The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-21
Facts About North Mont.
State Fair AS Viewed
By E. B. COOLIDGE

So the public NAV know some of the facts as by
layma would like to congratulate our Fair Board
for that put in Great Falls this
from August 9Th 10TH The performance was high
class respect with the exception of the race horse
racket and the petty larceny grating booths where poor
pie separated from their money with display OF vaua
BILE prizes.
In my estimation the races are all fixed
seldom wins The jockeys supposed to let the picked
and the fun of playing the by the board
while the inside boys pick the and herd of horse
owning animals are allowed to win enough TO pay
their expenses poor sucker public pays the freight
The boys moved to Billings to pull the
stunt the gag wondering just how long the
general public going stand for this sort of racket
my estimation this ruined the State Fair at
Helena and in the last wear or so have abandoned prem
nary meet Great Falls show
that they lacked patronage the people knew
what the score was before they attended the show
my firm belief that if the Fair Board would advertise
and let the best horse and the best jockey
would always win, there would be fixed and any
rules would be ruled off the track forever we would likely
get only half the number Of entries but would the
of the running for prizes Let the Fair Board
out definitely and state that they would take only al
percent each and let the best horse win
think Association would profit from the
larger volume of business public would get
break would increase the attendance of the
and the enthusiasm horse which is on
the
pay taxes support well the general public who
attend entitled full disclosure made to the way
which the parmutue business business is handled Who'll
owns the boards? How much do they get What is the
share? 1t is quite commonly believed that Burke Glenn
chairman of the state Industrial accident board Roy
Butte George Cooney horse of
Helena operate the parmutuel system If so, is it
strange situation that big rakeoff all the bet
at the should them? We back at the old
three when had two men watch the
for three days and the take figured from Is to
43 percent
Just as long the Helena gang this show
can expect told by of the cashiers
averaged $4,000 day for six days from his booth
words given $780, to start business and
seller turned the from sale OF tickets and he
back into the jackpot of over 100000
day. This will show the amount that into the kitty for
the boys running game 1t is high time, in my opinion
that people of Montana mold public sentiment and demand
from Fair Board that these parmuue shall
the square by local people who will supervise the
full operation Why should call in outsiders to do this
most important job? also told by this same individual
that the boys who figured the takes were mostly men in
the employ Clements in his Helena office, who sat on
the table and figured out just how much they
would give back to the public.
am making this statement in frank effort to solicit pub
support protect wonderful exposition that
put Great Falls year because if all angles of the
game played above the board will continue to but
not may find ourselves with large investment in
Fair plant that will deteriorate the the did in
Helena and the taxpayers will be the losers.