The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-23

Ine directors OF Jue. BeneWdu
county fair association held a
meeting Wednesday evening to
talk over and make arrangements
for the coming county fair. Con-
siderable work has been done ON
the premium list and it will soon
be ready for The printer. The
committee which has this work
in charge is not ready to give out
anything for publication until the
entire list has been prepared as
there will probably be changes,
but the awards VIII be we'll worth
competing for.
The committee which is look
ing after the exhibits reports that
it is making good progress and
has received many assurances
from prospective exhibitors. The
farmers are manifesting a great
deal Of interest in the fair and
from the assurances that the
committee has received the eX-
hibits along this line will be very
creditable. The local Farmers
Union has taken up the matter
and is pushing it. The Union
itself will have a booth, besides
which there will be large num-
her of individual exhibits
AS to the exhibits of merchan-
disc a seperate committee is
looking after them and it is too
early to be able to say what the
merchants will do. In the past
the merchants have not given the
patronage that they should in the
way of making exhibits not real
izing that the fair can be made q
very valuable advertising med
ium for them. In order TO do
this it is necessary to make the
exhibits as varied and attractive
as possible. Once assurtd that
the attractions will be there, there
will be plenty of people out to see
them. 1t is hoped that the mer~
chants will do better in this re-
spect this year and that practical
ly all of them will have booths i'm
which they will have good dis
play of their wares.
This is the first year that an
effort has been put forth to make
The fair more than a local mat
ter. This year it is a county eX-
hibition and a strong effort will
be made to make the people of
every section feel that the fair
belongs to them as much as to
st. Maries and to get them to take
part in it and to come out to see
it. This makes it even more
necessary that the merchants
should assist in making the ex~
hibits worth seeing and it also
makes the fair a better advertis =
ing medium for them.
Above everything else it is for
the interest of the business men
of the city to get the people of the
county in the habit Of coming
here. This fair affords an op-
portunity to get them started and
if the impression made is a good
one they will continue to come.
The directors Of the association
are doing their part They are
devoting every energy TO make the
fair a success and should have
the business men and people
back of them. They are holding
meetings every Wednesday even
ing for the purpose of making
plans and would be glad to have
the general public attend these
4 meetings and make suggestions
rfIt is not their fair any more thar
it is yours so come out and as
sist them with your council and
suggestions.
The secretary, C. S. Flint, i.
especially devoting larg,
amount Of time to it. He is re-
ceiving many letters from carni-
val companies and other attrac-
tions that want concessions. ST
far the association has not de-
termined on just what outside at.
fractions they will have but it hal
been practically decided that be-