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for the buildings and equipment at Camp Dodge, the secretary was 

 authorized to cooperate with Governor Kendall with a view to borrowing 

 these transformers from the War Department with the understanding 

 that they were to either be returned after the State Fair or a satisfactory 

 settlement made for same. 

 The committee approved payment of bills. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 

 June 28-29-30 



Members present: Cameron, Mullen and Corey. 



The committee met with Mr. C. G. Van Vliet and Dean Schooler for 

 the purpose of discussing arrangements for the Midseason Automobile 

 Show to be held in connection with the Iowa State Fair. It was agreed 

 that the three north platforms in Machinery Hall were to be set aside for 

 the Automobile, Truck and Accessory exhibit. The rent to be 15c per 

 square foot or $90 for a full space. 



The committee met with Mr. Warsaw, representing the Ford Motor Com- 

 pany, for the purpose of arranging space for the Ford exhibit. The com- 

 mittee visited the grounds with Mr. Warsaw and he was shown Power 

 Hall and also all of the ground between Power Hall and the street car 

 entrance. The charge for this space to be $1,000 for Power Hall and 

 25c per front foot for the space in the open field. No definite arrange- 

 ments were made regarding this space. 



The committee met with Adjutant General Lasher and made arrange- 

 ments for the use of the two 350 K. W. transformers. 



The following bids were received for publishing the official catalog 

 based on 444 pages, 25 per cent of the expense to be paid by the Iowa 

 State Fair and 75 per cent to be paid by E. L. Keyser and D. J. Tracy, 

 who have the contract for publishing the official catalog: 



8,000 copies 10,000 copies 



Advance Printing Company $3,000 $3,400 



James J. Doty Publishing Company 3,100 3,500 



Campbell Printing Company 3,100 3,500 



Homestead Printing Company 2,650 



The committee authorized Mr. Keyser and Mr. Tracy to let this con- 

 tract to the Homestead Printing Company as per above bid. 



The committee met with Professor P. C. Taff and F. P. Reed for the 

 purpose of making final arrangement for handling the mess hall 

 for the boys and girls taking part in club work. It was agreed that the 

 State Fair, management would turn over floral hall for this purpose. 

 Remove the old tables, shelving, etc., and place the floor in reasonably 

 good repair. Also build in the necessary tables, counters, wash racks, 

 etc., and provide one large range and one large refrigerator which were 

 to be borrowed from the adjutant general's department. The superin- 

 tendents of the department, Mr. Taff and Mr. Reed were authorized to 

 arrange for a manager of the mess hall and the same to be operated so 



