PART III. 



Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Iowa 

 County and District Fair Managers Association 



Des Moines, Iowa, December 9, 1913, 1:00 p. m. 



Meeting called to order by the President, J. B. Mullen, Fonda, 

 Iowa. 



The President : I am pleased to call to order the Sixth Annual 

 Convention of the Iowa County and District Fair Managers. It is 

 somewhat different today from what it was five or six years ago, 

 \\hen this organization was started. Only a few responded. Today 

 we have a splendid crowd of the energetic, active and progressive 

 fair managers of Iowa. I can assure you that this wiU be an 

 interesting meeting right from the start, because so many fairs are 

 represented here — so many fairs appreciate the work that this 

 organization has accomplished for every fair which has been repre- 

 sented at these meetings for the last four or five years. I hope 

 that the organization will continue to grow, that the interest that 

 has been shown in this way for the past four or five years will 

 continue, and that my successor will be pleased to call this meeting 

 again next year to a larger and more numerous audience. 



We will proceed with the program as it is printed, followed by 

 impromptu addresses and the experiences of the different fair 

 managers, and we ask that all of you take a keen interest in these 

 matters and voice your own opinions and your own sentiments fully 

 and in a friendly manner, because there are a great many people 

 here who came to get the experience of the older managers, the 

 managers who have made their fairs in their immediate localities 

 a success. We think that all of you will bring back home some 

 idea to put in operation that will make your local fair a greater and 

 a grander success. 



This evening at 6 :30 we will have a banquet, for which we also 

 have a very interesting program. I have no definite written report 

 to make to you. Mr. Rigby, I understand, has one, but I will make 



