Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
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other is doing, so to speak, and IL they
are in direct competition with one an
other, it is very much OF stimulus
for them to produce better live stock,
better corn, or anything that might be
their particular line.
Q.-Do you think that such pro-
ject would prove popular in this COM
munity?
Al can't see any reason why 1t
shouldn't. Southern Iowa and north
ern Missouri is the garden spot OF the
world, and If they are not interested
In their own selves, they cant expect
anybody else to be, and If the PROPOSE
tion which you have in mind Is pushed
a little, feel that the majority OF peo-
pie will fall in line and give 1t their
support in every way
Gould it, in your opinion. be
made one of the biggest events of the
year to the, people Of the community
generally?
A-This all depends, as I said be-
fore upon the energy that Is put into
Js
world but that it should be the biggest
event.
Q.-Do you personally favor and ap-
prove of such a proposition?
Avery much SO.
Q.-What would you suggest as a
plan for starting and operating such a
project as an interstate fair for this
section of the two states?
A.-First Of all, II l started. would
build for permanency. Agriculture Is
something that must be with us our
entire lives, and there isn't any reason
why your fair should be gone at in a
llaphazard manner in the wa of
buildings and the like. l would get
the right kind of people behind it and
see that it was thoroughly advertised,
and let the people of the section from
which you expect to obtain your pa.
tronage be convinced that it is a
permanent organization of which they
are one.
Q.-Do you favor exhibits of agricul-
meet or any one special feature more
than the other, or would you prefer
a general fair and exposition taking In
all manner Of community products
with a program of varied character
as drawing card for the public gem
orally rather than to attract any one
or two elements of the population by
featuring certain exhibits?
Al would think that you would
make the greatest possible mistake If
you would not take in the varied pro.
gram. Do not feature particularly
any one industry.
Q.-Do you not think that Ottumwa
with her railroad facilities and central
location could best accommodate such
a movement and afford better means
of handling such crowds as move
ment of this character should attract?
A.-That is left up entirely to OF
tumwa herself. She can do it IL she
wants to. She has the location; the
railroad facilities and such things that
it takes to make fair Of this kind
success.
Well Known Cattleman.
That Mr.. Harris Is competent to
speak with authority on the wisdom
and expediency OF the proposed move.
ment will be better understood when
his position in the cattle world is made
known. Everyone in northern Mis-.
souri, knows O.. Harris and his Here.
ford cattle, and every cattle breeder
in the country and those of conse-
quence in the world are equally ia.
miliar with the Missouri Hereford
breeder. Mr.. Harris has
ing Hereford cattle for the past TWEEN.
ty-fve years and for several years has
been director Of the American Here.
ford Cattle Breeders association, and
much Of this time has been on the
executive committee. He is at pres.
ent the president of this association.
The Herefords from "The Model
Farms" have been for the past fifteen
years the champions OF America and
this means of the world, because 1t is
conceded that the American Hereford
is today far superior to the Herefords
from the mother country. At the
worlds fair in ST. Louis in 1904, the
Herefords from "The Model Farms"
were by FIR heaviest winners. The two
greatest honoTs to be won there
were what is known as the breeders
herd and the exhibitors herd and both
of these were won by the Harris
cattle. At the completion OF the show
Mr.. Harris sold ten head of his show
herd to w. w. Cargill Of Lacrosse,
Wis, for $4,000 or $4,000 each, a
price that was high then and is still
a high price for any head of cattle to
average. Upon agreement he remains
ed out Of the cattle shows with his
herd for three years but in 1908 he