The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-12
BUTLER is PLEASED
WITH FAIR MEET

Truman Butler, representative on
the statewide committee seeking to
formulate definite plans for the 1925
Portland fair, expresses himself as de-
cidedly gratified with the meeting held
last Thursday.
The committee has undertaken to go
out into all parts of the state and seek
thorough expression of the people OF
all sections on their idea of what the
fair should be and on all other phases
of the exposition. Mr. Butler declares
that the expression of citizens OF all
parts of Oregon, members of the com
mittee and others. indicates general
desire for an all-Oregon fair. !.
al told my fellow committeeman, "
says Mr.. Butler, "that Hood River
county is vitally interested in the ex-
position, but that we want to know
whether the fair will be held in the
old. formal way of worlds fairs, with
sunken gardens and great expenditure
for temporary buildings. We have
been told that it will be an exposition
that will be for all Oregon, statewide
in its scope, and have been given to
understand that we are inviting the
world TO come and investigate all Ore
gon resources. scenic and otherwise.
We want to know that the exposition
" i'll not be in the hands of professional
exploiters.
Two or more plans for financing the
1925 exposition are now being worked
out. and these will be submitted to the
statewide committee within few
weeks. The executive committee, at
its meeting Thursday afternoon, was
convinced that there is genuine de-
mand for the fair in 1925 throuhgout
the length and breadth of Oregon.
This was brought out with special en-
phasis by every upstate member OF the
committee who attended the confer
ence.
From counties whose state senators
inteTposed an obstruction to the pass
age of the exposition legislation at the
special session came the assurance that
public sentiment is not antagonistic to
| the fair, but is, on the contrary, keen
ly eager for the undertaking. The as
sertion, which some have made, thai
Portland should pay for the fair ityelf
was resented by upstate committee
men, who declared that as it is to be
an Oregon fair, for exploitation of the
state. no community wants Portland to
assume the entire financial obligation.
The main problem now confronting
| the statewide committee is the best
and most logical method of defrayine
the cost of the exposition. A number
of plans were proposed and abandoned
at Salem during the session oil the
| Iegisl Ature. A subcommittee is to be
appointed by julius l.. Meier, chair
man, to devise plan or two and sub
NIT these programs to the state wide
committee for approval or rejection
| Whatever plan the statewide commit
tee consid iders best will then be laid be
fore representative bodies in every
section of the state. BY this policy i
is believed that cooperation can be
brought about and every community
will then get behind the fair, united t
make it success.
If an initiative measure is required
as part of the program of finance. the
petitions can be circulated for the nee
essary number of signatures during th'
spring and summer and at the same
time the plan as we'll as the exposition
itself and the benefits expected can b'
explained everywhere in Oregon. II
the event of an initiated measure, ]
will appear on the ballot in the gen
eral election next November.
William Hanley, president OF tn,
State Chamber of Commerce, has ad
vised the committee to initiate meas
ure and the desire for measure to b.
submitted by this method is beinl
ADVOCATED by upstate people in letter
anh te.egrams , the general com
| mittee