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that I was up against it, but I telephoned around and started five 

 men out with a petition, and that's the only thing that brought him 

 across. And I would suggest this, if you know your supervisors 

 personally, go to it; but if you do not, before you mention it to 

 them, unless you have one man there you feel satisfied with, start 

 your petition. The petition might read something like this : To 

 the Honorable Board of Supervisors : We the undersigned re- 

 spectfully petition your Honorable Body to allow the County Fair 

 the county aid as provided in chapter 85, etc. Some county boards 

 don't think a bit of making the appropriation, and others will, but 

 I find this, that the petition does the business, and puts it right be- 

 fore them. Be careful and don't get too many business men, be- 

 cause they'll think it is a scheme of the city men to get the money, 

 but, to make a long story short, I get 50% farmers outside of our 

 city limits, and I didn't have any trouble at all in getting their as- 

 sistance. 



That is just a suggestion from one who has been through the 

 mill. 



The Chairman : That is a very good suggestion on the part of 

 Mr. Williams. 



J. M. Hathaway (Turin) : I would like to inquire whether we 

 can get that $1,000 each year or just once? 



The Chairman : Each year. We had the law amended at the 

 last session of the legislature so that we can get it annually. 



Mr. Hathaway : We got it a numbers of years ago. 



The Chairman : You are entitled to it each year now. That 

 suggestion of Mr. Williams' is very good. You are entitled to the 

 thousand dollars — go after it ! There is another thing I want to 

 emphasize, and that is this insurance proposition. That is another 

 law we had fixed here two years ago. and that is the matter of al- 

 lowing county mutuals to insure fair grounds. I known in several 

 instances where they saved the associations lots of money. Go to 

 your county mutual insurance company and put in an application 

 to have them accept your fair property. 



E. J. Curtin (Decorah) : The mutual insurance company turned 

 us down. Those fellows don't know that there is a law that will 

 permit them to do it. 



The Chairman : Show them vvhere the Iclw will permit them to 

 take it. 



