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ever seen. I am going to read you the last clause of this agreement, and 

 then if any of you folks want a copy of it for your own proposition, you 

 are welcome to them, and you have our permission to adopt it in whole or 

 in part. 



Here is Clause No. 10: 



"The Licensee assumes all risks of damage or loss either to person or 

 property from all and every cause, including fire, the elements, violation 

 of law or negligence either on the part of the Licensor, it servants, agents 

 or employes or any other person; it being the understanding and agree- 

 ment between the parties hereto that the Licensor incurs no liability or 

 obligation to the Licensee other than to permit him the use of the 

 grounds or space described herein." 



That is air-tight all the way thru. There are ten clauses in it, and nobody 

 can ever sue you on that, because he signs it and you sign it, and you 

 get his money. 



Does anybody want to ask any question? 



Member: Do the fellows that sign that, read it? 



Mr. Moore: They don't read it until after they sign it. (Laugh- 

 ter.) 



Member: There is one thing that you left out of it, and that is 

 that you can shoot him if he doesn't pay up promptly. (Laughter.) 



Mr. Moore: Don't do anything that the law will get you for. If 

 you collect $50 from him for concessions and throw him off the first 

 day, you keep all the money if you can, but you must remember that 

 the law says you cannot confiscate a man's property or money with- 

 out due process of law. But if you don't put that clause in, that you 

 can keep this man's money, get his money anyhow if you can. 

 (Laughter.) 



There is another feature on the fair grounds that is hard to take 

 care of, and that is the sheet writer for the farm journals. If you 

 folks have any of those fellows, kill them! ! ! (Laughter.) Up in 

 North Dakota at the Grand Forks fair we never had a farm 

 writer on the ground. We didn't have a sheet writer or newspaper 

 subscription agent on the grounds in seven years, and that is an 

 accomplishment of which I am very proud. I came to Sioux City 

 and thought maybe it would be the same there, but we had 108 of 

 them on the grounds the first day. The next day we threw three 

 of them in the coop, the next day we put 18 in jail, and when the 

 fourth day rolled around we had only four of them under a tent. I 

 believe they were all farm newspaper subscription agents. I don't 

 know if you do it that way in this state, or not, but that's my method 

 of handling them. I have got that to contend with, but I think we 

 can gradually work it out so that that thing will be overcome. I 



