Agent Cooper wants every
one in the county. farmers and bust
ness men alike, to watch out for any
thing that would make good exhibit
"lf you see anything extra good" he
says, bring il in with the name of
the farmer who raised it. We will
care for 1t until the county fair, enter
it in his name and give him the prem
ium in case it takes one" Peaches.
plums, apples and other fruit are some
of the things Mr. Cooper would like
to be receiving now. ut will be too
late to save some of the earlier varie-
ties" he said, people should attend
to preserving some of these fine ex-
hibits now. If we are going to get
first place in the state fair for Grsdy
county, we must begin right now to
collect the best of what we raise. 1t
takes cooperation from everyone 70
do this.
A committee was appointed by the
executive board yesterday, which COM
mittee is to have complete charge OF
all arrangements for the fair with pow
er to act as 1t sees fit. The board
is made UP Of J. c Good. president OF
the Grady County Commercial and
Farm bureau; o. G. Cooper, county
demonstration agent; ]. w. Kayser,
II. j. Brown of Tuttle and H. M Smell
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