The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-08-10
SET wheels GOING
FOR COUNTY FAIR
OFFICERS CALL WEEKLY MEET
INGS OF ASSOCIATION TO
PERFECT PLANS.
FANCIER'S UNHEEDED
DECIDED THAT INSTITUTION
CANNOT INCREASE PREM
IUMS AS OUTLINED

With the 1916 Stearns County fair
only six weeks distant, decision has
been made by the officers Of the as
ISOLATION to hold business meetings
weekly to take up fair questions as
they arise. The meetings will be held
Tuesday evenings in the Commercial
Club rooms unless other meetings or
circumstances conflict.
The first meeting Of the series was
held this Tuesday night with Presi-
dent Hillerud presiding. The Fourth
of July committee reported that $487
had been turned into the association
treasury as the net proceeds from the
celebration.
The building committee reported
the completion Of the new horse barn.
The structure is 36x80 feet, with 8-ft.
posts and has six box stalls 10x10.
feet. 1t will comfortably accommodate
40 head. The cost was 5000, of which
$500 was appropriated by the city
council and the remainder will be paid
out of association funds.
The question of the feasibility of
attempting to erect the proposed Sank
Centre building in the short time
which remains before the opening OF
the show was discussed at length with
the final decision that President Hill
lerul appoint a committee to sound
out the contributors to the $1,000 fund
on hand and ascertain their wishes. 1t
was argued by some that the old
church building on the grounds is out
of harmony with other buildings and
that it was deemed best by them to
delay the building of the Sank Cen
ire building until next summer when
the church could be RACED and the ma
terial used in the new building. The
committee will report back at the next
meeting.
At the request of Supt. Hennemann
of the poultry division the superin-
tendent of the grounds was Instructed
to remodel the poultry building to the
extent of providing overhead light and
ventilation.
| Mr.. Hennemann also stated there
| had been some protests from fanclers
against the pruning this year of The
poultry premium lists. c. II. Ahrens
was present and stated he considered
it unfair to him inasmuch as he had
been attracted to this region by the
county fair premium offers.
Secretary Strebel answered that the
fair association had no alternative but
to cut down on premiums, as last year
the fair gave $1,000 in premiums and
received back from the state only
about $1,000, which placed too large q
| burden on the association. He also
Estated that the premiums on poultry
totalled 1855 and was second only tt
the premiums offered for cattle which
totalled SAT-. Horses received only
$134. The secretary also stated that
the object of the fair was not to as.
sist any breeder in financing his bus
mess but to give them opportunity to
show and advertise their wares. Also
that the fair association must look
out for its own finances and in doing
SO had found it necessary to prune
premium lists in several directions.
On motion of A. M. Wallace it was
decided to let all premium lists stand
as already published and not to offer
any bonuses or specials. Supt. Hem
nemann in conclusion said that the OBJ
ject of his division this year is, to
reach out for quality rather than
quantity.
F. J. Borgmam was named to FIJI
the vacancy of superintendent of ag-
riculture.
Season tickets will be sold this year
under the same plan as followed in
1916. s.