The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-06-27
FALLON. NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE H. 1917
STATE FAIR WILL Be HELD
Week OF SEPTEMBER l7-22
Fallon Members of State Agricultural
Board Appoints Committees to
Head Departments

The first meeting of the newly con-
stituted State Board of Agriculture
was held at the Office of the Williams
Estate Co. last Saturday evening at
which the minutes of the meeting
held Reno last week were approved
by Senator w. A. Keddie the newly
elected President of the Board and
c. l.. Noble, Secretary-Treasure
President Keddse appointed Joe
Jarvis, X. l.. Douglas, Reay Mackay
and f. j. McDermott as members of
the executive committee, who with
himself as chairman, will have gen.
eral charge of the Fair this fall. F..
j. McDermott was appointed super
intendent of grounds, to have gener-
al charge and supervision of all the
State property in Churchill county.
d. e. Williams and E. l.. Bingham
were appointed as a committee on
publicity and advertising. c. w Rem
fro was appointed as chairman of a
committee to look after the agricul-
tural exhibits, Reay Mackay to a SIM
liar position with reference to live
stock exhibits and d. z. Williams to
head a committee having in charge
the department of domestic arts. The
three foregoing members of the
Board are empowered to appoint the
balance of their committees from
among the citizens of the county in
terested in the particular branches
which they represent and to arrange
for a revision of the premium list to
bring it up to date and to apportion
the appropriation in the several de-
partments.
A committee of two consisting of
Joe Jarvis and Reay Mackay was ap-
pointed to secure plans for the
erection of a pavilion to house the
exhibits, an appropriation of $4,000
being available for this purpose.
While it is not expected that this
amount will permit of the finishing
of a building large enough for the
purpose this year. ii is believed that
at least the walls can be built and
a temporary roof placed thereon that
will fill the bill satisfactorily until
other means are provided for its
completion. The discussion brought
out the intention of the Board to
build substantially and permanently
so far as the funds at their disposal
would permit and that the building
should conform to an agreeable ar
chitectural design.
The date of the Fair was set for
the week of September 18th to the
22nd. Immediately following the
California State Fair at Sacramento
which takes place September Sth to
the 18th. II was expressly under
stood that in the event that the Reno
Business Mems Association conduct
race meet at the Reno grounds
during September that they will ad-
journ the meet during the week of
the fair at Fallon, in order to give
the Reno people an opportunity to
visit both attractions and If deemed
advisable to have a series of races
here during that week. However, it
Is the announced intention of the
Board this year to have no connec-
tion whatever with the racing pro-
gram further than to see that 1t is
properly conducted.
The members of the Board from
Churchill county were at the Reno
meeting empowered to do all things
necessary to hold a successful fair
in Fallon this fall. In order 20 do
this they earnestly desire the CO.
operation of all our citizens. While
the heads of the committees neces-
sarily will be members of the Board
in order that there may be no con-
fusion and working at cross purposes
it Is not their desire to arrogate to
themselves arbitrary powers. but to
bring every interested citizen in the
county within the working organiza-
tion so far as this is possible.
AS the time is growing short, it
is to be hoped that all who are will
ing to take part will make it known
to the board or by helpful sugges-
tions assist In making the Fallon
Fair of 1917 one long to be remem-
bered in Nevada.