The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-29
LOCAL INSURANCE
MAN TALKS FAIR
Listens to Peoples Com
ments and Observes
Crowded Condition

NIOWQCO NOIAA1lAOAA
Beebe, the insurance man. applied
to the fair association for space Tor
booth for q rest room, and the
board allotted him space and told him
there would be no charges If he was
conducting something helpful like .
rest room, but Beebe said he wanted
to pay and help the fair financially
30 they charged him IS and he
erected the booth with the big open
front. Chairs and tables and litera-
ture were placed in it, and some ad-
vertising matter for Beebe.
Beebe spent some of his time dur
ing the fair standing around listen
ing to peoples comments on the way
the big show was conducted, and on
one occasion some fellow was finding
fault with a good many things that
he thought ought to be better or diff
ferent, and in the presence OF the
crowd of listeners, Beebe asked him
how much time he had spent helping
to make the fair.
None"
Then Beebe asked him how much
money he had given to help make
the fair grounds or the fair.
None"
Then Beebe stated in a loud voice
that az this man was disappointed
in the fair, and having paid so cents
to get in and look it over, being still
dissatisfied enough to find fault with
it in general, it wuold be eminently
fair and proper to escort him to the
gate, hand him back his so cents
and deliver him safe outside the
grounds and let him go somewhere
else. Beebe offered to 60 with him
and get his money refunded, but the
fellow began to hedge and said he
had already got so cents worth and
did not want his money back. This
| Beebe went on to say that since he
had received his moneys worth 1t
would be showing much better taste
to keep still and make no further
criticisms till he had done something
himself to make the fair or the
grounds what he wished them to be.
A Stockman Suggests
A man who was in change Of stock
at the fair said it was fine fair and
we'll managed, but that when there
was more money to make further
improvements he would like it If the
small pipes designed to deliver water
| to the stock barns were replaced
with larger ones SO they could draw
water in satisfactory quantities al
| several places at once. He said he
hoped they would install some kind
of sinks or wash bowls as they
needed to wash their hands often in
caring for the stock, and they also
needed some sort Of barracks OF
sleeping quarters for the. stock
tenders. Under present arrange.
ments the men bunk in tents OF
stalls or hog pens, and go to ditch
or a bucket of water to wash and
comb and otherwise arrang for their
appearance, and while it is not ex-
actly a hardship, yet most of these
stockmen are accustomed to good
homes and they get tired of roughing
it as in the old days. The speaker
thought it would be a pleasant ar
rangement If a simple barracks could
be provided by next year.
Changing the Grandstand
G. S. Beebe studied the grand
stand until he reached conclusions
as to what should be done to give
everybody chance at seat, and to
enable everybody to see all parts OF
the track no matter what part of the
grandstand they sit in.
There is no preceptible curve in
the grandstand, and it is SO close
to the track that people at the center
trying to look up and down the track
at horses approaching them or just
after they have passed, act on. the
impulse to jump up and look over
the heads of those sitting in line
with them. Everybody who has been
there knows what that results in,
everybody jumps up and very few OF
them can see anything for time.
Mr.. Beebe's suggestion is that the
center of the grandstand be moved
back from the track enough to make
the required curve and give line Of
vision over the whole of the race.
track. Then extend the bleachers
to the eastern end Of the track, max
ing them narrower than those at the
west end, and if desirable, not sc
high, but make it SO the people who
usually stand in pack along there
will be able to sit and able to see
which only part of them do under
present conditions. A few hundred
people try it for a while and go away
disgusted, wishing they could pay
rs or so cents for a seat were they
could see the show. Mr.. Beebe also
suggests that when the grandstand
is moved back, the space at the foot
of it in front, be arranged in the
form Of a pit with seats in, and nc
place left at the front for people tc
stand up in front of the rest of the
crowd and shut of their view. The
capacity Of the grandstand could be
greatly increased and the pleasure
and value of each seat somewhat en-.
HANGED.
Happily Disappointed
| People who opposed taking down
the old board fence and replacing II
with the woven wire fencing, offered