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the matter of state aid. We have a district fair right close to the 

 county Hne of four counties. One of those counties has no fair at 

 all, one has a large successful county fair, the other not so im- 

 portant, and in our own county we have a county fair that has not 

 been very important. I am wondering if the county fair as well as 

 the district fair could get a part of the $1,000. Would the little 

 county fair get the state aid, or would the district fair get only a 

 part of it? 



The Chairman : It will be possible for you to get only one aid, 

 $1,000 is the maximum. 



Mr. Benson : I was asking about the distribution of the coun- 

 ty aid, where we have a district fair with all of our officers in 

 O'Brien county and the county fair in Sioux county. 



The Chairman : The law states that the board of supervisors of 

 the county in which the fair is located can grant this aid. I know 

 of cases where both fairs have gotten it. Both fairs can make ap- 

 plication and get the $1,000, as I understand the law. There is no 

 limit to the number of fairs in the county. They can get the aid if 

 they ask for it. The law says "any fairs" so' that if there are two 

 fairs held in one county, they can make application and get the aid. 

 By the way, didn't that happen down in Black Hawk county, the 

 Cattle Congress and the county fair? 



Mr. Estel : No sir. the Cattle Congress didn't ask for it. 



W. D. Strayer (Cedar Falls) : While acting as president of the 

 state Supervisors Association I made it my business to be interested 

 in the fair associations and to have this particular subject on our 

 programs. It was taken up at our convention in Muscatine in 

 August and quite thoroughly discussed, and it seems to me quite 

 favorably received throughout the state by the majority of the su- 

 I>ervisors. There was no resolution passed or motions on it, but 

 everybody seemed to be quite favorable to the proposition. I think 

 that is all I care to say on it. 



Mr : In reply to this gentleman back here who speaks 



of the hazards of fair property. Take your fair property with water 

 protection and you have no hazard at all. That's the argument we 

 use at home. Have your buildings all clean and that will reduce the 

 hazard quite a bit. Our people didn't consider it as hazardous as a 

 farm building. In our county there are more farm buildings de- 

 stroyed than fair buildings throughout the state, but we have got 

 water protection in the fair ground and it is not with us considered 

 as hazardous as a farm building. 



