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cial attraction features for the night show at the amphitheater, 

 ec, for the 1911 fair. The following contracts were entered into : 

 Western Vaudeville Managers' Ass'n for Patrick Conway's 

 Band of New York City; F. M. Barnes, Inc., for six professional 

 vaudeville acts for amphitheater and pavilion shows ; Allie T. Woos- 

 ter, Portage, Wis., for relay races, Reman standing, tandem and 

 chariot races; Thos. R. Johnstone for sheep dog tricks, to be 

 brought from Scotland. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



MARCH 27-30, 1911. 



Committee met with all members present. This meeting was 

 called to negotiate with the Des Moines Electric Company and 

 ascertain if they were in a position to furnish the Iowa State Fair 

 Grounds with current for power and lighting purposes. 



The committee met with Mr. Sawyer, manager for the Des Moines 

 Electric Company, and were informed that the company now has 

 ample power to furnish the fair grounds with all the current de- 

 sired, provided a satisfactory contract could be made that would 

 warrant the company in building a high tension line to the 

 grounds. With this in view Mr. Sawyer agreed to submit the 

 committee a proposition in writing. 



The appropriation bill for fair grounds improvements having 

 passed both branches of the legislature, the president instructed 

 the secretary to notify the members of the board of a meeting 

 of the board at ten o'clock a. m., Tuesday, April 4th, for the 

 jpurpose of locating the machinery building, approving plans 

 and authorizing the executive committee to advertise for bids 

 and let contracts for the proposed improvements. 



:\IEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



APRIL 4, 1911. 



Board convened at ten o'clock a. m. as per call of the presi- 

 dent. Upon roll call the following members were found to be 

 present: Governor Carroll, W. B. Barney, C. E. Cameron, John 



