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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 JULY 21, 1912. 



Committee met with all members present. The meeting was for 

 the purpose of considering improvements at the fair grounds and 

 making arrangements for the 1912 fair. 



The plan for two corrugated iron doors for the driveway en- 

 trances on north side of the new horse barn was approved and 

 secretary was 'authorized to place the oirder for same. 



The changes on the switchboard as outlined by Mr. Stevenson 

 of the Des Moines Electric Company were approved and they 

 were authorized to go ahead with the work ; the estimated cost to 

 be between $500 and $600. 



The contract with the Des Moines City Railway Company was 

 gone over, and with the exception that it should not include lot 

 12 for the use of the street car company and that it should not 

 require the management of the Iowa State Fair to furnish turn- 

 stiles for exits. With these corrections the secretary was author- 

 ized to sign same and forward it to President Cameron for his 

 signature. 



Secretary was authorized to order one thirty ton car of tan 

 bark for use in the carriage section of the horse barn and in the 

 stock pavilion. 



Also to order six ventilators for the cross section of the horse 

 barn. 



Invitation was extended to ex-President Roosevelt, President 

 Taft and Hon. Woodrow Wilson, through the respective national 

 committeemen, that they be present one day during the Iowa 

 State Fair. 



The committee met with Mr. Geis Botsford, secretary of the 

 Des Moines Commercial Club, and together called on the M. & 

 St. L. Ry. Company, the Des Moines, Fort Dodge & Southern and 

 the Colfax interurban companies, relative to rates during the 

 state fair. 



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