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to the board of supervisors to get our thousand dollars. This was for 

 a period of five years. That was the first money we ever received 

 from the county. 



Mr. Emery : This county tax I think is a mighty good thing 

 in more v^ays than in receiving the money. I think it is something 

 that makes every taxpayer a partner in your fair. ^Nlost of the fairs 

 I suppose are stock selling propositions the same as Clay county ; 

 we have probably three hundred men interested in our fair as stock- 

 holders, they are partners in the fair. Now we have got every tax- 

 payer in Clay county as a partner in the Clay county fair. I was 

 successful in putting this thing over and I think it is a mighty good 

 thing in two ways, in the w-ay of getting money out of the county 

 and the way of getting every taxpayer interested. I think if you 

 fellows go after the board of supervisors right you will get it. The 

 day that this law passed our representative wired me and I went 

 before the board of supervisors, they happened to be in session, and 

 they turned me down cold. After that however the board met one 

 day later on. We organized a gang and we went up there. We went 

 before our board and got it through just fifteen minutes from the 

 time we got in the court house. Get a good spokesman and I believe 

 if you boys w^ork it correctly you will get it. It is not only the 

 money but it is getting these fellows interested, getting every tax- 

 payer in your county a partner to the fair. 



President Estell : I believe it w'ould be rather interesting for us 

 to know tonight how^ many of you men are receiving county aid at 

 the present time. Let's see your hands. Let me see the hands of 

 those fairs that are not receiving county aid. There are eighteen 

 receiving county aid and fifteen that are not. 



Mr. Clark: Hardin county fair receives aid from the county indi- 

 rectly. For instance, we haA^e got two, three or four carloads of 

 crushed rock shipped up there from Afarshalltown, be on the side- 

 track right alongside of the grounds and ordered the cars spotted 

 there. Go to the supervisors and say there are three or four carloads 

 of crushed rock down there and they will send county teams down 

 there and by some mistake will haul that into our fair grounds. I 

 think the first year the fair started sixteen years ago w^e got $500. 

 That is the only direct money we ever got from the board of super- 

 visors. 



A Member : Li Linn county we have two fairs, each of them 

 receives $500 each year. 



