The Ward County independent., 1922-12-14
WARD COUNTY FAIR MAY BE
HELD DURING WEEK OF JULY 4

An optimistic and energetic pro-
gram for 1923 with plans for substan-
tial building operations at the fair
grounds at Minot were adopted BY the
Ward County Fair board at its gen.
eral session at the secretary's offices
at the federal building Tuesday at
ternoon. Drawing Of plans and speci-
fcations for three new barns and for
other construction work was author
lied: 1t is planned to begin beauti-
fication of the grounds. Definite ac-
tion was taken to push the movement
to secure a share of the state aid
given North Dakota fairs on a basis
Of general equality with Fargo, Grand
Forks and Mandan.
After general discussion in which
the views Of the board members were
to a great extent uniform the follow
ing resolution embodying the senti-
ments of the board was unanimously
adopted:
Be 1t Resolved by The Ward
County Fair Board that the pres
ent is an inopportune time to fix
permanent single location for
State Fair for North Dakota and
that continuance Of the present
arrangement is advisable at this
time.
Be It Further Resolved that the
plan of four regional fairs for
North Dakota, located at Fargo,
Grand Forks, Mandan and Minot,
is hereby endorsed, said fairs to
share equally in all state appro-
priations for the four fairs NAM
ed, except that such city as may
be designated from year to year
as the State Fair shall receive
$4,000 in addition to the amount it
would have received as regional
fair, no regional fair being held
at that point that wear.
Be 1t Further Resolved that the
principle of state aid for district,
county and community fairs is al
so hereby endorsed.
The fair board was unanimous in
expressing the opinion that the people
Of the state are not prepared at this
time to definitely fix state fair at
any one place and that no action
toward a permanent fair is desirable
for the present.
The views of the Ward County Fair
Board regarding the matter Of state
aid, how to be raised, apportioned,
disbursed and used are to be embodied
in a definite proposal, probably bill,
which will be submitted to a meeting
of representatives Of the four pro-
posed regional fairs at meeting in
Bismarck during the early part of
next month when the legislature is in
session. Each of the four fairs is to
present it's proposals in this manner
and it is the aim to evolve a. single
measure serving all four regions which
the legislature will be asked to enact
into law. General notice Of these
plans have already been served upon
the state government thru the recon-
mendations of the four fairs and Com
missioner Of Agriculture and Labor j.
A. Kitchen, to the state budget board
which has been asked to include the
state fair item in the coming budget
report to the legislature.
The Ward County Fair Board yes
terday appointed a committee compos-
ed of President August Krantz as
chairman, H. l.. Halvorson, Alfred
Haldi and Secretary Carl w. Mason,
to prepare the proposals to the legis-
lature and to have general charge of
handling that matter before and dur
ing the legislative session.
Chairman J. N. Ellison of the COM
mittee on grounds and buildings pre-
sented Architect Ira l.. Rush and pre-
liminary sketches for two new barns
proposed to be erected on the fair
grounds the coming season. One is
for another large concrete stock barn
with judging and sales pavilion to be
located, according to the general plan
of the grounds, about 40 feet east of
the present stock barn. 1t will prob
ably be about 200 feet in. length and
go feet in width, slightly larger than
the present barn. The main part
will be similar in general to the first
barn but on the front, with a connect
ing passageway, would be an octago-
nal judging and sales pavilion with
a dome similar to that on the Ex-
hibition building opposite to the south.
This pavilion would accommodate a
considerable number of spectators on
seats around the central arena, which
would be about 40 feet across. This
large barn would furnish the center of
the proposed group Of five barns for
chitectural balance of the grounds.
hibits of stock the coming year will
easily require the additional barn as
the one building was we'll filled last
fall at the. first fair.
The. matter of housing hogs and
sheep was discussed and it was de-
cided to include in the plans to be
drawn, a part of the barn proposed
to be created just west of the present
stock barn. This will be frame
structure with open sides such as are
used for hogs and sheep at all up to
date fairs. Only part Of the ultimate
building would be erected the coming
year and the cost would not be great.
This year the hogs were housed in
a tent but. the temporary makeshift
was far from satisfactory.
The need Of a speed barn was de-,
clared to be urgent. The temporary
arrangements this year scarcely suf-
feed to care for the small string Of
horses that cahle to the late fair, but,