Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-17
PROCEED WITH
FAIR PLANS
DIRECTORS OF NEW 0RGANIZA.
ELECTED AT MEETING HELD
ON SATURDAY
0. H. CAMPBELL is PRESIDENT
directors Approve Fair Dates of Oct
Ober z, s, and 8

good sized company of the stock
holders Of the Boundary County Fair
Association met Saturday afternoon al
the courthouse and perfected the or
ganization, electing G. b. Van AIstine
of Copeland, George Irving, o. H.
Campbell. F. A. Shultis and L. N.
Brown as members of the board of di-
rectors of the fair.
The five directors named organized
BY electing o. H. Campbell president
George Irving, vice president; the Of
See of secretary and treasurer has not
vet been filled. The board of direct
ors endeavered to induce A. ]. Kent
to accept but he felt he could not de-
vote the time needed Oliver Camp-
bell, Jr, was named temporary secre-
tary and treasurer and will serve un-
til the office is filled permanently
The meeting of the fair association
Saturday afternoon was called to or
der by J. r. Wiley and on motion Geo
Irving was named temporary chair
man and C. w. King, temporary sec
retary. A committee of three, COM
l..
and J. r. Wiley, was named, on motion
as a nominating committee and this
committee reported on a list of ten
men, four business men and six farm
ers, suggesting that two business men
and three farmers be chosen members
Of the board of directors
On motion the chairman appointed
committee composed of ]. Bert Cowen.
o. c. Wilson and ]. B. Brody to draft
bylaws for the approval of the organ
ization
The matter of the date of the fair
was discussed and the majority were
in favor of holding the fair for three
days, October z, and 8, providing
the board of directors could arrange
to use such dates to the best advan-
tage.
The matter of permanent fair
grounds and buildings was discussed
at length and a majority of those ex-
pressing an opinion favored the buy
ing OF grounds out of the overflow dis
tict and large enough to be used for
race-track, ball grounds, picnic and
camping grounds and for all kinds of
athletic sports. 1t was also argued
that the grounds could be used for an
aviation field. A site mentioned was
tract owned by G. w. Spoerry where
the Eagle park used to be, on the south
bench.
1t was brought out that it would be
easier to sell stock and to create and
maintain interest in the fair associa-
uon If it owned it's own grounds and
buildings. 1t is hardly possible to
puy grounds close in and suitable and
10 erect buildings without an expendi-
ture Of from $4,000 to $4,000. The
stock subscriptions thus far received
amount to about $1400 but many sub
scribers would double their subscrip-
uons If it was purposed to buy grounds |
and erect a building and too, only a
small percentage of the people of the (
county have thus far been solicited to
buy stock.
The directors of the fair were in
session Saturday afternoon and even |
ing' discussing and laying plans for
tne new organization and they propose |
10 proceed as rapidly as possible and
10 make every effort to insure the sue
cess OF the fair to be held this fall |
~ seems certain that the fair assoc
IaCon has made a wise choice of di-
Iectors and it now remains for the
: sstockholders and people to do their
Di' II the fair is to be what it should.