Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-02-04
AIMS TO MOVE STATE
FAIR To PUYAL[UP
SENATtR PACLHAMTS BELIEVES
YAKIMA SHOULD HAVE
COUNTY FAIR
SAWYER OPPOSES MOVE
Says No Money Will BE Appropriated
This Year for Any Other Fair
Than Yakima State Fair

1t was announced, following the
annual meeting of the Puyallup Fair
board of directors last Saturday
night in Puyallup, that plans for the
Western Washington Fair have been
help up pending Legislative action
on the State Fair at Yakima. w. II.
Paulhamus, president OF the West
ern Washington Fair Association, is
expected in Olympia to try to get
the legislature to designate the
Western Washington Fair as the
state fair in the event of the aban
donment of the state fair grounds at
Yakima.
In regard to this matter Repre-
sentative w. p. Sawyer of Yakima
county, slrong advocate for keep
ing the state fair at it's present
place, said:
Zone Of Mr.. Paulhamus' browning
am EDITIONS is to have the state fair
at Yakima abandoned and another
established at Puyallup. Four years
ago in a letter written to the late
Governor Lister he proposed that
very thing"
Paulhamus Writes Sawyer.
A letter which Mr.. Paulhamus
wrote to Mr.. Sawyer on January "a
reads in part as follows:
You and l both know that the
state fair as now conducted from
the fruit standpoint is purely local
fair While it is true that they ship
in some stock from outside points.
yet it. is equally true that in the
horticultural department no exhibits
of any value to the fair are shown
except from Yakima and adjoining
counties. How much better 1t would
be for Yakima county to show their
fruit exhibits at a state fair to be
held in the Puget Sound country,
where they would get, not only pub
excellent fruit that they grow.
Suggests Yakima County Fair.
Il am sure, just as believe you
are, that Yakima county could oper-
late a fair just as successfully at.
Yakima as is now being operated by
the state. In addition to this you
would not have the Objectionable
features to contend with that it is
necessary to saddle upon yourselves
in the operation Of a state controlled
institution.
II think that the editorial in one
of the Tacoma papers expressed the
matter very we'll when it said that
within SO miles of Yakima the pop
ulation would not exceed 100000
people. In my judgment, possibly
$4,000 would be nearer correct.
"At any point between Seattle
and Tacoma state fair could be
located whereby many times this
number could reach the fair in much
less distance than SO miles. You are
a citizen of the state as we'll as
citizen Of Yakima county and what
we should all do is to work for the
best interests of the entire state
rather than for any particular CON-
munity."
Sawyer AbsOlves Paulhamus.
$50 while freely acknowledge
that Mr.. Paulhamus is entirely in
nocent as far as influencing the gov
ernor is concerned" said Mr.. Saw
yer, "he is as intent as he ever was
in accomplishing the removal Of the
state fair from Yakima to Puyallup.
can assure you that no money will
De appropriated by the present legts-
lature to help establish or carry on
any fair other than the state fair at
Yakima and l am confident that the
state fair can be maintained at Yaki-
ma with some reasonable sort of
appropriation if the agricultural
counties OF the state will get in and
demonstrate to the appropriations
committee OF the legislature that
they desire such action to be taken"
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