174 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
After considering the various propositions offered for music and 
other amusements for the State Fair the following contracts were 
let: 
Pain Pyrotechnic Co., the spectacle "Sheridan's Ride," 
four nights $4,000.00 
C. P. Graham's orchestra 207.00 
G. W. Tremain, Mgr., 56th Regiment Band 825.00 
F. M. Barnes, representing the Barnes Western The- 
atrical Exchange, for five vaudeville acts 2,300.00 
B. E. Gregory, one vaudeville act 125.00 
Prof. L. F. Sunline, one act 250.00 
Park Booking Circuit, two acts 650.00 
A. Liberati, for his military band and Grand Opera 
Co., sixty people 3,600.00 
Western Vaudeville Association, one act 1,000.00 
Warrants for per diem and mileage were issued as follows : 
6304 C. E. Cameron $50.00 
6303 W. C. Brown 43.00 
On motion the committee adjourned. 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 
April 16-18, 1908. 
Committee met with all members present. 
The committee spent most of the time at the Fair Grounds in con- 
sultation in regard to the various works in progress and instructions 
were given to the Superintendent as to how to proceed in the future. 
The Secretary presented an estimate for the advertising budget for 
1908. Budget was considered by the committee and it Avas agreed to 
carry paid advertisements with the county newspapers, not to ex- 
ceed six hundred in number. The balance of the budget as pre- 
sented by the Secretary was approved. His estimate amounting in 
the agregate to approximately seventy-five hundred dollars (7,500). 
After considering the details with reference to the coming State 
Fair the committee adjourned on motion. 
Warrants were issued for per diem and mileage as follows: 
6311 C. E. Cameron $30.00 
6312 W. C. Brown 38.20 
