The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-28
Financial Arrangements Com
plete; Push Forward Plans
for Two Big Feature
Exhibition Days.
MAY LAND POST FIELD
FLYING CIRCUS, REPORT
Offer $40 Prize for Best Design
Of County Exhibit at State
Fair; Exhibitors Coming
In.

That the Grady County Free Fair
scheduled for Chickasha on septem-
ber 8 to 12 Is assured and that all
financial arrangements with refer
ence to the big show have been sat.
isfactcrily completed, was the state.
ment Of ]. W. Kayser secretary Of
the fair association this morning.
The fair board is working over
time to make the 1919 exhibition the
best from every standpoint, that
Grady county has ever had. The two
big days from an entertainment
standpoint, are the soldiers and
sailors day and Owens day. The
former will be designed especially
for Grady countys fighting men. 1t
is planned to be a welcome home to
Grady county boys, all who wore the
uniform of doughboy, Marine or
sailor.
Barbecue a Feature
One of the features of the Sailors
and Soldiers day Is to be a big bar.
becue, and to e. C. Burton, appointed
chairman of the committee for that
day, falls the duty of providing funds
with fhich to- stage the big feed
Plans for this day are In keeping
with the movement throughout Okla.
homa where towns have given over
a special occasion to the welcoming
home of their fighting sons.
On this day, the organization OF
Grady County's American Legion is
to be perfected, the plans outline
Mr.. Kayser is in correspondence
with Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,
and while definite arrangements have
not as yet been made, 1t is hoped by
the committee in charge to have Col.
Roosevelt here for that day
Believe Owens Coming
1t is the belief OF Mr.. Kayser that
Senator Rober L. Owens will be
here, without fail for Owens day and
will officially launch his candidacy
for the presidential nomination at
that tine 1t is known that the SEN
ator has been bombarded with tele.
grams from Grady county people and
il is the general opinion that the
senator will be here
In addition to Owens day and Sol
dlers and Sailors day, the fair board
Is planning to get the Flying Circus
from Post Field to do some aerial
stunts at the fair This feature, if
secured, may be staged in the mill
tary day. Plans for 1t are not yet
complete
Prize IS Offered
Grady county is going after first
place at the state fair Mr. Kayser
pointed out that the county display
at the state fair is made up of the
products ON exhibition at the county
fair He also stressed the point that
the design Of the state exhibit has
a great deal to do with the effective
ness of the display.
Therefore, the fair board is offer
ing prize of $40 for the best de-
sign for the county display at the
state fair This design should be
made on paper, in the form of
drawing and should indicate the farm
products to be used in the various
departments of the display. For
complete information as to the size
the design should be, application
should be made TO j. W. Conner, sec
retary of the Chickasha Chamber of
Commerce and assictant secretary of
the free fair association In addition
to the $40 prize for first honors, s.
will be given for the second best de-
sign submitted The board hopes to
have SO designs, submitted.
Reservations Being Made
Reservations for space to exhibit
livestock are already being applied
for. Luther Thomas this morning
asked for 20 pens to exhibit hogs.
other farmers and stock men are
applying and the indications are that
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