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TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II. 



The following tabulation gives detailed information for each 

 fair carrying rain insurance for 1922 : 



President Estel : Next on our program is "The Sale of Advance 

 Season Tickets," by Mr. C. E. Beman, of Oskaloosa. 



Mr. Beman: I am a firm believer in season tickets sold before the 

 beginning of the fair. 



In the organization of our fair seven years ago, when a few of us 

 got together and organized and started our fair, I was elected treasurer 

 and superintendent of gates and tickets. I don't know how it came to 

 me just now, but I introduced to the board the idea of season tickets. 

 Some were for them and some against. However, those that were for 

 were in a majority and we started out to sell season tickets at our 

 fair and, from my point of view, I may say to you today that it has 

 been a success, and season tickets, well worked, do a great deal to make 

 a fair successful. A season ticket, well worked, will mean anywhere 



