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Mail Tribune 100, Sept. 12, 1922 By Alissa Corman Sep 12, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Sept. 12, 1922 ATTEND THE FAIR [Editorial] The success of the greatest fair ever attempted in Southern Oregon now depends upon the people of Jackson County. All that individuals can do has been done. For many months a comparatively small group of public-spirited men and women, have worked tooth and nail, night and day, to make this fair a success. Only those familiar with such ventures, and close to the activities of the Fair Association, can appreciate what has been done — done voluntarily , gladly, but without hope of personal reward, merely from the standpoint of community development, purely from the finest sentiments of disinterest service. Now it is up to the people of Jackson County, men, women and children, to show their appreciation of this service, and individually do their bit without which this fair can not be made a success. That bit simply means attending the fair, going every day if possible, of if that is not possible, attending as frequently as circumstances permit. Certainly there are few people in Jackson County who can not afford the time and money involved in attending the fair. And they will be well rewarded in pleasure and information, pleasure in the excellent programs provided, information regarding what their own community has done in agricultural and industrial development the past few years. This is a busy time for everyone. But it is no exaggeration to regard attendance at the fair this year in the nature of a genuine obligation. Various things can be done next week. This week let the first item on the calendar be a day at the Fair. ASHLAND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CUT BY FRUIT WORK Ashland, Sept. 12. — Overcrowded was a situation facing Junior high at the opening of the autumn school semester, Sept. 5, but this condition has been remedied, at least for the time being, by the transfer of a number of pupils from Junior high to Hawthorne, thus equalizing the attendance on th ebasis of recitation room space available. Up to date the total attendance at the three schools within city boundaries does not equal that of last year, the figures being approximately 1,000 this fall as compared to about 1,100 last season. But “there’s a reason.” Autumn fruits are being gathered, and there is a big demand for help all over the valley, in fact almost a crisis is occurring in the orchards and at the canneries. With the advent of the winter term school attendance will assume even more than normal proportions. About a dozen new teachers are noted among the corps of forty instructors, replacing an equal number of teachers who resigned at the close of the last school year. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]