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want salesmen or some one concerned; he wanted some disin- 

 terested tractor man. I knew where such a man could be found, 

 and I took him to the Superintendent of the Machinery Depart- 

 ment and told him he would be well taken care of. I saw this 

 man the next day and asked him if he got the information he 

 wanted. He said "That man is onto his job, and I got just what 

 I wanted and closed the deal." This genial gentleman has an- 

 other distinction, by his own admission — he is the only politician 

 on the Board. He testified before the Retrenchment and Re- 

 form Committee of the legislature that all the rest of the mem- 

 bers were farmers and democrats. He is a man who has made 

 good and always makes good in any position he occupies. I con- 

 sider it a pleasure to nominate J. P. Mullen of Fonda. 



The nomination of Mr. Mullen for vice president was seconded 

 by Mr. Curtin. Mr. Curtiss moved if there were no further nom- 

 inations that the president declare nominations closed and the 

 secretary be instructed to cast the vote of the convention for Mr. 

 J. P. Mullen to succeed himself for vice president. Motion sec- 

 onded by Mr. Curtin and unanimously adopted. The secretary 

 so cast the forty-three votes of the convention for Mr. Mullen 

 and the president declared Mr. Mullen duly elected vice president 

 to succeed himself for the ensuing year. 



Mr. J. P. Mullen: 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : I sincerely appreciate this con- 

 fidence and for the generous support and recognition you have 

 given me so many years. It will be my best effort to co-operate 

 with the other members of the State Board of Agriculture to make 

 our fair even more successful in the future than it has been in the 

 past. I sincerely thank yovi again for this honor, and I hope it will 

 not have been extended in vain. 



The President : The next offices to be filled are those of direc- 

 tors from the even numbered districts. Nominations are open 

 for members of the board from the second district. 



Mr. T. W. Purcell, Franklin County: 1 wish to place in nom- 

 ination Mr. E. T. Davis, Iowa City, to succeed himself. Nomina- 

 tion seconded by Mr. Earl Ferris. Mr. T. W. Purcell moved if 

 there were no further nominations that nominations close, the 

 rules be suspended and the secretary instructed to cast the vote 

 of the convention for Mr. E. T. Davis. Motion seconded by Mr. 

 Ferris and unanimously adopted. The secretary so cast tl'-'^ 



