Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-27 | Page 8 | Lewis and Clark Fair

LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR Oregon lon Will Hold Ibid lIt for Cor Money Portland Or Dec Dee 27 Tho Oregon state stab commission has hI formally notified the tho Lewis Clark exposition corpor corporation corporation that It will ivill hold tho the and arid directors of oC the fair Calr responsible for Cor the tho distribution of or money mone which It baa haa hn boris been announced may Ja amount to 10 about 2 per rei Ie cent of oC tho original Investment of oC the tho stockholders stockholder or The pill vial communication states that the commission lon claims a n pro rota share of or the funds now In the thu poi possession of oC the oCler all nil liabilities have been beers nettled Bellied The rhe Oregon Ole nn state te corn com commission om mission ulso demands an 1111 accounting of oC the money which has hue been heen expended by bythe bythe bythe the Thu rho communication states the th commission H Is acting under und r the time direction of oC the time of oC the state of or Oregon Tho The of ot the thc corporation say Bay that the action of oC the Oregon state stale commission II Is absolutely without precedent and that they tile the knew of or no similar occurrence In the history of or expositions In returning time the surplus money to tho the stockholders they time the say so aa they the tire lire only following a II tire pre precedent which was wall established years yearn ago by hy other expositions Tho The one exception to the lie general rule wa wils the Chicago fair when the time city appropriated a 0 certain amount Tim The WItS was divided between the tha stock toek stockholders holders the city elt pio pm pl rate rata lOot Hut the say M that there was W S a II previous agreement to this effect which they n 1 its lege does not exist between the anti and Clark corporation the time state commission