Street Fair

it Mayor Harding can have nis way a-bout it Ypsilauti wíll have a fa:i next year: It will not be one of th, fair ground pumpkin show for whicl you have io pay 25 cents to get i and look at somebody's big squash but it will be the latest thing in fairs - an idea that is being workeá out in other cities with unprecedented suc cess. The idea which he is trying to infuse into the enthusiastic tanks of other business men is the "Street Fa':-' siK-h as is held in IIndson and Cadillac. The rair is held in the niain business street which is covered over with canvass for two or three blocfcs. Booths are erected in the streets and ei rtain portions are set apart for certain exhibits. The street is closed to wagon and buggy traffic during the Uys of the and nobody but pedestrians are allowed in the "street fair" port ion. The fair is held under the auspices of the business men, wïio offer saitable prizes for competition in certain lines. The local merchants for the most part secure prizes from the Wholesale firms and jobbers for thls puTpose, and altogether he seeks to obtain remuneration for any actu-il outlay from the increased sales during the days of the fair. At Iludson 25,000 people took in the street fair. At Cadillac the crowds kept coming on the closing day so that they thought it wculd be actually neeèssary to run on extended tiíne. It will be a great thing for Ypsilanti md at the coming meeting of the Business ilen's Association the matter ought to be taken vp and prêliminary arrangements started. By all means-let us have a streot fair next year.