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it until last niglit when I was coming down on the train with Mr. Mullen. 



A. R. Corey: Mr. Bacon, didn't the county buy the ground? 



M. E. Bacon: Yes, sir, they bought it and gave it to us. 



The Chairman: Are you insured? 



M. E. Bacon:, I think they are insured in an old-line company, but I 

 am not positive. I know the grandstand is insured in a mutual com- 

 pany, but I don't know about the rest of it. 



Cass (Massena) : Not present. 



Cass (Atlantic) : 



A. We have never received any county aid — we could never get by 

 with it. We carry old-line insurance. 



The Chairman: Did you try to get county aid? 



A. We tried several times. If the Massena county fair gets it, we 

 want it, and the board of supervisors divide on it and we have never 

 been able to get it. 



Cedar (Tipton) : Not represented. 



Davis (Bloomfield) : 



iH. C. Leach: We never did get any county aid. We made applica- 

 tion this year. We carry old-line insurance. 



The Chairman: You have made an effort to get county aid? 



iMr. Leach: Yes, sir. 



The Chairman: And it didn't succeed? 



Mr. Leach: No, sir. 



The Chairman: You fellows had better get busy politically and elect 

 the right kind of fellows. 



Mr. Leach: We did elect the right kind of fellow, and then he went 

 back on us. 



Fayette (West Union) : Not represented. 



Guthrie (Guthrie Center) : 



No aid; old-line insurance. 



Harrison (Missouri Valley) : 



L. R. Pike: We never received any county aid. Insure in an old-line 

 company. Our situation out there is this: The grounds belong to the 

 city and the buildings belong to the association. Do you suppose that 

 would affect us in any way in getting county aid? 



The Chairman: The situation at Waverly is just like yours. 



The Secretary: That doesn't make any difference; you can get your 

 aid just the same. 



The Chairman: You conduct annually a county fair? 



Mr. Pike: Yes, sir; this year is the sixty-first fair. 



Jackson (Maquoketa) : Not represented. 



Keokuk (What Cheer): 



We don't get any county aid, and we don't use the mutual. They are 

 not interested in any local fairs. The same company that writes around 



