The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-13
FREE FAIR
PRESIDENT
MAY QUIT
Smith In Ultimatum 10 Commercial Club;
Will Resign Unless Cooper
Retained for Fairs

That he will resign his position al
president of the Grady County Free
Fair association ON next Saturday
unless the Commercial Club decides
! to retain the services of o. c. Coop
/ er, farm demonstration agent unit
after the county and state fairs mex
fall, was the statement of w. E
Smith today.
In making this statement, Mr.
Smith declared that there was nc
spite work on foot in making the de
clsion, and he stressed the point that
the Commercial Club could probably
suggest a president for the organi
"a ion that would handle the fail
proposition to the satisfaction of all
parties concerned. Relative to his
reasons fer issuing this ultimatum
LIr. Smith said that to be forced to
work with a new man from July 1st
Until the fairs were over would tear
down plans that have already been
made and would so disorganize ar
engagements as to make his work not
only monumental, but inefficient.
81 realize fully that the CONNER
cial Club can doubtless suggest a
president for the Free Fair assocla-
tion that will make better official
than have ever been" said Mr..
Smith. THAT will be perfectly all
right with me. The point 1 am max
ing i'll stating that / will not act as
president unless Mr.. Cooper is re
tanned until after the state and coun-
ty fairs next fall, is that the work
of new man in Mr.. Coopers place
would make the organization ineffi-
cient.
Last year at a meeting held in
Chickasha, someone said that there
was not bushel of corn in the en-
tire county l told them that there
was corn in Grady county that would
make 100 bushels an acre There
was that kind of corn here and some
Of it is ON display in the office of
the Farm Bureau right now. We
took second place at the state fair,
in competition with the other coun-
ties of the state, and fraction of a
point on wheat was all that beat us.
81 mention this to show that Mr..
Cooper was on the job. We have
been working together already this
season and know who will raise our
display stuff for the fairs next fall.
Al arrangements have been made.
MI Cooper knows every farmer i'll
the county and is in position TO de-
teTmine who can produce the best
stuff. That is, who will give the
proposition their time and attention.
Understand, only ask that Mr..
Cooper be retained until after the
fairs. AS soon as the display is re-
turned to Chickasha from the state
fair, Mr.. Cooper can quit, but until
that time, he will remain on the joD
if l am president of the association.
1--WE have received a letter from
Herbert Hoover, national food admin
istrator, asking for space at the next
Grady county fair, and stating that
he has received special mention OF
the last exhibit from Grady county.
The food administration desires to
put in a food conservation display.
The state fair board has been wait
ing two weeks for us to give them
the date of our fair, in order that
they might include it in the bulletin
giving Grady county much advertis-
ing free of charge.
Il have called a meeting of the
Grady County Free Fair board to
meet at the office of the Farm Bu-
reau at 2 o'clock Saturday. Unless 1
receive assurance that the CONNER
cial Club will retain the services of
Mr.. Cooper and his automobile until
after the state and county fairs next
fall, viii be forced to resign"