The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-09
'BQl1INEAu| G. FAIR
|UNE B TO JUL ! |

Fair delegates representing twenty
six fairs iii North Dakota assembled
IN the city Of Fargo M Wednesday ans
Thursday of last week for their an1nlla
meetings which were held AT tht
Waldorf Hotel The North sDakots
d Association of County Fairs held thei1
meeting on Wednesday and the Grair
Belt Circuit oil Thursday. A full re,
presentation DE the Grain Belt Circuit
was present again, making the 7tf
year since organizing without q break
The first days program consisted o
\ the following
Address Of Welcome Nv 4. Chest,
& nut sec,y. Fargo Commercial Club
Response Franklin Page, Hamilton
Roll Call.
Address Miss Eulalie Church, and
the topic was Stand darization of Wo-
Wen's work ait Fairs. 81 '5s 8s 3.555
Address Boys and Girls Club Work
\ from the standpoint Of County Lead
!. " BY VIM. Mortenson, Cass County
Leader. q
Address Cooperation be TIVE e q
County and State Fairs by Err. Mont
gomerY Grand Forks. 5s
Address The County Fair and Its
] Value to the Community by Herman
Roe, Mortified, director Of Minnesota
State Fair. 81 ss@
n Adress Educational Work at Fairs
4 by. J. A. Boyd, Langdon.
Address by Mr.. Ray r. Spear, OF the
Cooperative Publicity Bureau, MIN
nesota, gave talk on fair publicity
which was very instructive.
General and pen discussion followed
the above addresses, after which the
following committees appointed:
On Resolutions. II. Wilson, a.
F. Balcher and B. e. Groom. !.
n On permanent Organization ,. "A.
Spillum, J. A. Barner and Danyer
Rapp. ..,... .. S..... 7.
IS On Standardization Of Wonen's
Work-Mrs.t Andy Johnston, Mrs. M.
Cousineau and Miss Church.
One Of the important matters to re-
ceive attention was the working out
of 4 uniform classification Of prizes
for the women's art and home eco
nomics departments Of the Grain Belt
fairs, which is also made to conform
with the state fair classifcations.
OF great Importance also was the
adoption of the school or educational
department classification as presented
by Mr.. Boyd, Superintendent OF
Schools OF Cavalier County. The school
exhibit has been feature at Lang
don Fair for several years and Mr.
Groom is a booster for the idea. This
feature will be adopted this year in SO
{ far as fair facilities will permit
throughout the Grain Belt Circuit.
The following officers were chosen
. for the Grain Belt Circuit:
S. III. Wilson, President; Don. Nc
Laughlin, Langdon, Vice-Pres. and
D. z. Brightbill, Cando, Secretary
Treasurer. .. !. 2;- !. MID
Grain Belt Dates selected:
: Cando, June 22-24; Bottineau, June
2s, July 1st; Rugby, July 2-5; Devils
Lake, July 11-14; Hamilton. July lS-
20 and Langdon,' July 25-28. State
Fair dates July 17-22 at Fargo and
Interstate July "a to 20 at Grand
Forks. s%.
n A good line Of free acts were booked
by the icrcuit, the Sioux City Theatri-
cal Company landing the Grain Belt
Circuit contract this year. Rube Lieb-
man attended the meeting IN the m
terest of the F. M. Barnes Company,
Chicago but didn't land. Says he will
be at Bottineau again however. s5
The above is just brief account
of the matters discussed and results
accomplished at the Fargo meetings
which win be brought before the
board of directors at their meeting
Friday of this week for their approval.
.s.. S. n. Wilson, Secretary.