The courier-index., 1919-06-20
LITTLE ROCK LETTER
(By Clio Harper)

Little Rock, June 16.-There are many reasons why Arkansas should be thankful. So the biggest thanks giving celebration ever held Tn the state is being arranged for the week of Nov. 17-22, 1919. It will also be in the nature of birthday party, in which every man, woman and child in the state has direct and personal interest.
 Arkansas Territory was created July 4, 1919, the natal day of the nation, but the time is too short to arrange for a celebration on that date befitting the occasion.
 For this purpose Gov. Brough ere ated the Arkansas Centennial Com mission, of which he is chairman and Roy l.. Thompson vice chairman. With an executive committee con- sisting of five members from Little Rock and one from each congress sional district, charged with the de- tails of the celebration, the prospect for a brilliant celebration next fall is most fattering.
 It is to be state celebration, an Arkansas affair, a statewide event, held in Little Rock as the capital of the state and the most centrally located and advantageously situated city in the state. Being an Arkan- sas birthday party all agreed that there is no more appropriate place for the celebration. Representatives from other sections of the state, in conference here last week, pledged their support of the enterprise, and their determination to make it an event that will be in keeping with the dignity of the occasion and the reputation of the state.
 Every county is expected to par ticipate. They will be invited and urged to send exhibits of their in- dustrial, agricultural and conner cial resources, and provision will be made for their most advantageous display. It is the hope of the pro- motors that the Centennial Celebra- tion will really prove the neucleus of a genuine State Fair, that will be worth millions annually to the state, and be of inestimable value to each county
 The celebration will continue for six days, and it is the purpose to provide entertainment for every day that will attract not only the people of the state but visitors from other states. It is to be made really worth while.
 Numerous suggestions are being offered for the celebration which will soon begin to assume definite shape. James A. Ginnocchio has been ap- pointed chairman of the program committee.
 There will be industrial, military, civic, Mardi Gras, and other kinds or parades. Among the suggestions being made are historical pageants. home coming celebration, county ex- hibits, street fair, hippodrome, motor boat regatta, state map in the city park where those from various coun- ties may register and meet old friends, folk dance, pyrotechnic dis plays, stock show, automobile show, carnival attractions, and many other ideas, one of the most ambitious of which is President Wilson day. to be attended by the president him. self.
 All those things will cost money and lots of it. The committee, after a thorough discussion, agreed upon S75,000 as the cost to be raised. Lit tie Rock is to raise as much as all the rest of the state, in other words $37,5O0 is to be raised in Little Rock and $37,500 in the other "A counties. Chairmen are to be ap- pointed for each county for the pur- pose of raising the amounts that may be allotted to each county. c. c. kayanaugh of Little Rock is named as the chairman of the finance com mittee.