FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 57 



JULY 30th. 



The secretary was authorized to make contract with Siester Bros, 

 for taking care of the manure during fair week for $275.00. See 

 contract on file. 



Th3 committee authorized the Iowa Pioneers' Association to ex- 

 pend not to exceed $135.00 in promoting and advertising Pioneer 

 Day at the Iowa State Fair. 



Secretary was authorized to order tents and supplies for the 

 boys' camp; also to order necessary assembly tent and tents to be 

 used for the babies' health contest. 



The following bills on account of the funeral expenses of Mr. 

 L. D. Bruner who was killed while laboring on the fair grounds 

 were presented. Secretary was authorized to issue warrants in 

 payment of same. 



Webster & Smith, Osceola, Iowa $ '''•00 



Arden Jones, Osceola, Iowa 22.50 



Selover & Knight, Des Moines, Iowa 99.09 



The Des Moines Carpenters' Union was granted the use of the 

 grand stand and race track on Labor Day, September 1st. v.ith- 

 out charge, providing they charged no admission at the grand 

 stand or gates. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 AUGUST 8, 9, 10, 11, 1913. 



Committee met with all members present, also Mr. E. J. Curtin. 



On motion the Des Moines Motor Cycle Assn. was granted the 

 use of the track for motor cycle races on Labor Day, September 

 1st, at the usual rental of $100.00 per day. 



The committee accepted the proposition of Fred Ilethershaw to 

 put in the grain decorations and transform the band stand in 

 the agricultural building into a corn and alfalfa palace for the 

 sum of $400.00. 



The 2 :10 trot and the team race for free-for-all pacers having 

 failed to fill, the committee and I\Ir. Curtin, superintendent of the 

 speed department, deemed it advisable to reopen these two events, 

 to close August 22d. 



The committee instructed Mr. Curtin to go to the race meeting 

 at Peoria, 111., on Tuesday and Wednesday of the following week 

 to solicit entries for the 2 :10 trot and the team race for free-for-all 

 pacers. 



