Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-08-17 | Page 4 | Big Four-County Fair

BIG FOUR COUNTY FAIR the big fo four urco ur co county anty fair promises to be a great success it will be the biggest undertaking of the kind in this section and may eclipse the state fair there has been more mere earnest work given to the fair than those unfamiliar with what is being done might imagine three or four men have labored for weeks weeke planning and preparing these men are devoting their spare moments moments purely out of a desire to see eee the fair an unequaled unequal cd success they believe much good can come to ogden and the surrounding country through the advertising which the fair will give all local interests interest and that the jhb agricultural interests will be stimulated and farming methods improved no doubt they are right dr 11 II W rowe M L S foss jos W bailey J C leggitt and others are untiring in their efforts to make the fair something commendable they are sending out letters supervising I 1 building operations contracting for tents getting in close touch with prospective exhibitors inviting amusement companies to obtain concessions figuring with the railroads on rates and looking after a hundred details which require time and earnest study to successfully work out A new grandstand has been erected and circus tents tente have lieen been arranged for which ln in addition to an exhibition hill ball to be built will provide for many of the attractions soon the directors direct rs on their own time and at their own expense will make a tour of the four counties to arouse interest in the fair they are not sitting bitting idly byj by waiting for something to turn up they are arc laboring even while others sleep I 1