The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-31
COUNTY FAIR IS
DIM POSSIBILITY
Get-Together Meeting De
cided on by Delegation
Of Farmers.
TO BE HELD AT SALEM

There was quite lot of dissension
evidenced yesterday afternoon when
the county fair committee held a get
together meeting at the court house.
The committee that had been selected
to pick out likely spots on which 20
hold the fair, made their recommended
lions which did not apparently meet
with the fullest of approval from the
farmer delegation.
Wood Appeals for Harmony.
Ben F. Wood, county agricultural
agent, in an appeal to both the mer-
chants of Kenosha and the farmers Of
the county, stated that the movement
was too great one to let personal
prejudices, likes and dislikes to dis
rupt the organization, thus far only
tentatively organized.
THE reason for county fair is APP
parent and the site upon which the
county fair is to be held is an i'm
portant one, and the movement is too
big one and concerns both the city
and the county Of Kenosha that grave
consideration should be given every
point before any drastic step\is taken
by either SIDE" the agricultural agent
stated.
To Hold Farmer Meeting.
The farmers manifested a desire TO
hold a little get-together meeting of
their own which in all likelihood will
be called this week in the town of
Salem. 1t is not thought that the
farmers will take any drastic steps to
draw out of the tentative county fair
organization but that they will meet
and in frank and broad minded man
ner consider the proposition from all
angles. 1t was the concensus of opin-
ion in the court room yesterday that
the farmers would agree upon some
basis that would be of mutual salts
faction to the boosters of the fair
project in Kenosha
Member Tells of Meeting.
The controversy which rocked the
meeting was explained by one of the
members Of the COMMITTEE this morn
ing as follows:
From the very outset Of the DELHI
erations on the matter Of selecting a
site upon which the proposed fair
might be held, it has been evident that
to reach a satisfactory agreement upon
the question would be absolutely i'm
possible. 1t appears that a majority
of the membership of the committee
favor a site within three miles of the
west city limits, they holding that a
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must be, located as near to the center
of population of the county as posi-
BILE. Several of the country members
take the view that as it is to be chief
ly an agricultural fair, the location
should be near the center of the coun-
ty, preferably in the vicinity of Pad
docks Lake or Salem village. A pro
posed site near Truesdell station met
with favor on the part of a number of
the committeeman, but the western
representatives were adverse to com
ing that far east.
Make Several Motions.
After discussion of several hours,
George S. Whyte offered a resolution
to the effect that any decision on the
matter of site, receiving a majority
vote of the committee should be
agreeable to the membership as a
whole. This resolution received eight
affirmative votes to two negative.
Chairman Conrad Shearer asked for a
decision as to whether or not the agri-
cultural representatives were satisfied
that the committee as a whole was
fairly representative of the entire
county. In response to this, some of
those present from the western towns
indicated their belief that the city
had been granted too large a repre-
sentation over that of the country.
Left to Country Members.
H. E. Barden then moved that the
matter Of selecting a site be left to
the country members and that it be
lef to their judgment later, provided
they deemed it advisable, to invite the
city delegation to participate in flu
ture activities concerning the fair.
This motion carried and brought the
session to a close. 1t is expected that
the country members of the committee
will arrange for meeting in the very
near future, and as they appear re-
solved on holding a fair, action of
some kind is assured"
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