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street sewer when that is done. I do not think they will have any oc- 

 casion to send the sherift out and arrest the president during the fair 

 for maintaining a nuisance as they did this year. 



Last week in Chicago I attended a meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Fairs and Expositions and never have I seen so much interest 

 manifested in fair work as at our meeting there. This organization 

 started some twenty years ago with a few of the western state fairs. It 

 has been so successful in the interchange of ideas that the success of 

 the members of this organization has spread all over the United States 

 and up into Canada. There were delegates there from Vancouver, B. 

 C, and from New York to California. We have now a membership of 

 fifty-two state fairs and expositions and the association is doing a great 

 work for the members. We all use the same classification in our stock 

 departments. We have what is called a Board of Appeals for the pur- 

 pose if any exhibitor or concession party is barred from showing or 

 running a concession en the grounds they are barred from all the mem- 

 bers of the association until the Board of Appeals takes the matter up 

 and adjusts the same. In this way it will only be a few years until 

 we eliminate the undesirable from our grounds. 



I was glad to see so much interest manifested yesterday in the county 

 fair managers' meeting and hope you will enjoy the program we have 

 prepared for you today. I thank you. 



The folloAving- committees were appointed liy the president: 



Committee on Credentials: 



H. L. Pike, Monona county; J. W. Bennett, Bremer county; W. H. 

 Shipman, Muscatine county. 



Committee on Resolutions: 



John W. Palm, Henry county; T. W. Purcell, Franklin county; C. W. 

 Hoffman, Decatur county. 



The President: Gentlemen — "We will have to change our pro- 

 gram a little this morning. We had on for an address this after- 

 noon "Sir. W. W. Marsh, president of the Greater Iowa Associa- 

 tion, of Waterloo. We received a telegram from Mr. Marsh last 

 night, stating that he was detained in Chicago. As you all know, 

 Iowa is particularly interested in this foot and mouth disease, 

 and Mr. ]\[arsh is particularly interested inasmuch as he has 

 some stock that is detained at the International Stock Show 

 there and it is impossible for him to get away. Mr. Corey called 

 him up and he kindly consented that we might call some one 

 else to supply his place, and noAv it affords me great pleasure to 

 introduce to vou INIr. Clum, of the Iowa Booster Association. 



