NINETEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART I 11 



Mr. Curtin and the committee also arranged the daily program for the 

 speed events. 



The committee approved the contract with Louis Gertson and agreed 

 to pay not to exceed $30.00 toward expense of lighting up aviation field 

 at night. 



The committee also approved contract with the firm of F. M. Barnes, 

 Inc,. for free acts. Amount of money called for in the contract being 

 $5000.00. 



The committee also approved contract for the C. A. Wortham Shows 

 and for Thaviu and His Band. 



The committee had a conference with Thos. H. MacDonald, chief en- 

 gineer, Highway Commission, and the Board of Control, relative to im- 

 proving the roads within the state fair grounds, under section 1532, 

 Supplement to the Code. 



The committee decided boys and girls entering pigs in the pig con- 

 test should not be required to purchase exhibitor's tickets but that 

 they should be required to pay the regular pen rent. 



The secretary presented a proposition from Walter W. Robb, Salem, 

 Ohio, for balloon ascensions during the period of the Iowa State Fair, 

 the program to vary each day with the understanding that two aero- 

 nauts be used and that from one to twelve parachutes be used, for the 

 sum of $400. 



The secretary was directed by the committee to write Mr. V. G. 

 Warner, Bloomfield, Iowa, asking him to serve as superintendent of the 

 poultry department during the year 1918. 



The secretary was authorized to negotiate for a five year lease of the 

 twelve or fifteen acres of land north of the race track. 



The following bids were received for printing 12,000 copies of our 

 1918 premium list. 



American Lithographing Company $1,106.00 



Homestead Printing Company 1,042.80 



The bid of the Homestead Printing Company was accepted by the 

 committee. 



The executive Committee also had a conference with Mr. Ralph Bol- 

 ton relative to the use of fair grounds for putting on a military tourna- 

 ment some time during the month of June. On account of General Plum- 

 mer being transferred to Ft. Sill, Okla., it was not possible to make definite 

 arrangements regarding the tournament. The following informal ar- 

 rangement, however, was discussed: The State Board of Agriculture 

 will grant the troops stationed at Camp Dodge free use of the fair grounds, 

 including race track, grandstand and such other buildings as are neces- 

 sary fo house the troops for the purpose of putting on a military tourna- 

 ment, with the understanding that the management of the state fair will 

 be reimbursed for all expense for labor for putting grounds and buildings 

 in shape and for cleaning up the grounds and restoring the buildings to 

 their former condition after the tournament; also that they will pay for all 

 material used and all damage to buildings, equipment, etc.; also pay for 

 water and light used. Mr. Bolton, representative of the Greater Des 

 Moines Committee, stated that they would underwrite the proposition 

 and guarantee that the grounds and buildings will be turned back in as 



