The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-01-27
west TEXAS FAIR SECRETARIES
HOLD Meeting AT Abilene
MATTERS PERTAINING TO FAIRS DISCUSSED AND THE
DATES SET FOR FAIR NEXT FALL
IUBBOCK'S DATES TG Be OCTOBER 24-2S
President Kleu Says High Class Of Entertainment the Desire
Of the Board Of Directors Of the South Plains Far
and Says They VIII Work to That End


South Plains Fair Association, and
Curtis a. Keen, Secretary Of the as
socintion went to Abilene Monday,
90 be In attendance Of the West Tex
as Pair Association meeting, where
plans for the fairs IN West Texas
we're discussed and made.
Mr. Keen Is secretary oi the l,up-
book Chamber Of Commerce. and ~
a live wire for all progressive under
tAkings Of Lubbock. ard we are sure
be did his part In representing Lub-
book in that meeting.
Judge Klctt has been on the Plains,
a citizen Of Lubbock FOR many years,
having held the Office Of county at.
t0rney about twelve years ago, and
was then. and still is recognized az
one Of the most successful and
worthy executives Of this section. He
was president of the Lubbock Cham
her of Commerce during 1919, the
year the paying contract Tor The
,tnela Of Lubbock was let, and his
untirlns efforts for the y 'darc ana
betterri.nt u The citJ of Lubbock ia
highly appreciated by The people II
~ noticeable that the lawyers who
fought the legal battles for the peo-
Ole OF the Plains when, according 10
local attorneys, they "practiced more
economy than law" are taking their
places among the biz men of West
Texas, proving their metal and show
ing that there Te big enough men
90 solve the problems Of this coun-
try regardless n their immcnsity.
nr. Klett was unanimously elected
President of the South Plains Fair
Association. which plans annual fairs
and which was made 20 cover almost
q dozen counties through the efforts
of such men as him and secretary
Keen
Nr. Klcft was especially Impressed
with the manner IN which the fair
associations Of the various towns and
counties are going about the work Of
arranging their programs that the
really big and worth while entertain
mrnts and nmuacmcut companies
might parti ipate In every fair pro-
gram In West Texas lle mid the
most promising feature go him ISL
that the people ~ Abilene and lub-
book were encouraged 90 make in-
ducemcuts TO the owners ~ thc race
horacf which run each year no the
Gan Angelo fair 90 bring that aitrac-
ton 20 theee towns, by y. =. Lowrie,
N charge of the horse race features
~ the San Angelo Fair
n one has never attended the fair
~ San Angelo they might undcrcH
innate the higncss " that affair, AZ
that town u unfortunate enough to
BE- Of fihe Plains and in what 3 o.
ten referred 90 a. the drought sec
ton Of West Texas" but We are
sure that anyone who ever attended
one of those county fairs VIII admit
that San Angelo q there with the
goods when it comes 10 n program of
that kind, which has proof in Mr.
fnwric's statement at Abilene, when
ne said they had one hundred and
Sinety-one of the finest racehoraes
in the states at that fair last year
II takes n little money, Of course, 20
gst such attractions for n fair, but
in the long run there would be no
more money spent in that way then
would be spent 10 the other attrac-
tions which would not create half 80
much interest.
The San Angelo fair has had race
horse attractions at those fairs as far
back as the writer can remember,
and Il II easy 90 recall the excite
rrcnt and thrill of seeing those races
and the two-bit carnivals were long
ago forgotten. That will be the case
Of every person who sees these fine
horrss In Lubbock The only thing
that enabled San Angelo to secure
those horses was that the owners who
we're shipping them 10 Mexico from
the north we're induced to stop OF
there for the fair. and found that the
interest created placed the purses in
such high value that they were worth
trying for.
Let every man who has the interest
~ the South Plains Fair Association
st heart look NJ this proposition from
a common sense unpreiudiced stand
point and n V u decided that there
would be no harm done In trying TO
raise enough money for this attrac-
tion, 70 after u witt bold dcterml-
nation and help 20 make the fair At
Lubbock another year the most
splendid entertainment of its kind in
the state.
The fair dates arc October nth
90 21st inclusive.
San Angelo has done this thing
Abilene might do u, and Lubbock
can do II, 80 let's 90.
The fair dates as set Monday are
Sept 1916. Baylor and Childress
County Fairs at Seymour and Chill
dress. Sent. 14-f6, Rrnnels County
and Cisco Fairs, Ballinver and Cis-
20; Sept. 2i-23. Texas Pecan Palace
~ Brownwood and Dickens County
Fair at Spur; Sept. 22.23, Colorado
Fair, Sent. $3.50. West Texas Fair,
at Abilene; Sept. 25-27. Floyd Co..
" Fair at Floydrda: Sept. $3.50,
Plainview Fair; Sert. c9-70 Terry
County Fair. Brownfield; Oct. 81
Carr. County Fair. P"rt; OFT. 1921.
South pisins Fair. u bhock; Oct. "a
~ g. Arr-lo Fail Fair