The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-14
GOVERNOR = SToS
OPENS y .RD FAIR

Governor Nestos was the principal
speaker at the opening of the Ward
county fair at Minot today. Cover
nor Nestos urged the development of
dairy farming in the state as being
the best method of improving home
conditions of farm life. His speech
follows >. 49,.
''1t is indeed pleasure to be invit-
ed to open the Ward County Fair, and
to see what progress has already been
made in making this real fair.
~ have the confidence that you who
have accomplished so much in few
months will make this one of the
greatest fairs in the State of North
Dakota. Not necessarily the largest
nor the most expensive. That is not
the. real measure of it's true great
ness. The real measure of the value
of any fair is it's inspirational and
educational influence in making our
men and women, our boys and girls
better farmers, and thereby creating
more satisfactory economic conditions,
and The assurance Of q permanent
prosperity for the territory served by
the fair.
at is quite apparent in looking at
the good beginning you have made
that this is your intent, purpose, end
ambition. You have already realized
that as a sound basis for such a fair,
there must be splendid line of exhi-
bits of the animal and plant life that
thrives in North Dakota, and also ex-
hibitions of the work produced by the
women and children of the northwest.
No fair can be successful one and
claim any continued interest and in
creased attendance that does not have
fine exhibit of different breeds Of
dairy and beef cattle, of draft horses,
of hogs, sheep and poultry, nor would
any fair in this state be successful
one that failed to show what can be
accomplished by the best farmer in
raising grains and grasses, corn, po-
tatoes, garden truck, as we'll as fruits
and berries. In addition thereto, the
exhibition of the splendid articles OF
beauty and usefulness created by. the
hands of our women, and. the. art work
Of the children in the public schools
will always and should constitute an
important part Of what is shown at
such a fair.
"It is the aim and purpose in exhl-
biting these products to show what
can be accomplished in this section by
intelligent farming, so that other
farmers who see these exhibits may
be encouraged to do equally well. 10
achieve this purpose, we must OF ne
cessity have demonstrations, lectures,
and a number of men who know and
understand the reasons for the sue
cess of the different farmers who
have brought exhibits to the fair and
who will explain the reasons to those
who come here seeking Information
and inspiration so as to enable them
to go back to their farms and to make
there the same success that others
achieved.
"Not only should this fair aim to
interest and encourage the adults and
to induce them to duplicate or i'm
prove what others have done, but it
should be the distinct aim and, purpose
of these fairs to encourage the at
tendance of children, to make the
fair interesting for them, and to seek
by proper presentation Of agricultur-
al topics to the mind of the youth, to
explain in what the fair is seeking
to accomplish and what these exhi-
bits mean, so chat we may make bet
ter farmers of the growing genera
tion. . ... a.. VS. ..
tIt has been the experience of most
fairs, however, that to draw the
crowd, you must have amusements
and other attractions that provide
clean and wholesome fun. Good races
always have been powerful drawing
card, and will continue to be such,
I am sure for the future. In addition
thereto there will be needed the car
nival feature, the stunts and exhlbl-
tions that require skill and daring,
that provide fun and fellowship.
s1Needless to say, you cannot expect
to build successful fair, and one that
will continue to grow and develop as
a valuable educational factor Of your
community if you permit the gamb-
Ter, the fraud, and the thief to ply
their nefarious trades during the fair
time. Only when you develop repu-
tation for having clean, wholesome
and educational fair, free from the
curse of those who prey upon the
crowd can you possibly hope to de-
;yelop a great fair to which folks viii
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