TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III 175 



President — H. S. Stanberry, Fort Dodge. 



Vice President — Andrew Stewart, Rockwell City. 



Treasurer — F. A. Gatch, Greenfield. 



Secretary — J. Q. Lauer, Waverly. 



District Managers — W. H. Shipman, R. E. Rowland, G. H. 

 White, M. E. Bacon, W. F. Weary, S. D. Quarton and J. L. Bailey. 



Entertainment Committee — M. E. Bacon, Carl E. Hoffman, Roy 

 Wilkinson, F. A. Gatch, J. Q. Lauer. 



At 6:30 p. m., all were invited to the banquet, which was a 

 feature of the meeting. The flu kept away a great number, as in- 

 dicated by the letters received, but those that attended seemed to 

 feel as though they had been well repaid. 



H. S. Stanberry was toastmaster. 



Mayor Tom Fairweather gave the address of welcome. 



C. E. Cameron was asked to respond and he surely did credit to 

 this part of the program. 



Governor W. L. Harding was asked to make a few remarks 

 which he did in his amiable way. 



Hon. J. B. Weaver of Des Moines, gave the talk of the evening 

 and all seemed to be under the influence of the speaker. His ad- 

 dress was a feature, and for those that did not hear it I could think 

 of no better suggestion than that you get the minutes of this meet- 

 ing and read the address. 



Other guests that were called upon were Mr. Faxon, and A. L. 

 Sponsler of Kansas. Music was furnished by T. Fred Henry, and 

 other entertainment by Dunbar Colored Quartet, Japanese Song 

 Birds, Chamber of Commerce Quartet and Fort Des Moines 

 Quartet. 



J. Q. Lauer: I want to take this report up a little further, par- 

 ticularly with reference to legislative matters that were taken up at 

 this meeting and that were carried out, as you know, at the last ses- 

 sion of the legislature. Of course, the big item was the matter of 

 state aid, and your board of directors was appointed as a legislative 

 committee. The legislative committee got together and finally de- 

 termined to go after an increase of $700, making the maximum 

 $1,500, and worked out their plans along those lines. Somebody, 

 of course, had to take the initiative, and, as is customary, the bulk of 

 the work was thrown upon me. However, I got all the support that 

 I asked from the legislative committee, but at no time did we feel 



