Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-09-03
MANCHESTER. IOWA, SEPTEMBER 8, 1919
COMMERCIAL CLUB NEWS.

! COMMERCIAL CLUB NEWS.
/ For many weeks plans have beer
made and the members of the Com
mercial Club have been working to-
ward this week. A county fair is moi
spontaneous but to be successful re-
Iquires planning in advance in regard
to an infinite number Of details and
a lot of the men Of this community
|nnd some women have worked hard
to produce the best county fair in 10
wa. If the old debt that had been
accommodating for many years before
the Commercial Club took over the
management can be wiped off, with
the present fine spirit of cooperation
among the farmers and business men
our fair can continue to improve from
year to year, but it will not run itself
and can only be a success through
the hearty cooperation Of all who
have the best interests of the COM
munity at heart.
| On September 18th the Fair grounds
will be the scene Of another celebra
tion in accordance with nation wide
movement to unite the true Americans
of all the country as opposed to the
Bolsheviki, I. w. WIS and radicals
who would tear down our American
institutions and replace them by such
a misgovernment as Russia now suf-
! fers. Some patriotic talks will be
given, some excellent music is plan
ned and ball game between the Man
chester ball team and nine chosen
from those who won fame on the dia-
mond in former years. There is ex-
cellent material here and George
Clemans has undertaken to get to-
gether a bunch that ought to give
the present day aggregation hot con-
test. Plan to quit work at noon on
the 18th and spend the afternoon on
this community picnic and watch the
old timers trim the youngsters.
Greater Iowa week will be observed
in Manchester in October and there
will be some exhibits of Manchester
products that may. surprise some
of the home folks who don't know
that goods are being made here in
Manchester which are being sold ex-
tensively throughout the. Northwest.
The Executive Committee met
Thursday evening and went over
Fair plans and also passed a resolu-
ton that the use of the dance pavil-
ion or any other privileges on the Fair
grounds should be granted only on
vote of the executive committee or the
club itself.
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The secretary is daily in receipt of
government bulletins OF various kinds
and circuIarss asd pamphlets which
he would be glad to have used by any
one Interested. Facts and figures OF
the automobile industry, just receiv-
ed, gives some interesting figures
among which are the following: There
are 46 tractors in Delaware county;
as in Blahkhawk; 13 in Buchanan; Is
in Dubuque; 40 in Clayton; IS in Linn
and "a in Jones hounty. Nebraska
and California have more automobiles
in proportion to their population than
Iowa, having one for every seven
persons, while it is nearly nine in
Iowa, as there were 27S,313 motor
vehicles registered in Iowa in 1918
Perhaps when all the delinquents get
paid up the showing will be better.
Some time was spent last week in
trying to secure building suitable
for Woodworking plant for a man
who has been successful in this line
and wants to locate here. Anyone
who has any suggestions on this mat
ter will perform a valuable service
by bringing them forward as there
lis real demand for such a plant
here which could make all kinds OF
repairs 10 wagons and farm machin-
Isry.
The club met Monday evening at
Keckler's restaurant and the princi-
pal business was discussion of the
Fair. II was voted to request all
places of business to close Thursday
afternoon at 1890 for the rest of the
day and Wednesday and Friday af-
ternoons from 1890 to 4:30, and F.
j. Keiser was appointed as a special
committee to notify the business men.
To live in community, to make
revenue off of it, or out of it, to edu-
cate your children in it, to get every
thing you possibly can out of it, and
to put absolutely nothing into it, is
the ''unpardonable sin"
The city schools open Monday,
September Sth.