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IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



fied that as long as this war lasts, the work that is being done by this 

 effective organization of district and county fairs will be an important 

 factor. 



The Chairman: The next will be the report of the Resolutions 

 Committee, which we didn't have this morning'. 



Mr. H. S. Stanberry: Mr. Mullen is chairman of the Resolutions Com- 

 mittee, but being a good Indian I consented to be his secretary and wrote 

 the resolutions, and he now says that he can't read my writing, so I will 

 have to read the report myself. 



RESOLVED, That the Iowa Association of County and District 

 Fair Managers, in convention assembled, tender our hearty thanks 

 to the officers of this association for their untiring efforts in pro- 

 curing legislation which has been so beneficial to our members, 

 and other efficient service rendered by them. 



Realizing further the importance of cooperation and organiza- 

 tion, we further 



RESOLVE and recommend that the legislative committee of 

 this organization cooperate with the legislative committee of the 

 State Board of Agriculture in procuring an amendment to our 

 present laws pertaining to state aid to fair associations, making 

 it a requirement that in order to procure such aid each fair asso- 

 ciation must have representation at the annual meeting of the 

 State Agricultural Convention. 



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in this great conflict of 

 war with other nations, that we pledge our allegiance to our Gov- 

 ernment and offer all our resources to the end of winning this 

 great war against autocracy, and the ultimate victory for a united 

 democracy of all nations. 



Scene on Grand Avenue at the 1917 Iowa State Fair. The auto has brot independence of railroads to 



the Fair visitor. 



