The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-09-30
FOR ITS NINETEENTH ANNUAL
FAIR JUST CLOSED-WAS
MORE THAN SUCCESSFUL
PLANS FOR A GREATER FAIR
THE ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING
ON A LARGER AND BETTER
FAIR NEXT YEAR

The management of the South
eastern Idaho Fair take this means
of thanking the public press for
their generous aid in conveying to
the public the correct information
regarding the plans and purposes OF
the great harvest festival just clos
ed, that brought together the finest
proof of the possibilities of our soil
and climate that has ever been as
sembled in Eastern Idaho. It's educa-
tional value to visitors and to our
home people is beyond our power to
estimate, and the advertising value
to Idaho, from the moving picture
reels being made from it for use
throughout the east will benefit the
whole state. Any fair that takes in
enough money to pay the operating
expenses without counting the prem
iums On agricultural exhibits is
considered a success, and ours did
more than that this year though 1t
leaves a large deficit to be paid out
of the county treasury and this will
be taken care of by the people of
Bingham county, believing that it is
a good investment for them on be-
half of their county and state. This
great service to the state would not
have been possible without the CO.
operation of the pubic press, and the
officers and all their corps of work.
ers who put on the fair wish to
make this acknowledgment and to
remind the public of the service rem
u h. h
all the years in connection with ev-
ery public and semi-public enter
prise.
Plans for a Greater Fair
Speaking for ourselves and the
people of Bingham county who have
made the Southeastern Idaho fair
what it has developed into in nine
teen years, We wish to thank the
people of southern Idaho for their
cooperation in making it truly dis
trict fair advertising the resources
of all the irrigated counties. We
have the good fortune to have our
grounds located on the greatest
thorofare thru the valley, the Yel-
lowstone highway, and we propose
making it a beauty spot to challenge
the admiration and attract the at
tention of Leople touring the west
ern world and thereby make 1t a
valuable advertisement to the state.
Public and private subscriptions are
being lavished upon it for this pnr-
pose by people IF Bingham county,
and to keep pace with the demands
and the opportunities presen ms
themselves will require from $1,000
to $4,000 year for improvements
in the grounds, trees, flowers and
shrubs, larger amount annually to
pay the deficit in premiums for ag-
ricultural exhibits, and from five to
ten thousand a year to erect exten-
sions to the buildings as they are
needed to house the exhibits in ag-
riculture and livestock.
We bring these matters to public
attention as a reminder OF the spien-
did team work being done by .he
people Of Bingham county eor the
common good, and we wish to ex-
press the hope that other localities
that are conducting fairs may take
courage and keep up their work. We
hope they will send their best ex-
hibits of stock and fruits of the soil
to the Southeastern Idaho Fair, and
afford the people Of the whole dis.
trict greater opportunities to see and
obtain the best.
DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHEAST
ERN IDAHO FAIR.