Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-17

meeting and received a unanimous
vote of the board of directors endors-
ing him for reelection. Three dele
gates, Homer Daley, j. f, Donahoo
and II, H. Palmer. were elected to rep
resent Rock Island county at the state
fair convention at Springfield, on We'd
nesday. Sept. 20, at which time the
delegates will elect a president and
vice president of the state board of
agriculture.
The premium list was revised and
special efforts are to be mad, to secure
the largest display of live stock and
agricultural products that has ever
been shown in the county The chair
appointed a committee on grounds
consisting of Henry Wiedman, Edgar
Walthers and ". H. Moody, whose
duty it will be to enlarge the grounds.
look after the erection and replacing
of the building and have everything in
readiness for the big opening. The fair
is to be we'll advertised all over the
county and surrounding counties with
a special effort to acquaint the peo-
pie of Rock Island county with the
fact that we have a county fair. The
chair appointed an advertising COM
mittee consisting of Floyd E. Thomp-
son. II. II. Palmer. Edward Schafer,
Boyd McMiChael and W, H. Moody.
whose duty it will be to see that this
advertising is properly placed.
Special efforts are being made this
year to provide high class entertain
ment; some special features will be
provided later on, several of the stunts
now being under consideration. Eff
forts are going to be made to secure a
band from Rock Island for Rock Is
land day, band from Moline for Mo-
line day and band from East Moline
for East Moline day. The Hillsdale
band will play all three days if ar
engagements now under way can be
completed. Nothing will be spared to
make every day of the fair a banner
day. The entertainment committee
consists of President J. E. Donahoo,
Secretary Homer Daley and Director
c. L. Markee, +. E. Thompson and Ed
Wainwright.
Appreciate Boards Help.
Much appreciation was expressed by
all members present of the interest
which the county board is taking in the
county fair. Every member of the
board of supervisors who voted for the
resolution giving to the county fair its
appropriation of $500, came in for his
share of approval The action of Chair,
man John Upton of the board of SUI
pervisors in trying to defeat this reso-
luton did not set well with the men
who have spent years of their time and
money in trying to build up the Rock
Island county fair. The resolution of
approval of friendly members fol-
lows:
Whereas, the Rock Island County
Fair association is bending every eff
fort to give to the people of Rock Is
land county a county fair that will
prove to be educational, as we'll as en-
PERTAINING, and that will advertise
Rock Island county as it should be ad- |
vertised, and
whereas, pursuant to an act of the
legislature and in compliance with the
urgent requests of the state board of
agriculture, the board of Supervisors of
Rock Island county have appropriated
$500 to be used to improve the Rock
Island county fair:
Therefore, be it resolved, by the |
board of directors of the Rock Island
county Fair association in regular SEES
sion assembled, that we hereby eX-
tend to the board of supervisors our
sincere appreciation for the interest
they have taken in the county fair,
Rock Island county's only permanent
agricultural institution, and
BE it further resolved, that we ex-
tend our special gratitude to Supervis-
or Roy Daley for the valuable SER
vice he performed in securing the said !
appropriation from the board of SUI |
pervisOrs and endorse his progressive |
attitude in agricultural and road mat |
tiers which have come before the |
board"