Arizona republican., 1917-10-15
STOCK MEN A MUST WAIT FQR THAT
 FAIR PAVILION || l
Commissioners Say Live Stock Men Are Entitled to
 Building, But the Funds Not Available This Year

After long conference Saturday between Secretary Zachau of the state fair commission and a repre- sentative assemblage of prospective live stock exhibitors at the fair, dur ing which great many problems or special concern to all were exhaust ively discussed, a perfectly harmon ious compromise resulted by which the cattlemen are to be provided with Sweldorf- -Cowstoria boarding house on the fair grounds and ale to wait another year for the con- struction of the handsome crystal palace exhibition hall they not only need but are entitled to have.
 The importance of the cattle in- dustry to the state and to the state fair is a matter of common knowl- edge. Every state fair management has appreciated this and has sought to do everything possible to encour- age the cattle exhibitors, with the re suit that the cattle department has grown from year to year, faster even than the fair management has been able to keep pace with. That has been in q measure true Of every de- partment for state development is increasing faster than state capital to e.ip,oit it.
 It is expected that there will be not less than 800 head of show cattle at the fair this year. The exhibitors feel that they should be provided with a pavilion, arena or show building with ample seating capacity where the public could sit in com- fort, protected from sun or rain if il should occur, during the judging Of f la .,ols. ha al and not have to go strolling along the cattle sheds to see the stock any more than the racing patrons do the race horses. As one of the big fea lures of the fair the cattlemen feel that their exhibits, at least one class at a tune, should have an opportunity Of assembling before an audience, to say nothing of better conVenienceS in judging.
 In this contention the fair manage ment is in full agreement and would gladly give the stockmen all they ask for, but for the fact that to properly construct such a building would cost a lot of money, to construct 1t iii any other way would be disgrace, and funds for the purpose are abso lutely not available this year. Be- sides, there are other things the cat tlemen want also and are equally en- titled to have. One of them is a mess hall. With many exhibitors and each with from one to a half dozen men employed in caring for the stock, 1t is next to impossible for them to walk a half mile to the other end of the grounds, join with the army of fair visitors in fighting for position at a hot dog joint. get their meals ,,el. loss of time. If they take a turn | wanted and if they all go at once the ! situation is even worse.
 To demonstrate that there was a better way, the exhibitors last year | organized a mess and fed themselves with most satisfying results. They were furnished tent for dining room | and kitchen, framed up some crude l equipment and hired q cook. Those who wished furnished butter. milk eggs or whatever they had, suitable for the mess. and were paid for il 1 at market prices, then each and all employed in the cattle department boarded at the mess tent. employers buying tickets for their men. Al i the close of the fair they figured uI
 the cost of the weeks run and found i 1t was just "A cents, each one paying | for the meals he had eaten and thus i paying all bills, all getting their meals 1 at cost.
 The hope then was that this veal
 the fair would not only build then
 I fine show pavilion but a permanen | structure for a mess hall. But thu | building of a new minerals building
 md the remodeling of other struc- | lures made this impossible, hence tn, satisfactory compromise referred to The mess hall will not be an archi
 ectural dream or supplant the hote business of the city but it will b'
 ,ommodious. comfortable, fly proof clean, neat and permanent, goot enough place for anybody to eat, anl will be about 20x40 equipped witt range. cooking utensils. etc. It vii
 be operated on the same plan as las
 ear by the cattle men themselve!
 who will hire their cooks and stool
 the pantry as they wish, and feet 1 each other at cost.