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will be permanent In construction and a beautiful piece of architecture. 

 The materials used are hard burned matt face brick with white stone 

 trimmings and a red tile roof. 



In addition to the ladies' rest rooms the building makes provisions for 

 many other features of an educational nature. 



A room 40x80 feet is set aside for the exhibit of oil paintings. This 

 room will be absolutely fire proof and should be the means, with a 

 proper revision of our premium list, of bringing out an excellent art ex- 

 hibit another year. Other exhibit rooms are provided for, such as child 

 welfare exhibit, etc. A model school room with proper entrances, cloak 

 rooms, light and ventilation, and equipment is another feature. There is 

 also an auditorium with a seating capacity of 500 for lecture purposes. 



Commodious quarters are provided for the Babies' Health Contest with 

 an auditorium seating 300 for those who wish to witness the tests and 

 examinations. The room in which the examinations take place is well 

 lighted and ventilated and is set off by a glass partition from the audi- 

 torium. One wing will be devoted to the day nursery and a sand floor 

 play room for the older children. Opening off from the play room will 

 be a modern equipped play ground for the little folks. 



Provision is made for a sanitary, well equipped' dining room in the 

 basement. Surrounding the whole building, including the open court, 

 will be a twenty foot porch which will provide an excellent resting place 

 and will afford a beautiful view of the grounds. 



In working out the plans for this building it was the purpose of the 

 management to not only provide a resting place w'ith all the necessaries 

 for women and children but to provide features that will be attractive and 

 educational to both. 



VALUE OF FAIR GKOUNUS PROPERTY. 



In accordance with a resolution of the State Board of Agriculture 

 calling for an , inventory and valuation of the state's property under the 

 control of the board, the Executive Committee, with the assistance of the 

 architect employed by the board, made a careful inventory of all the 

 frame buildings on the grounds and appraised their value. 



The committee also employed — or rather a committee from the Des 

 Moines Real Estate Exchange very generously donated their services — to 

 appraise the value of the real estate. 



The value of the permanent buildings built since 1902 is shown by 

 the records of the department and from this the committee arrived at 

 the present value of these buildings. 



An invoice of all the loose tools and equipment w'as made by the 

 Superintendent of Grounds. This work has not been entirely completed 

 so that we can present an itemized inventory at this time. We found 

 it an endless amount of work to make an accurate inventory and to ar- 

 rive at accurate values on the frame structures and especially the loose 

 tools and equipment. The committee also found it quite difficult to ar- 

 rive at an annual depreciation on the various buildings and equipment. 

 However, when the inventory is completed in accordance with the present 

 plan it will give a complete record and appraised value of all the property 



