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The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-21
OLD BROOKLYN BRIDGE STILL
 ONE BIC LURE
Is Favorite Vantage Point for Artists Capturing
 Night Eminence
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, July 21.-Brooklyn Bridge at night continues to be a favorite vantage point for artists who wish to capture something of Manhattan's after dark eminence. The arch of the bridge just beyond midstream affords a magnificent view of the sleeping city with its winking windows and folding tiers of skyscrapers. John Barrymore, who aspired to art long before he became an actor, once sketched the island from this point. And rare is the exhibit that does not contain at least one canvas wrought Ill the spell of white stars over blue water with the long length of the island behind.
 But personally I prefer the Hud- son view to any from the East River side Manhattan at dusk from ferry in midstream or from any of the PaliSade promontories is so breath -takingly beautiful as to defy description It hangs in haze of unreality, almost mirage which is tinged with a blue that makes one think of Maxfield Parrish. As the blue deepens the lights wink on like millions of fireflies, and then it is that New York takes on an entertainment to be found only in fairy tale or a Walt Disney pie ture.
 A handwriting expert reveals that sporting people almost invariably write in a bold, straightforward style. Gene Tunney's signature, for instance, is expansive which prob ably indicates unbounded confid- ence. Jack Dempsey's hand is rath- CT cramped but steady. Lou Gehrig and Carl Hubbell both write with an even flow.
 However, this same authority ex- plains that theatrical folk are usual- ly just the opposite from people of the sporting world It is well known that Sir Henry, Irving possessed the worst scrawl on record. There is a story about Sir Henry which you may have heard, but since it illus trates this thesis you will have to bear with it again
 It is said that Sir Henry once wrote a note to the box-office man
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
County Fair Plan
Talked to Death

Jay F.. Warner, godfather Of the
present county fair, recalls poul-
try show which preceded even his
inspiration. 1t was held, he ays,
in 1916.
Another time, said Warner the
various chambers of commerce in
the valley spent about $4,000 through
committees appointed to work up
plans for a permanent county fair
organization.
"They talked that plan to DEATH"
Warner declared.
Evidently the offshoot of the alb
ortive original series of county fairs
was that held in Ell Centro in 1921
the same year Warner was holding
his poultry show in Brawley. From
the El Centre fair came the most
lasting results derived from any
of the early expositions. Profit from
the shoWIprovided the nest egg from
which the present Ell Centro cham
ber of commerce building on State
street was hatched. -. 49,
The Ell Centro fair was housed
in one large circus tent on vacant
lot where the county court house
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

for the first time"
The series of fairs of which Tout
lists as the sixth began in 1907,
with George Carter as president
of the then fair association. More
or less an orphan, the fair moved
from city to city. 1t had no definite
antecedents and very little hope
OF poSterity. 1t was interrupted now
and then by circumstances (such
as the weather., and met strong
competition from other endeavors
like Clark Adair's Apricot Fair
started in 1912 and continued in
1913 with $50 exhibitors taking part.
The Adair display was really an
exhibition of fruit of all kinds dur
ing the time when Imperial Valley
had not yet fully decided what
course it would or could pursue in
the agricultural scheme of the ma
ton. The Apricot Fair subsided
into nothingness at about the same
time the valley decided it would
not become a competitor for the
nations orchard honors.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
HuIse and PrebIe
Exchange Places

Before it took place a historic
event-in the fair boards history
had happened. Hulse resigned as
county supervisor, and Preble was
appointed in his place, Preble re-
signed as president of the fair board
and Hulse was appointed to that
position. Hulse was made president
of the fair board, thus becoming
the chief executive over a project
that had been his pet for years. He
has been president ever since
Hetzel remained as president
and w. S. Dunn of Imperial and
Charles E. Pitzer of Ell Centro were
named directors.
Estella Falla was named secre-
tary-manager over the 1881 fair.
The fair opened.
1t rained the first day.
1t rained the second day. 1t rain
ed the third day. Etc, etc, etc.
Hulse loaned the carnival COM
pany his tractors to get their equip
ment off the fair grounds.
The auditors totaled up the re-
suits. The books showed $1,000
in the red!
On the theory that bad luck
couldn't last forever, the leaders
of the fair movement took the ster
that brought about the present or
ganization. The fair board was re-
organized. A small group personally
underworld the heavy indebtedness
SO the fair could be continued
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
SteLUart Named
Sec'y-Manager

Hulse remained as president of
the new board. Pitzer became vice
president. A. H. Keller, who was
treasurer in the beginning, remain
ed in that capacity. Directors were
Tom Anderson, CaleXico: j. r. Sny-
der, Holtville; Sam Robinson, I'M
perial; Sam Rowe, Westmorland;
c. Archias, Brawley; and C. A.
Sperry, Calipatria.
Perhaps the most momentouS
change in the reorganization was
the appointment of D. V. Stewart,
Imperial, as secretary manager.
The board remained intact after
the 1881 reorganization until this
year, when Sam Robinson resigned
as director from the Imperial Coun-
ty Farm Bureau, and Earl V. C.
Northrop was appointed in his
place
Then the Gods of Luck smiled.
The weather was good. The at
tendance was good. For the first
time, the fair began to show the
full promise of what it was to be-
come.
There was only one fly in the
ointment, but it was a very large
insect, indeed. On the day the
county fair opened in 1882, every
bank in the United States closed.
Remember? OF course it wasn't
the fairs fault, but it did affect
the gate receipts.
In spite of the bank closure, they
wrote after the 1882 fair the one
word, "Success!'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Another MARKED
Up AS Success

AT o'clock in the afternoon of
the last day of the 1884 fair, it
started to rain. OF the history of
the county fair after 4 o'clock of
that day. there is not much to say
But then, it was almost finished,
anyway.
Again the fair board marked up
one in the Success" column.
After that it was parade of
good years. The weather was good
the attendance was good the eX-
hibitS were good, the entertainment
was good. In fact, the whole fair
was a bowling success from 1884
until now And now. in 1888, so
many people want space for eX-
hibits that all available room was
sold out weeks before the opening
date.
How good the fair has been the
records show. In 1882, earliest year
for which an attendance record
was kept, 2l,O0O persons clicked
the turnstiles. Last year, 1897, there
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Beer Returns in
Hottest Week

Beer came back in 1888, and it
was the hottest week in fair his
tory. Like a growing plant, the
county fair thrived on the heat.
Some cheerful person even pointed
out, that, like a plant, 1t had al
ready been irrigated-now it needed
the sun. The crowds just shucked
off their coats carried their vests
over their forearms, and came to the
fair. Once again the auditors used
black ink when they totaled up the
books.
There was every prospect for con-
tinued prosperity for the 1884 fair
until about a week before its open
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
'BrauUley Should
Not Be Outshone'

1t was the year after FL Centro's S
famous fair. The county seat had
another one that year, but War
ner was determined that BraWley
should not be outShone. He gathered
a stout hearted band of civic lead
ers around him, announced his
poultry show in the building next
to the Brawley postoffice, and pro-
ceeded to supervise the valleys
most successful poultry show, with
vegetable exhibits taken in as a
side line.
Ell Centre lost heart in 1923, and
the sidelineS sWamped the poultry
in Brawley. The result was the
Brawley Midwinter Fair of 1923.
Growth was so phenomenal in that
first year that they had to move
into a tent, pitched on a vacant
lot where the Planters hotel now
stands.
There was another reason for the
BraWley Midwinter Fair. At about
the time Warner was planning his
poultry show the first State Agri-
cultural Association was formed in
Imperial county, in 1921. The found
ers were M. v. Oakley, Holtville,
president; V. " Scott, treasurer;
and Directors S. S. Burrowes. I'M
perial; r. A Walker, Westmorland;
E. Peck, CaleXico; j. F. Hallawell
Imperial; L. P. Sargent, Ell Cen
tro; Charles Guest, Calipatria; and
H. H. Hastain, Brawley, High
hopes of the group were dashed
when the voters defeated proposed
$4,000 bond issue in 1922 to finance
purchase of a site near Imperial
for the county fair.
The Brawley Commercial club
under the presidency of William
H. LoWther, stepped into the breach,
took up the banner and proceeded
to hold the first annual Brawley
MidWinter Fair from Dec. IL to IT,
1922.
Three years sped by. The fledgl-
ing fair grew into something of an
early-day giant during those three
years. 1t was moved to the park
north of where the Planters hotel
now stands. 1t even acquired a
permanent building for livestock
displays. That was at the peak of
interest in dairying. as demonstrat-
ed by the l30-odd head of dairy
cattle exhibited during the year
Walter HaVekorSt was president,
w. f. Walters president and
w. w. Van Pelt secretary.
Van Pelt was the genius behind
the Brawley fair. He was secretary
of the Southern California fair at
Riverside until Havekorst induced
him to come to Brawley as secre-
tary of the chamber of commerce
there-a secretary whose principal
duty was to provide a good fair for
Brawleya
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

Calipatria. There is no record of
an eighth member, indicating that
one place was left vacant.
Temporary acting secretary dur
the formation of the board was
Mrs. Harry Hovey, Ell Centre ad-
vertising woman. First secretary
manager was James T. CoyIe, an
old hand at county fairs who had
gained fame through his direction
of the Ell Centro fair a few years
earlier
There were hectic months in 1929
while the grandStand was going up,
the present office building was be-
ing constructed, and the race track
was taking shape. The old buildings
were moved from BraWley.
Then came the first annual fair
The sun shone, answering the
boards prayers. But the wind blew
and bleW,-and blew.
There as just enough success to
justify hopes for the second fair
Had the board known what that
second one would be like, there
probably wouldn't have been any.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

ing. Then a lonely little cloud,
looking for a home, stuck its mead
over the horizon. Some more fol-
lowed its leadership. The weather
man came in for a lot of abuse
for something he really couldn't
help.
The clouds disported themselves
above Imperial Valley for a week.
The fair opened 1he crowds came,
each person with an eye cooked
skyward and the other inspecting
the exhibits that had increased so
cheeringly since the year before.
Nobody minded the clouds except
the fellows who were responsible
for the fair-and their minds were
considerably darker than the sky.
The first day there was not ev'n a
sprinkle. The second day, ditto.
1t went on like that 1t was a race
between rain, time, and the county
fair.
Rain won, but only by a splash.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Red Ink Turns
To Black Ink

Then came 1926, and in due
course of time it was followed by
1927. On the calendar neither year
looks greatly different from the
other. 1t was a different story on
the books of the Brawley chamber
of commerce Red ink replaced
black. The fault rested on that
deadly enemy of all chambers of
commerce rain.
1t didn't merely rain the Brawley
fair Quit practically washed it
away. Both years.
In 1928, just 10 years ago, the
idea of an agricultural district as
sociation to conduct the county
fair was revived. Brawley Salvaged
its shipwreck by selling its perman-
ent fixtures to the county for $4,000
In that year, and organization of
the fair board gained new impetus.
Ben Hulse, who was chairman OF
the county board of supervisors and
destined later to become state SEN
ator, took the initiative-along with
a small group of other leaderS-in
organizing the first county fair
beard as it is now constituted.
November, 1929, brought the char
ter from the state of California 'or
the local agricultural association.
Amid great forebodings, the fair
board fixed Feb. % to March q,
1890, as dates for the first annual
Imperial County Midwinter Fair.
A. Y. Preble was president of
that first fair board. Leo Hetzel,
Ell Centre, was vice president. The
directors were Tom Anderson, CAL
exico; F. A Willard, Holtville, Dew
ey Carey, Brawley; Sam Rowe,
Westmorland; and George Bailey,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Fate of Dollar
Is to Be Spent

Practically every merchant in Ell
Centre exhibited at the fair. One
participant, recalling the week of
activity, declared it as typical of
the time when Imperial Valley
thought the only reason a dollar
existed was so it could be spent.i
The admission charge was 10 cents
and no rain checks were given,
The tent was rented from San Ber-
nardino-and returned there in
practically as good condition as be-
fore the fair.
There was a fashion show Cre-
member the fashions in 1921?l
with an elevated platform extending
the full length of the tent so models
could be shoWn-that is, could show
the dresses to the best advantage.
An orchestra was hired for the en-
tire week, and dances were a dime
a struggle. ,
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Wiseacres, Look
OUer This Chart

Head and shoulders above all
other proof. however, is the fact
that the Imperial County MidWin-
ter Fair, from a deficit of $4,000
in 1881, was able to pay off all
bills and emerge with somthing
left over after the 1887 fair ended.
To the wiseacres who believe the
fair is a signal each year for rain.
a County Fair Weather Chart is
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

the best answer. Here it is:
1880: Sunshine all week, with
wind
1881: Rain every day.
1882 Clear, still weather
1888: Hottest fair week in valley.
history.
1884: Rain only after pm. of
last day.
1885: Clear, still weather.
1886: Clear, still weather.
1897 Clear, still weather.
1888 q?
Brawley, with the last two years
of its Brawley MidWinter Fair, really
started the myth about rain during
fair week. And the county fair eX-
perience in 1881, before the memory
of the Brawley flood was dead, did
nothing to kill the falSehood.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
INDEX

this section the hope of giving its
complete background better appreciation OF the ninth
annual Imperial County Fair, beginning March
index OF the this
section follows:
General history of county fair, Page 2.
General features of county fair, Page 2.
breeding, thoroughbred horses
the annual polo n Valley,
Activity and girls i'm the county fair, Page 4.
equipment in relation to Imperial county
mech exhibits at the fair. Page
Agriculture Imperial Valley, Page g.
Importance of o Imperial county Page !.
YOu n Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Thru the Circus
They SaD the Fair

One of the Big Four of the
circus world made the mistake of
coming to town during fair week
and could not obtain a license with
out agreeing to set up its tent on
the rear of the impromptu fair
grounds. The only way to get to the
circus was through the fair-and
a lot of pepole went to the circus.
The fair was such a bowling fl
nancial success that it was repeated
next year, and then died natural
death. y.-szz-s =
And that was the way with fairs
until the rains in Brawley goaded
the county into a fighting temper.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

now provides shows of its own. Otis
B. Tout as president and James
Coyle was secretary of the chamber
of commerce, sponsoring organiza-
ton.
Prominent among the names of
sponsibility for the fair we're those
the committee charged with re-
of Ray Edgar, Ross T. Hickcox,
Jasper Travers. A. H Keller, r. H
Cory and O. G. Horne.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Lot of PoUer
Machinery Seem

OF county fair" in 1913 at I'M
perial, which Tout describes as the
sixth annual fair, the historian
says that, among the exhibits, "a
OF of new power machinery was seen
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

What was the history of the fairs
before the Brawley series insofar
as weather is concerned, records
do not reveal. AS to other details
of their history, however, there is
abundant record in the minds of
those who took part, and in Otis
B. Tout's book, THE First Thirty
Years in Imperial Valley"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

tors, however, you'll final
ly come to a stop in Brawley,
III 1921. And you'll be on the
doorstep of Jay f. Warner,
seed man. Just as surely as
Ben Huls,e deserves the title,
Father of the Imperial
County Fair" Warner deserves
that of Godfather" The poultry
show was his idea.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
= BY f. A. FITZHUGH

nd County
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Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
Mix a Poultry Show and
A Circus, Abra cadabra,
Presto! A Fair is Born

A chicken and a circus, An a
Plymouth Rock PercherOn nd pOketbOOk
a a skOUna
call eUOiuiOn but call County Fau.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

oeU UP S Uet OH He DICK OF Ie Iar IOt SO al tne ccuS
customers would have to through the exhibit tent to get
TO the crcusafter first paying dime to get into the
hibit tent.
TO carry the thing back in unbroken line of
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

were $4,000 admissions. In 1881 the
fair paid out $4,000 in premiums.
This year it will pay $4,000 to
prize winners.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

FRIDAY, MARCH IL
Imperial Valley Japanese Association Day!
A fine program on this day.
SATURDAY, MARCH IL.
All Clubs Future Farmers and Yuma Day
FLA. Judging contest. All Auction Sale.
Polo games
SUNDAY, MARCH Is
San Diego Day Cowboy Cutting Eveats
Polo Finals Horse Show Starts at l pm.
Fireworks display Finals in Amateur Contest
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

TUESDAY, MARCH 8
Dairy Day. Judging Dairy cattle Complete
change of Vaudeville shows. Amateur con-
test at $3.50 p. m.
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH
Farm Bureau Day Judging of Horses Shown
in Hand Amateur Contest at $3.50 pm.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
Service Clubs and Chamber of Commerce
Day. Five Act Stage show free Imperial
Grammar school orchestra concert
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

SATURDAY, MARCH s
American Legion Day. Negro Program COM
posed of Negro Masonic lodge, Knights and
others
SUNDAY, MARCH 6
Imperial County Day. Automobile races by
the A.A.A Address by Lieut-Gov. George
Hatfield
MONDAY, MARCH
School Day. Judging of All Club and FF
A. Livestock and School Operetta
Evening star., 1938-02-07
AUCTION SALES.
THOMAS J. OWEN a. SON. AUcTIONEER9,
1431 EYE ST. NV.
TRusTEE9' SALE OF VALUABLE TWO
STORY FRAME DWELLING, KNOWN
AZ PREMISES 812 FERN STREET

TRusTEE9' SALE or VALUABLE TWO
ASRFHW1aS4F As RHHEMTSFs sia FERN sTKEEI
By virtue q : deed Of trust. recorded in
records OF the District of Columbia. We
shall sell in front of the premises. on
TEsFHfRY al HE 5eas TEHFH ~ PAY q
O'CLOCK P M. lot numbered five (5) In
square numbered twenty-nine hundred and
sixty-iour t2e64 in Gilbert s. Seek and
Sthsrs shs cas6 Hs6diyl:tHn 9, par. Of tract
recorded rec y the once II the surveyor iol
folio SO; subject to the building restr!c.
tion line as shown on said plat.
Terms Of sale: One fourth cash. balance
IN oae. two and three years, with Interest
at 81 per cent Der annum. payable semi.
annually or II monthly terms desired
$1,000 cash. balance monthly, or ali CASH
e. the option of purchaser. Deposit OF
$500 required At time of sale. Terms OF
sale to be complied with within thirty day,
from date Of sale. otherwise the trustees
reserve ne right to resM the property al
the risk and cost Of the defaulting pur.
chaser, after nve days advertisement OF
Such resale in some newspaper published
tr the District of Columbia, or deposit may
be 1orieited, or without forfeitine deposit
trustees may avail themselves OF any leea
or equitable rights against defaulting pur
cniaser Further particulars at time OF
SAFE Al conveyancins. recording and rev.
ehue stamps. etc. At cost Of purchaser.
ja31 ,fe24 o
Evening star., 1938-02-07
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