12 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



advertising the futurity and the other half to be devoted to speed 

 events. 



The executive committee closed contract with F. M. Barnes In- 

 corporated, for the following professional acts for free attractions 

 at the 1913 fair: 



Slayman All's Wild Moors $ 650.00 



The Famous Florenz Troupe 550.00 



McPhee & Hill 250.00 



Lester Bros 175.00 



Little Hip and Napoleon 500.00 



The Three Buttons 650.00 



Three Baltus Bros 350.00 



Rollo The Limit 450.00 



Total $3,575.00 



The committee accepted the proposition of Sig. A. Liberati for 

 his band of forty-two musicians including six (6) grand opera 

 singers for a seven (7) day engagement at the Iowa State Fair 

 for $2,450.00 and directed the secretary to draw up contract. 



Contract for printing 6,000 copies of the official catalog was 

 made with Van Duyn & Lee's Advertising Agency, 701 Citizens 

 Bank Building, Des Moines, Iowa. The catalog to be printed with- 

 out cost to the department. Their compensation to be derived 

 from the advertising therein and from sales at 10c each. A bond 

 of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to guarantee carrying out con- 

 tract and delivering catalog on time to be a part of contract. 



The committee considered propositions from the Addressograph 

 Company and the Rapid Addressing Machine Company for an ad- 

 dressing machine and equipment for the department. 



They decided to purchase the rapid addressing machine and the 

 following equipment : 



Rapid addressing machine $ 150.00 



Monarch typewriter with stencil attachment 85.00 



1 cabinet for stencils 12.50 



1 base 2.50 



1 top 2.50 



30 drawers metal, at 35c 10.50 



10,000 stencils 60.00 



200 index tabs 2.00 



8 sets alphabetical tabs 6.00 



1 lb. of ink 1.00 



Total $ 332.00 



The Des Moines Bridge and Iron Company was notified that the 

 recent wind storm had blo\\Ta off about one-half of the roof on the 



