The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-09-03
County Fair
Next Week
ALL ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETED
Partial List Of Committees Who Are LOOKING
After the Exhibits

The first Benewah County Fair
will be held in this city next week
beginning Wednesday, Septem-
ber 8, and closing Friday, Sep
tember 10th, under the auspices
of the st. Maries-St.Joe Valleys
Fair Association. The officers
and directors of the association
have been working early and late
to make this fair a success and
they have been assisted in their
work by the Farmers Union, the
members of which realize the
great amount of good the farmers
of the county will realize out OF
a successful fair.
The Union will have a special
booth of its own and in addition
to this the individual members
will be strongly represented in
the general exhibits. The dis
play of agricultural exhibits OF
all kinds will be the best ever
shown at a fair here and will be
under the charge Of a committee
composed Of Clarence Butler,
Marshall Carpenter, Joseph Zemp
Abe Noyan and r. X. Marshall,
all leading farmers of the valley.
A large committee of the prom
inent stock raisers Of the county
have been assigned the task of
looking after the live stock eX-
hibiis. These men are Ed Wun-
derrick, AID. Reid, William Daw-
son, James Simons, II. H. Brown
Clarence Butler, Peter Desgrang-
es and John Bolton and their
names are an assurance that the
live stock exhibit will be agood
one. Mrs. George O'Dwyer, J,
f. Keeton and William Noyan, al
raisers Of fancy poultry, will have
charge of the poultry exhibit.
H. S. Croonquits, Jr., Fred
Davis and j. II. Neil have charge
of the merchants display anC
are doing their best to make this
feature a success. w. p. Hof-
stetter, J. 7. Martin, w. F. Sar-
gent, A. w. Wayne, J. M. Warren
Luke Love and Frank Goude are
looking after the mining displa!
and E. b. Hills after the manu-
featuring display.
Fine Arts, dairy and culinar.
departments have not been for
gotten and strong committees o
2 ladies have been put in charge o
each of these. A big feature o
the fair will be the baby shoV
under the charge of the Mothers
Club, Mrs. E. A. holland, president
The amusements for the fai
have been we'll looked after an
a strong list prepared. In ad
I ditiOn to the races, games, an
] water sports, the association ha
arranged for a balloon ascensiO
r each day with a parachute drOI
and an airship flight each da.
S A carnival company with il
e usual line of sports has bee
- granted concessions for the Ell
tire fair so there will be no lac
e of amusements.
{ The officers Of the association
e the men who will have the direC
d charge Of everything and VIII
will be responsible for the entiI
d fair and the manner in which
0 will be conducted are GeOra
d O'Dwyer, president, William Noy
S an, vice-president, C. S. Film
= secretary, and f. II. Buck, treas
8 urer, all we'll known and anon
the leading and most substantii
n men of the community. Wit
e these men in charge and respoT
s sible for the fair, there can be 4
h question but what everything Wi
= be conducted in a clean, fair al
S impartial manner.
e The officers and board of dire
tors held a meeting Wednesd'
evening, the last before the faf
# at which the odds and ends
e the arrangements were clear
II ip and everything gotten rea
'e for opening the fair and men e
ID gagged to do some little nece
e sary work about the grounds. A
rangements were also made wi