The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-10-15

town ought to plan some kind OF a
celebration each year; we believe the
cities and towns of community owe
it to their friends of the country to
provide at least one good entertain
ment each year, and invite the whole
community in to enjoy the festivities.
1t doesn't matter much what kind
of a celebration is pulled off as long.
as it is a clean, wholesome affair. The
first street fair DenisOn ever had was
a decided success from every stand
point. The business men were behind
1T and paid for it. They paid for a
good entertainment and insisted that
it be just that kind Where they spent
one dollar they did not look for two
back from the people. What they de-
sired to do was to furnish entertain
ment for the people of the country,
free; they did and everyone was i'm
mensely pleased. The ordinary street
fair or carnival travelling through the
country is more Of detriment to a
community than it is good, because
the best. Where a community makes
it's own selection and pays for good
talent the affair is generally a sue
cess.
And if Denison is going to do any
thing about getting the agricultural
fair association located at the county
seat, it's time right now to ,ge. 20
work before the interested farmers
- Iorc in, f}rn
fields. A committee will find it hard
work to interest farmer when the
farmer is out in the field trying his
best to fill the wagon box with corn
before a stated time. The breeders
of the county and many of the farmers
are ready to back the proposition, and
substantially too, if Denison will but
show q disposition to get busy. They
don't expect Denison to raise all the
money for the proposition, but they do
expect some interest to be manifest,
and the quicker our city folks take
the proposition in hand and push it to
finish, the better. - 10y
" If Denison doesn't want the agricul.
tural fair, at least sale pavilion
ought to be provided, wherein the
breeders and farmers who are to have
public sales can be accommodated. A
breeder living in the southern part Of
the county recently held purebred
sale, and for lack of pavilion at
Denison took his stock to the nearest
shipping point where it was sold un-'
der tent. The express charges on the
tent alone were $3.50, to say. nothing
Of the rental for the tent Then the
breeder was compelled to erect seats,
provide entertainment for prospective
purchasers, and all that With suit
able pavilion at the county seat the
sale would have been greater sue.
cess, and the party holding the sale
would have been glad to have paid.
a, liberal rental for the pavilion. Think
it over. III
We were forcibly reminded last Fri
lay morning of the approach Of colds.
er weather and with it the shortening
of the days, and the lengthening of
the evenings, and the demand for read.
ing matter would become greater. The
season is fast approaching when the
average farmer and all members OF
the family will be huddled around the
fireside instead of out on the front
porch, Or out in the yard. There is
10 better way of spending the long eve-lg
nings than by reading and discussing
The events of the day. the dninra wi
The neighbors, or affairs at the county
seat, or the neighboring towns. Aud
there is only one way by which one
can become posted, and that is by tak.
ing the local county paper We ad-
nit there are very few homes in Craw.
ford county where the Review is not
weekly visitor, and to these few We
wish to say, just try the paper during
he coming winter months and see