The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-08-26
BINGHAM C0UNTYS
GREAT PLAYGROUND
Southeastern Idaho Fair Invites You
To See Splendid Array. September
Goth, 21st, 22nd and 23rd.


Nineteen years ago the people of
HackfoOt organized the Southeastern
Idaho Fair, established it on thirty
two acres of wild land in the edge of
town and have preserved and main
tanned it through all the years. Ten
years ago they dedicated four acres
of it to city park which is now one
of the beauty spots of the valley and
is also used as a free tourist camp
ground, with electric lights, fuel and
cooking utensils furnished by the
city.
Throughout the years the fair
grounds have been improved and last
year they were purchased by the
county government and $4,000 was
expended for new buildings and other
improvements. During the present
year $4,000 have been expended for
improvements on the property, all
donated by interested citizens who
gave their own money rather than
let the improvements lapse or have
it added to the peoples tax bills. One
feature of the work was grading and
seeding the seven acres within the
race track, creating the largest lawn
in the state absolutely level so that
it irrigates without using a shovel
and without having the water more
than three inches deep on any part
of it.
This greensward contains the base
Iban diamond, the foot ball field and
has room for a golf links. All Of
the fair grounds are under irrigation
and the dust heretofore so trouble
some at fair time has been conquered.
People occupying the grand stand
and the h.eachers sit in clean seats
and where no dust flies, and look out
upon hard, clean race track and a
seven-acre lawn within the race
course. All of the exhibits buildings
, and open tracts where the great
crowds assemble have eli ther been
fioored or coated with cinders, packed
hard and kept damp. The large belt
devoted to exhibits of stock and ma
chinery has been laid out in walks
and driveways, and the more quiet
portions of the grounds are devoted
to the use of the local cavalry troop
and the Indian village. Cow barns
and horse barns are model buildings
and the Tong line of hog pens have
concrete floors ads pure cold water
delivered to each pen by the city wa
ter system.
The city park adjoining the fair
, grounds will be used for the accom-
-, modation Of camping parties attend
ing the fair and will be policed and
, lighted and cared for by attendants
There is room in it for hundreds of
cars and visitors are invited to use
1t and save hotel and garage bills
The old double entrance to the
grounds has been replaced by six en-
frances and the old board fence has
been replaced by an elegant woven
wire and steel fence with stce! posts
set in concrete. The old idea of
shutting out the vision with 1 fence
has been reversed, and the new fences
open it up to the gaze of people with
in and without and make its beauties
, free to travellers Throughout The year.
Hcoc hdlI STOuuuS lace the 1pl-
, lowstone highway and the main line
, OF the Oregon Short Line railroad
. for 1900 feet, and the highway has
been paved broad sidewalks laid, and
row of flowers planted of kind
that will climb up on the steel fenc-
ing and bloom in p.ofusion for weeks
in midsummer. On the southern
front Of 400 feet there is being pre-
pared for the season of 1922, a hol-
lyhock bed six feet wide and 400 feet
long. where in 1922 and future years
a rich bank Of color will greet the
stream of tourists and travellers en-
tering and leaving the city either by
{ rail or via the principal thOroughfare
leading through the valley.
The management of the Southeast
ern Idaho Fair invites you to visit
the 1921 fair to be held September
20 to 23, inclusive, TO enjoy the pass
ing show, to see the finest array of
agricultural exhibits ever assemble ed
in this end of the state, to note the
development of the town and country
!, that supplies them, to observe its
q great stretches of good roads and
= paved streets and to note the devel-
, opment OF the great public play
a ground which it has become theil
, duty and privilege to maintain ant
I beautify as demonstration Of what
can be created with the soil and SUI
and moisture harnessed on our semi
arid lands.
This space in your newspaper i.
. bought. and paid for by the manage
ment of the fair, so that your loca
newspaper can the better afford u
bring you the message of what you
: neighbOrs are doing to create an Ida
t ho exhibit for you. Further infor
/ nation will be published in the mex
?. issue of this paper.