Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-08-12
Department Chairmen

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Bates; dairy products, Geo, Baxter;
domestic science and art Mrs. e. l. |
Agnew; education, j. E. Carlson;
floraculture, w. A Bates; live stock,
s. G. Dowell; Mexico, Y. Soto; min
ing, Harry Clark; poultry. H. @.
Duckett
Committee Chairmen
Amusements, Tom Glenn; auto
races, Rex Rice; buildings and
grounds G. G. Mcbride; cowboy
sports, L. A. Mobley; decorations, VIM
Meredith; exhibit spaces, Geo. b
Doubleday; finances, Jno. B. Crowe1;
Judges Geo. Dave; law and order.
Geo. r. Henshaw; merchants prizes,
r. G. Van Wrinkle; publicity, Geo.
b. Doubleday; queen contest, T. T.
Schofield; concessions, George b
Doubleday.
The officers, directors, committee
chairmen, department chairmen and
vice residents of the 1927 Cochise
County Fair association have pledged
themselves to make the seventh an
nual Cochise county fair to be held
on September 23, 20, 80 and October
the biggest and best fair ever held
in Cochise county. Liberal prizes will
be awarded on agricultural, horti- |
cultural and floracultural exhibits,
poultry, live stock, domestic science
and art, educational and dairy prod !
uctS.
In addition to cash premiums Of
ferred this year our merchants havs !
been very liberal in donating mer-
chants prizes which have been dis
tributed to the chairmen of the vari- |
Gus departments! =
The domestic science and art de-
=partment has been budgeted larger |
amount in cash and merchants prizes |
than last, year and it is hoped that
every lady in Cochise county will have
an exhibit of needlework, canned and
preserved goods, etc, to enter in this |
department. Mrs. E. I. Agnew, who
is in charge of this department, has |
had considerable experience in this |
line Of work in connection with fairs. |
The poultry department will be in !
charge of Chairman H. G.. Duckett. |
a man we'll versed in poultry raising |
and the handling of poultry exhibits |
in a number of county fairs Chair
man Duckett will enter his birds for
exhibition purposes only but will not !
compete for prizes.
We believe that sufficient cash and |
merchants prizes are going to tht;
department to insure very large |
exhibit of Cochise county poultry, |
ana that with proper arrangements /
and an additional number of coopY
this year, we should have a very
satisfactory display Of poultry.
Mr. G C1 TOyun1I chairman Of tho
live stock department, has arranged
his prizes this year in manner
that will induce a better exhibit of |
live stock He confidently pi fss expects a
much larger, exIiibit;f! 1t fh ;iitssl
Mr.. W. AZ Bates Who So sliccess3
fully Handled the agricul ultuEA and
horticultural departments last year
with the aid of his able assistants,
is again our chairman of these two
departments in addition to the flora
cultural department. Prospects at this
time .fora a bigger and finer exhibit
of farm and garden products and
flowers are extremely good but on
account of late frosts the horticultural
exhibit doesn't promise much.
Mr.. Geo. G.. Baxter is chairman
OF the dairy products. While Mr.. Bax-
ter is in the Oil business in Douglas
he claims to know all there is to
know about butter, cheese and milk
and promises to furnish adequate cold
storage at the fair grounds for all
products brought in for exhibition.
Mr. Baxter has more than doubled
the cash prizes offered last year In
hopes of attracting a much larger
exhibit for the 1927 fair.
In view of the fact that dairying
will eventually become one of the
most important industries in the
Douglas district the chairman is very
enthusiastic over this work and in
tends to devote considerable amount
of his personal time in making the
1927 dairy exhibit far better than
any previous year.
Mr.. j. E.. Carlson, superintendent Of
the Douglas schools is our chairman
of the educational department.
For many years the educational de-
partmenti has provided one of our
most attractive andi interesting ex-
hibltS which requires a great amount
of work by the chairman and his
assistants, but Mr.. Carlson is taking
an active and personal interest in
this exhibit and also ON account of
a larger cash budget allowed his de-.
partment for prizes together with
large number of merchants prizes Of
fered this. year he foresees a much
larger and better exhibit by the school
children of Cochise county.
It is planned by the management
that all anusements and sports for
this years fair will be up to the
standard 81 RpX Piro chairman Of
auto races, has prepared a nice pro-
gram. L. A. Mobley, chairman of
the cowboy sports, promises that we
will have sure enough" rodeo, with
calf roping, calf tieing broncho bust
ing, pony racing, etc.
OF course, we must have carnival
for the young folks and some of the
old folks too. We haven't closed q
deal with carnival company but
will very soon. There will be hot
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