The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-09-18
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY

IJ Is CIlCe, DuC Ufue 10 say, you cannot
please everyone" This is especially the
case with public endeavors, such as the an
nual Malheur County Fair.
The Fair which closed last Friday was
in most respects successful, and the vast
majority of those who attended had a
mighty good time. They were well enter
tanned by the program in front of the grand
stand, and if they gave the effort to examine
the products on exhibition they secured ben
Gift there ALSO
There is no use denying, tho, that the
Fair was not as successful as it might have
been. Instead Of few scanty exhibits, the
hall should have been filed with the won
dcrful produce of this region. In fact the
Adrian display saved that portion of the ex-
position from an almost complete failure.
just why this was so The Argus will
not attempt to say. Many reasons have been
given, each of which, probably, contributed
to degree. Before anotherFair takes place
efforts should be made to see that the same
causes do not operate again.
I'm the first place n change was made i'm
the system describing and classifying cx-
hibits in the premium book and tho an cx-
PLANTATION of the system was contained in
the preface, evidently this was not read or
viOus years had placed produce on display
Second, the ranchers of this valley have
had a hard summer They have been short
ofhclp, and they did not feel called upon to
put the added energy into the collecting eX-
hlblts necessary TO successful showing.
Then there was the question of roads:
it was all but impossible to bring exhibits
from the Nyssa and lower Boulevard dis
trict over the Boulevard; likewise this was
true of the Brogan region. In another year
this will not be true.
And lastly, after having received prom
iscd exhibits from all these regions the Fair
directors expected them until the last mo
mcnt, and could not provide for the dsap-
pontments and broken promises. No one
can be blamed for this If the people them
selves do not take sufficient interest i'm the
Fair exhibit no one can make them
The thing that must be done is to make
exhibiting so attractive that the ranchcrs
will want to exhibit without special urging,
and to see to it that arrangements are made
10 cooperate with the ranchers to bring the
exhibits to the Fair. That will require al
rigid checking up of promises during the
week before the Fair to avoid disappoint-
mcnts.
The most radical suggestion that the
Argus would like to make would be this;
Let preparations be started now for next
years Fair
The association should hold its annual
meeting in the near future, elect its dircc-
tors, with the experience of this year in mind
and get interest started at once.
Second the premium book should be
prepared on or before the first of the year
and be ready for circulation at least during
April and May, thus giving the ranchers
time to plant varieties of produce with the
Fair in mind.
And lastly every business man of On
tario, and every ranchcr who takes an inter
est in this exposition should think about it,
make suggestions to the board when they
come to him, and generally keep constantly
before the public the fact ,hct the Fair is
held here and is the Best County Fair in
the State, 1t is that, too.