SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I. 165 



Superintendent St. John, the old poultry building be used for 

 the foreign agricultural exhibits, to be designated as Foreign 

 Exhibits Building. 



J. C. Simpson, 



Secretary. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 

 Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4th and 5th. 



Committee met on call of president, with all members present 



The secretary presented communication from F. W. Bick- 

 nell, proprietor of the Mail and Times, in regard tO' some adver- 

 tising for the State Fair, and committee authorized secretary 

 to accept proposition as presented in Mr. Bicknell's letter, not 

 to exceed $25.00. 



Communication from the ^irls Band of Hamburg, Iowa, 

 was presented, and secretary was instructed to write the mana- 

 ger thereof that the committee had already engaged sufficient 

 music for the Iowa State Fair. 



The committee, with Gov. Packard, visited the grounds, 

 looking into the matter of providing additional barn room for 

 cattle. It was decided to build an addition to the building for- 

 merly used for the poultry show, sufficient to place therein four 

 rows of stalls. It was further agreed that a tent 90x120 should 

 be secured to provide stall room for the balance, and secretary 

 and the superintendent of grounds were instructed to see that 

 the same was provided. 



It was agreed to build a sixteen foot addition to the north end 

 of the secretary's office, and secretary was instructed to see that 

 same was completed in time for the fair. 



J. C. Simpson, 



Secretary. 



