Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-07-22 | Page 21 | Fair Board Days of '47 Contract under Study

Fair Board Days of 47 Contract Under Study The Utah state fair boards board's complex complex complex com com- plex agreements came under scrutiny scrutiny scrutiny tiny again Thursday Thursday this this time in connection with its third one-third share in Days of 47 Inc State Auditor Ferrell H. H Adams s said id his deputy John Dorick Is s checking Into the legality of the Days of 47 17 Inc agreement which makes the fair board the Sons of ot Utah Pioneers and the Daughters of Utah Pioneers equal partners in any profits accruing from the Days of 47 celebrations The question arose when the state finance commission noted the absence of a contract covering use of the fairgrounds grandstands for forthe forthe forthe the Gene Autry rodeo a Days of ot 17 47 ev event nt Sheldon R. R Brewster fair manager manager manager man man- ager and secretary of Days of 47 said the nonprofit private organization organization organization was formed in 1943 1913 and has accumulated a operating fund which will be divvied up this year Gus P. P Backman executive secretary secretary sec see of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce who was present when the agreement was made meanwhile looked askance at the accumulated fund and urged that profits be divided up each ench year The state agreed only to re receive receive re- re profits for the use of the fairgrounds he said and did no not agree to underwrite any loss For Fortin Fortis Fortis tin reason he explained the state tate should get its third each year so that the accumulated profits would woul not be wiped out In the event of or ofa ofa Ii a a loss In years to come Mr Backman however made i it plain that he was not bein being critical of ot the thc pioneer organizations There is no question of any funds being withheld he said The agreement on use of state tate fairgrounds facilities is written into the Days of oC 47 47 Inc by laws Mr Brewster s said ld The only other record of the agreement is In the fair board meeting meeting- minutes