The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-09-06
FAIR BOOSTERS
PUT UP CASH
ENDORSE THEIR SENTIMENTS
WITH THE MONEY.
100000 is SUBSCRIBED
Almost Enough to Pay for All I'M
provements and Put Association
in the Clear. Stock Holders
at Banquet.


Everyone has heard lot about what
has been going on at the fair grounds
in the way of new buildings and i'm.
provements but lot of people were
surprised Tuesday evening when some
four hundred or more of the stock
holders of the Southern Iowa Fair and
Exposition Association went to the
grounds for the SECOND annual gather
ing and banquet What's more, many
others are going to be surprised when
they set foot upon the grounds next
week and view the changes made in
the property Every one last evening
was wonder struck and commentary
remarks were many. Every one next
week will open their eyes at the great
changes and the things accomplished
The participants assembled on the
northwest corner of the park at six
o'clock and headed by the Iowa Bri.
gade band made an auto parade ten
blocks in length and trailed out to the
grounds. The parade travelled along
the west side of the park on Market
went east to the Opera House, north
to the Y. M. c. A. building and then
straight west to d street When the
head of the line crossed Market street
going west all the cars had not yet
joined the line. One hundred and for
ty cars were in line.
First thing at the fair grounds Mr.
Fair took q photo of the crowd and
the company then inspected the con-
struction work in progress and COM
pleted-the addition to the grand
sand, the addition to the seating ar
rangements for the race track at the
west end of the grand stand. the new
rest room and toilet and the fine new
Pavilion and exhibit hall of brick and
concrete.
Herein the banquet was spread,
plates having been laid for the enter
tainment of five hundred guests. G. e.
Brooke was given full direction of the
commissary. He surrounded himself
with corpe of efficient and practiced
help and loads and loads of eats were
stacked and piled before the gaze of
the hungry company, and while the !
crowd attacked the supply of splendid |
food the Iowa Brigade band furnished |
the best of music from a platform ar
ranged along the east side of the big |
room.
Smokes were passed and the COM F,
pany settled itself for the hour and ,
more of matchless entertainment prom
ised, but it was after eleven O'Clock |
before the program was concluded and |
the gathering had raised over ten
thousand dollars of the sum necessary
to put the fair association on the right !
side of the ledger for the improve
ments of the year. The money was CIV !,
en- for the sale of stock at 800 per
share. Enthusiasm swelled as the eli
max was reached, the band struck up |
"Star Spangled Banner" and the whole ,
crowd broke into prolonged cheering.
r. d. Bird" Walton was chairman
of the evening and under his rule the
entertainment moved along nicely. !
Music of particularly pleasing variety
was generously offered and duly APP
70, eciated In addition to the band con- |
cert a number of specialties were con-
tributed. First off the crowd was stir |
red to an encore when Masters Rex
Lewis and Keith Davenport sang Kha-
XII Bill to band accompaniment.
Tracy Osborne brought the boys
down from their home in New Sharon
and the Elder Davenport was along.
The crowd was delighted with the
boys effort. They are officially 20
Ked."
Songs and Speeches.
Mrs. Leora Cammack sang sweetly
both to band accompaniment and with
piano, Miss Jennie Fry accompanist,
and had to respond to several encores.
Charles Farmhouse and Miss Sibyl
kramme played cornet duet, piano
accompaniment by Miss Ruth Benton,
a particularly clever rendition of a
Farmhouse composition Another selec-
ton was insisted upon and applause
was generous.
Numerous talks were made during
the evening. Col. w. H. Cooper of
Hedrick, one of the best known auc-
tioneers In the land made stir. He
was followed by C. E. Beman who gave
report as Treasurer of the fair as
ISOLATION made statement of the fl
rancial condition of the organization
and the property. T. j. Pettitt Of
Tracy, whom they call the farmer
preacher" reused the company with a
lively talk. Other contributions were
by C. Yer Ploeg, bill" Pomeroy. Dan
Unsicker, president of the organiza-
tion. by J. w. Mcclure of Monroe town
shin. "Billp Stump and others. when