Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-11

The fair cannot run without ade-
cuate finances and if we cannot get
the money there is simply no need
Tor even contemplating an eighth
Cochise county fair" In other words,
the fact that it takes money to make
a success of a fair must be faced and
the money must be raised.
1t is explained that this giving of
money for the fair does not mean
charity. 1t does not necessarily mean
q donation that will not come back
to the donor If the fair is properly
handled and if it is the success that
it should be the money donated now
will serve as a guarantee fund and
should mostly return to the donors
pockets after the fair is over for the
gate receipts to the amusements and
the general admission should more
than make it up.
That is the system. That is the
plan on which the auto races which
were indirectly the cause of the build
ing of che present fair grounds, were
operated. The funds were solicited
from various public-spirited persons
and were used as a guarantee of the
event which, having financial assur-
ance behind it, was successful and
paid we'll
Eighth Fair will Offer More
The eighth annual fair will offer
more to the public. The system now
being put into effect whereby there
will be organized and systematized
operation of various events with ade-
quate amusements and more orderly
arrangement of everything will all
form setting for what will prove to
he the greatest exhibit of products
that has ever been seen in southern
Arizona One must remember that
each year the exhibits have been
larger and Of higher quality gener-
ally. OF course there have been some
articles that have vanished from the
lists and some that have grown
scarcer, but generally there has been
great improvement.
One must remember also that last
year the Cochise county fair sent on
exhibit to the state fair at Phoenix
that brought back a great string Of
prize awards and large amount in
cash prizes and created a sensation at
the state fair as we'll
These things mean that the farmers
and stock raisers of Cochise county
are getting vitally interested in ex-
hibiting at fairs. In the poultry de-
partment the exhibits have increased
in competitive qualities and in vari-
eties at an astounding rate.
Last year there were more cattle
texhibits than ever before and the first
hogs and sheep were exhibited that
had been shown for long time.
Some of these animals came from the
farthest reaches of the county and
many of them were brought from
communities very far from Douglas.
More Cattle to Exhibit
This year has witnessed the bring
ing into Cochise county of more pure
breed range stock than was ever
shipped into this cattle grazing area
before. The cattlemen have been
prosperous and they have decided that
better bred cattle have made that
prosperity SO that they have shipped
in breeding stock that is eligible, with
jpedigrees, for entrance in the stock
show at the county fair.
There are more poSS1olnCleS Ior
pure bred stock exhibits this year for
everyone than there has been in for
mer years. The prospect is that the
stock show will be success all by
itself and will be big enough to be a
main event even if the rest of the
fair we're disbanded.
The agricultural exhibit cannot be
over estimated It has been the main
feature of the fair every year and has
grown the most and been the most
beneficial There has never been any
question but that it was a main event
and might have made good showing
as an exhibit without the rest of the
fair
Many cities and towns stage poultry
shows at intervals that are independ-