64 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP .AGRICULTURE 



AUDITING COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 OCTOBER 2, 3, 4, 1913. 



Bills were audited and aproved by C. W.. Phillips September 17, 

 18, 19, and by R. S. Johnston on October 2, 3 and 4. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 OCTOBER 22, 23, 24, 25, 1913. 



Executive committee met with all members present, for the pur- 

 pose of appraising the value of all the frame buildings on the 

 Iowa State Fair grounds, and to transact such other business as 

 might be brought before the attention of the committee. 



The committee, assisted by Oliver 0. Smith, architect, and James 

 H. Deemer, superintendent of the fair grounds, on October 22, 23 

 and 24, made a careful examination of all the frame buildings 

 upon the fair gi-ounds and appraised their present value, as shown 

 by the inventory book on file in this department. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 NOVEMBER 11, 12, 13, 1913. 



Committee met, with all members present, for the purpose of 

 assisting the committee from the Des Moines Realty Exchange, con- 

 sisting of W. H. Harwood, B. S. "Walker and L. A. Jester, selected 

 to appraise the value of the real estate owned by the State of Iowa 

 and devoted to the use of the Iowa State Fair and Exposition 

 grounds. 



The value of the real estate as fixed by this committee is set forth 

 in the following report: 

 To the Board of Directors of the Iowa Department of Agriculture : 



Gentlemen: The undersigned as requested have made a careful ex- 

 amination and appraisal of the lands owned by the State of Iowa and un- 

 der the control of the Iowa Department of Agriculture, known as the 

 Iowa State Fair Grounds and situated in the city of Des Moines, and 

 herewith submit our estimate of the value of said lands as follows: 



In our judgment the lands owned by the State of Iowa and controlled 

 by the Iowa State Board of Agriculture, embracing 283 34-100 acres, Is 

 of the total value of $375,070.00. 



In arriving at the value of these lands, we have taken into considera- 

 tion the special advantages of the location and topography, which, in our 

 judgment, are ideal for the purposes to which they are devoted, being ad- 

 jacent to the city of Des Moines and easily accessible therefrom by the 



