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Mail Tribune 100, Sept. 13, 1922 By Alissa Corman Sep 13, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago Sept. 13, 1922 NO PASSING CARS ON WAY TO FAIR To facilitate travel to and from the county fair grounds and this city during the rush hours of going to the fair grounds this week, and also to lessen the danger of accidents, the authorities won’t allow the passing of any car around another car going in the same direction, between these two points. Any car driver violating traffic rules in this regard will be arrested. The above announcement was made this forenoon by J. J. McMahon, Deputy State Motor Traffic Officer, who with his fellow officer, Mr. Perkins, and other assistants, will be on duty here all week, having their headquarters on the highway in front of the fair grounds entrance and who will frequently patrol the highway therefrom. AIRPLANE ARRIVES FOR COUNTY FAIR Lieutenant H. D. Smith and mechanic of the aerial forest patrol, arrived this morning from Eugene and will remain here until after the fair. Two other planes will arrive tomorrow if they can be relieved from patrol. Col. Gilmore and Lieutenant Kiel and Lieutenant Maxwell and mechanic arrived at the fair grounds today, took on gas and oil and continued their journey to Mather field, California. Colonel Gilmore is in charge of the 9th aerial corps at Mather field. FAIR SEASON TICKETS GOOD DAY AND NIGHT The published report that season tickets for the Fair are not good for evenings is wrong. Season tickets sell for $2.50 for adults and $1 for children and are good at all times both day and night. The cheapest and best way to attend the fair and avoid the crowds at the seat sale is to buy season tickets. DEDICATION OF FAIR GROUNDS TOMORROW P.M. A constant string of automobiles and trucks from Medford and Ashland traveled the highway between Medford and Ashland all forenoon and ninety percent of them had as their destination the County Fair Grounds which will be formally dedicated at one o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The dedication ceremony has been postponed a day as the result of a decision of the fair board. Automobiles from Josephine, Klamath, Siskiyou and Jackson counties crowded the grounds at an early hour this afternoon, many of them having arrived in the morning while merchants, farmers, stock raisers and auto dealers were still arranging their exhibits and applying the finishing touches. Carpenters are still at work on many of the buildings in an effort to have them complete in every detail before the end of the week and a rush and bustle unusual even in the Rogue River valley is evident. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]