Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-21
BY CHESTER c. DAVIS,
State Commissioner of Agri-
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agine for a moment that
you are in the state fair office,
department of agriculture
state capitol, Helena. A wea-
ther chart is before you on
which figures describe every
September day since Septem-
Der /, 1900. ,
This chart tabulates geo
days, and enough of the figures
are red to make the page blush
like a peony. Follow with your
eye as an accountant scans his
figures, the column of Septem-
ber's closing week. There are
1872 days, counting Mondays to
Saturdays, in that column since
1900, and a lot of them are in
red ink, but on the other hand,
notice this: Only six days of
the 1872 show a mean tempera-
ture of below 40 degrees, and
only seven show rain or snow
amounting to one-tenth of one
inch precipitation.
On the whole the last week
in September at Helena, if his
tory is to repeat itself, shows
reasonable immunity from un-
favorable weather. This is not
without its significance, since
weather and the Montana state
fair have considerable to do
with each other. 1t means a
lot to the 1922 state fair wheth-
er the figures for September
25, 26, 27, %, 20 and 80 go
down at the foot of that table
in red ink or black.
Selection of the last week in Sep
TENDER for this years fair was made
after a referendum of exhibitors, fair
advisory board members, county
agents, commercial club secretaries.
farmers and breeders had shown an
wv W "a IN pi'iNl' ~ " IL ldNlfI
dates. Historically this choice is a
to the old dates for the fair.
As this was the week of the Montana
State fair of from 1900 to 1917. in
Careful study of the weather
record show the weather risks of the
second and fourth weeks in Septem-
Der are practically identical.
An "AIi-Montana" Show /.
Dates have been chosen, the admin II
organization completed. and !,
the general lines of the amusement and i
exposition features of the 1922 State
have been drawn. In it's essential
it will be totally different
rom Montana State fairs of recent
ears. AS far as possible every cent
hat goes into making the 1922 fair :
be spent within Montana. On it's
exposition side, education and help TO ,
citizens, rather than publicity ,
o tsiders will be the object of every ,
mt, etainment features are being test :
d y a double standard. First, the !
ni8 is TO arrange entertainment that .
al be seen nowhere else than at an .
'ut ioors fair, and second. to make :
az event q genuine contest in which .
&c ional rivalry and support can be q
.el 'nded upon to supply interest and ="
NJ s~usiasru. In designating this wears
al, the ".A-i-Montana." the men who =.
re working for its success hope to L
IA G the application apparent to every 0
Ia woman and child who attends it. a
? acre has been some objection to a q
ia : fair for 1922. In accepting the a
onsibility for presentment of a fair a
nd r existing conditions. the manage !,
lei is determined that the objects :,
ou, ht after when a state appropriates !.
lOi ~ for a fair shall be attained if IL
i humanity possible. a
New Organization a
r is years Montana fair is being t,
1ti ely shaped and executed under f,
aw direction. The fair has become d.
d sision of the consolidated Mon ii
ma department of agriculture, and the C,
IN med efforts of the official family . IL
lie department of agriculture are IN
lin into the exposition. In direct n,
zee tive charge is i. T. Moore. Sec Of
Ia y of the State fair. Mr.. Moore
Is had extensive administrative and i'll
ISL ess experience and is concentrat- q
z. lis attention upon thorough and d;
de ~ preparation of the fair. In a a
~. Mr.. Moore's selection may be tr
nix d as an experiment. since he a