TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART T 23 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 June 3-4, 1919. 



Members present, Cameron, Mullen and Corey. 



The committee met for the purpose of accompanying the jury selected 

 by the chief justice for condemning additional land for state fair ground 

 purposes. On account of parties refusing to accept notice it was im- 

 possible to proceed with the condemnation proceedings. 



The committee requested Mr. F. D. Davidson, assistant attorney gen- 

 eral, to serve written notice on Matilda A. Winterrowd that lot No. 2 

 would be condemned by the sheriff's jury on June 16th. 



The matter of sending a representative to witness the aeroplane dem- 

 onstrations at Minneapolis on June 7th and Sth and Chicago on June 

 f>th was discussed by the committee. The committee directed the secre- 

 tary to attend these demonstrations and to work in conjunction with 

 Minnesota, South Dakota and Sioux City fairs in securing a desirable 

 aviation feature for the state fair. 



The committee approved the plans for the entrances and exits at Grand 

 avenue and Walnut street and instructed the architect to ask for bids 

 to be opened on June 17th. 



The committee adjourned to meet on June 16th. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



June 16-17-18, 1919. 



On June 16th the secretary accompanied the sheriff's jury selected 

 to condemn the following acreage: 



Lot two (2) of the partition plat of the L. D. Sims Estate in the north 

 half (NVz) of section six (6), township seventy-eight (78) north, range 

 twenty-three (23), west of the Sth P. M., now included in and forming a 

 part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, except the following parcel: Com- 

 mencing at a point thirty-three (33) feet south of the northeast corner 

 of said lot two (2); thence west one hundred and fifty (150) feet along 

 the south line of North avenue, now officially known as East University 

 avenue; thence south one hundred and thirty-seven (137) feet; thence 

 east one hundred and fifty (150) feet; thence north one hundred and 

 thirty-seven (137) feet to point of beginning; being the property of Ma- 

 tilda A. Winterrowd, widow. 



Mr. L. A. Jester was also employed to appear before the jury and give 

 them an idea as to the value of acreage land near the fair grounds. The 

 jury made the following award: 



To Matilda A. Winterrowd, as owner of the above described premises, 

 the sum of fourteen thousand four hundred thirty-six and no-100 dollars; 

 to Herman Auestad. as a tenant of a portion of said premises, the sum 

 of twenty-five and no-100 dollars; to R. W. Hughes, as a tenant of a por- 

 tion of said premises, the sum of one hundred fifty and no-100 dollars. 



We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we were the jurors ap- 

 pointed to assess the damages in connection with the condemnation of 



