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anything about that, but that is neither here nor there. I didn't 

 say anything about it in the paper, but I was disappointed because 

 I couldn't write a good story about that race. I met the gentleman 

 that conducted that fair at another fair shortly afterward and we 

 were sitting at the ringside and he said to me, "Something must be 

 done to make the horsemen give us what is coming to us if we give 

 them added entrance and make no deductions," and he said, "I 

 am in favor of racing on the every-heat race plan." Now, if you 

 are going to give the horseman as much as they are giving you, I 

 think it is up to them to give you the best they have. Some of them 

 won't do it unless you have some way of compelling them to do it, 

 and I think there should be some way to work it out so that you 

 will be rightly treated. 



Gentlemen, that is all I have to say, only, in conclusion, I want to 

 speak of a matter that came up here on the floor this morning — that 

 was the recommendation that a national organization of fairs should 

 be gotten together. I think this is a most vital question. I think it 

 is absolutely right. I think the associations of county fairs of the 

 nation ought to get together. They are a real power and I would like 

 to see it. I thank you ! 



The Chairman : The next on the program is "Building Up a 

 Fair by Cooperation," by Logan B. Urice, of Vinton, Iowa. I under- 

 stand that Mr. Urice is now secretary at Vinton and during the past 

 year has accomplished many good things in his county by having 

 built new buildings and other modern improvements. I know we 

 will be pleased to hear from Mr. Urice on this topic and I will now 

 call upon the gentleman. Mr. Urice. 



Logan B. Urice (Vinton) : I am no speaker, as you will no doubt 

 find out before I go far and I do not pretend to know very much 

 about fairs, as I have only been in the game about one year. It was 

 just one year ago today that I was elected secretary of the Benton 

 County Agricultural Society, and so far as I have gone I like it very 

 much. As soon as I was elected I went out to our fair grounds 

 to see what kind of a plant we had and I found we had a beautiful 

 piece of ground of 25 acres, with a row of old box stalls around 

 the south side, a small amphitheatre and a small building here and 

 there. Benton county has some of the best livestock in the world 

 and I knew that we couldn't expect our breeders to bring their live- 

 stock and quarter them in our sheds. Shortly after that the breed- 

 ers' association had a meeting in our town and I heard one of the 

 men suggest that they ought to have a sales barn in our county. J 



