16 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



cinder walk from Machinery Avenue to the northwest entrance of Ma- 

 chinery hall about sixty feet south of Grand Avenue. 



Mr. Mullen instructed the Secretary to notify the Adel Clay Products 

 Company that it would be necessary for them to clean up their lot just 

 south of the Grand Avenue entrance at an early date; also ask them 

 to submit a plan of the building that they propose to put up this year. 



IN VACATION. 



May 6, 1920. 



The following bids were received for furnishing all necessary labor and 

 material to install plumbing and hot water heating plant in the residence 

 on Sims' estate: 



Heating-. Plumbing-. Total. 



Walker Plumbing and Heating Company $2,5 25.00 



Van Dyck Heating and Plumbing Company 2,300.00 



Des Moines Plumbing and Heating Company. $1,800 $1,036.00 2,836.00 



Sanitary Plumbing Company 1,520 775.00 2,295.00 



As per authority given by tl^e Executive Committee the Secretary 

 awarded the contract to the Sanitary Plumbing Company on their bid of 

 $2,295. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 



May 20, 22, 1920. 



Members present: Mullen and Corey. 



Mr. Mullen had a conference with the Highway Commission at Ames 

 and requested that two Federal Trucks be permanently assigned to the 

 State of low^a for the use of the Iowa State Fair. 



The committee met with Mr. Wesley Dodd and Earl Stotts of the Dodd 

 & Struthers Company and negotiated for the purchase of their building 

 on the State Fair Grounds. Agreement was reached whereby the com- 

 mittee agreed to pay $1,750 for the building and refund the $250 rental 

 advanced for this year. 



Payment of $250 on building and $250 refund was authorized. The bal- 

 ance to be paid on or before September 1. 



The committee called upon the Commanding Officers at Camp Dodge 

 for the purpose of securing prices on the following equipment: 

 800 single iron beds. 

 800 bed sacks or matts. 

 30 closets complete with tanks, etc. 

 2 hot water heaters complete. 

 24 shower bath heads. 

 The equipment to be used in fitting up the boys' and girls' dormitory 

 quarters; for men employed in the Admissions Department, Public Safety, 

 Treasurer, Concession and Ticket Auditing Departments. 



The committee purchased two hundred Elm trees from the Capital 

 City Nursery Company at the following prices: 

 21/^ to 3-inch Elms, $4.00 each. 

 Trees to be planted and guaranteed to grow or be replaced. 



