The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-11
Executive Committee and Secretary
Cavett, Decide to Give Three
Days to County Carnival,
September 20-2l-22
NAME COMMITTEES
FOR DEPARTMENTS
Specialist viii Have Charge Of Each
Kind Of Exhibits; Many First
class Attractions are
Coming

With committees appointed to lool
after the different departments of tn,
exhibit and with farmers everywhere
ready to cooperate in making tho
event one OF the biggest in the state
Secretary r. NJ cayett declares pros
poets are ANo for the big county
free fair to be held here September
20. p and 90
From the dates given, il will be seen
that an extra day has been allotted to
the big fair and carnival The execu-
tive committee in charge decided that
two days were not enough time
SO they decided 10 make Il
three-day free fair and exposi-
ton" and to begin making plans ac-
cordingiy Secretary Cayett is already
at work, laying preliminary plans for
the collection OF exhibits that he hopes
will not only give for this county a fair
that win prove an eye-opener to the
skeptical ones here, but also land first
place for Grady county at the state fair
in October.
In order to place each department
Of the work in the hands of man who
was particularly fitted for the place.
and who would take an active interest
N II, nine different committees have
been appointed, most Of which consist
OF but one person. j. a. Robinson,
county commissioner and farmer for
several years. will have charge of the
arranging OF the monster ears OF corn
and big stalks OF cotton and big melons
and pumpkins and all theo ther things
that are grown In the ground. unless
they come from boys and girls clubs.
His assistant will be Cecil Marrs.
o. C. Cooper and Mrs. Nettie coryel
who have change of farm demonstra-
tion work in the county, will have
charge OF the exhibits the younger gen
GRAFTON of farmers, poultry raisers and
culinary experts show In live stock.
George Hurley viii have charge OF
horses, George Onstatt of cattle and
NJ B. Johnson of swine, sheep and
goats.
r. VI. Evans, local enthusiast, will
have complete charge Of the poultry
exhibits. James P. Kelly OF Buie &
Wallace's will take care that machin-
cry is well presented and Moman II
Shepard will be the committee OF one
in charge of educational exhibits.
Nothing is to be left out of the Grady
County Free Fair and Exposition. Mrs.
Ed F. Johns will see that textiles of all
kinds are on exhibit, culinary and do
mestic science products are to be ar
ranged for by Mrs w n. Gilkey and
the Better Babies contest viii be in
charge OF ]. w. Kayser and DR. Martha
BIedsoe.
or course the county fair will de-
pend for the most part on exhibits IL
receives from the township first. The
committees, however, will have charge
of arranging exhibits. and they viii
do all in their power to get co-opera-
tion from all parts Of the county.
The fair is TO lack neither for funds
with which to carry it on nor for ad-
vertising. The county, under the new
law, viii furnish $500 for use in town.
ships and county, and receipts from
concessions will bring the total up to-
s250O, the committee thinks. Besides
receiving advertising in the papers Of
the county 5000 premium lists are TO
be printed and mailed to farmers, mer-
chants, stockmen, gardeners every
one that will be interested in the big
gest county fair in central Oklahoma.
Just the exhibits, which will be hous-
ed in tents at Shanoan Springs, win not
complete the Grady county fair and
exposition, All kinds of first class at.
fractions are being signed up TO make
OF the three days true gala ones for
people of Grady county. Moreover,
nothing but first class cnes, the com
mittee states. will be permitted to come
here.
II reports coming In from the county