The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-12-27
START WORK ON
PLAN PUTr0yER
FAIR FOR GRADY
"Ways and Means" Committee Nam
cd by C. of c. President; Job
Is to Organize Campaign
for Funds
DATA BEING ASSEMBLED
ON VARIOUS FEATURES
Fair, Baseball, Race Track, Athletic
Field, Airplane Landing In
cIuded in Outline; Expect
Meet Soon

From the office Of the Chickashi
Chamber of Commerce this morning
came the announcement OF the com
mittee appointed to handle the fl
nancing of the fair grounds and ath
letic field. The committee, appointed
by l.. c. Hutson, president Of the c.
Of G. and authorized by resolution
passed at the last meeting of the
chamber, is: Orin Ashton, chairman;
Fred M. Frey, Dr. A. b. Leeds, d. c.
Hybarger and Ed D. Foster.
The job that this committee has
cut out for it is to decide on the
proper location for the fair grounds
and athletic field, the amount o.
ground necessary to accommodate
the various features to be included
the decision on the methods and or
ganization for raising the necessary
money to purchase the site, the de-
esion as-to the personnel of the
committees necessary to stage sue
cessful campaign for funds and the
working out of details to put the en-
tire proposition across.
Committee is Busy.
The committee named has already
started the preliminary work in pre-
paraton for meeting at which
time it is planned to get the nee
essary information in boiled down
form. Every member of the commit
tee has a specific job in the assenb-
ling of data looking toward the final
organization of the campaign.
One member is to take UP and
prepare figures as to the fair propo
s'tion; another win get figures on
the receipts and expenditures at
tendant upon the maintainance of
baseball team in the Western asso-
citation next year; third membe"
will make inquiries and assemble
data on the need for an airplane
landing field and the expenses o
maintaining it; fourth member Of
the committee will work out details
for a race track to /. be operated by
the fair association, the information
required including the size Of track
needed, how much gronnd will be
required and the probability of get
ting the Chickasha track included II
one of the regular racing circuits for
a fall meeting. Still another member
of the ways and means committee
will get information as to the farm
ing interests Of the county, the
stockmen and their attitude toward
such an undertaking.
Early Action Expected
1t is expected that early action will
result from the appointment OF this
committee. 1t is known that the
committee is already in correspond
'ence with various stockmen and
farmers over the county as well as
with organizations similar to the one
proposed here, with view to getting
a definite Zine on what is to be
needed.
The chairman has taken the mat
ter up with officials of the fair as
sociation at Altus. 1t is known that
for two years. Altus has been oper-
ating a combination fair. That is
the association there has bee- com-
bining the free fair features with
pay proposition and it is understood
that the venture is a decided sue
cess. Reports in the hands of C. O.
c. officials are that the Altus asso-
citation operates under the free fair
provision as concerns the exhi5ition
of farm products and live stock and
that other features of the fair are
carried where an admission is
charged. This, it is understood
makes the proposition self-support-
ing.
The appointment of the commit
tee. coming as it necessarily did at
the holiday season, has hampered
the prompt action to some extent, it
is pointed out 1t is known that two
or three members Of the committee.
are out of town on short Christmas
vacations.
The officials of the c. of c. are