144 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 



January 23, 24, 25, 1906. 



Committee .met on call of President with all members present ; 

 also. Board member, S. B. Packard, of the Fifth District. 



The Secretary was authorized in the following matters : 



To call for plans, specifications and prices for exhibit display 

 cases for Exposition building. 



To notify parties owning frame structures on the north side of 

 Grand Avenue, east from street running north from point opposite 

 "W. C. T. U. building, that they would probably be requested to 

 remove same before the first of June, and to be prepared to do so. 



To execute contract with Signor A. Liberati for engagement of 

 his band of not less than forty-five pieces, for six days of the 

 State Fair of 1906, at full compensation of $2,400.00. 



To have all cinders procurable within a reasonable distance of 

 the Fair Grounds, hauled for improvement of streets and side- 

 walks. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 



February 21, 22, 23, 1906. 



Committee met on call of President with all members present. 



The matter of vaudeville attractions for the State Fair of 1906 

 was taken up and considered, and contract entered into with the 

 Barnes' Western Theatrical Exchange of Chicago, for supplying 

 acts- as selected. 



The Secretary was instructed to make an effort to secure options 

 on seventy-eight lots in Eedhead Addition, lying between the south 

 line of Fair Grounds and Rock Island Railway switch, 

 ing proposition to purchase ten to twenty acres of the land com- 

 prising notheast corner of Fair Grounds at price of $150 per acre. 



The Superintendent of Grounds was instructed to have a King 

 road drag made for use on Fair Grounds. 



Executive Committee INIeeting. 



March 27, 28, 1906. 



Committee met on call of President with all members present. 

 Bonds of the Secretary and Treasurer were presented, and on 

 motion approved. 



