Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-03
OFFICERED FOR NEXT YEAR !
Annual Meeting of Douglas County Agri-
cultural Society Proves Quiet Affair.
SOLOMON is SLATED BUT HERvEY WINS
Officers Chosen Arc Otherwise ms
Forecnsted-Country is Anxious to
Have Rural Location
for the Next Fair.


met Saturday afternoon in the Board o.
Trade rooms and something over forty mer
and two women paid the necessary 81 tC
entitle them to membership. Oscar j. Pick.
ard, the retiring president, presided. Sec.
retary G.. w. Hervey presented the follow.
ing report:
The reports of tho secretary and treas
urer at the annual meeting December Z
lS9S showed balarce subject to the order
If the society of Slit 81. There was received
at the annual meeting in membership fees
| $69. There has been subsequently received
Iemitted court charges in the Pickard and
| Williams contest suit, $40; memberships
81. and Douglas county for the Agriculture
| society appropriation for the years 1898 and
1899, $6,329.S5 50 3555. 45 of the 1898 appropria-
| There was received from sales of property
! and exhibits used in the DOUGLAS COUNTY
! agricultural exhibit at the exposition Sii.6S,
| S'hH interest on county warrants sold,
Office of s6,64S.5S
| The disbursements are shown as follows:
| Warrants issued in payment of premiums
| awarded at the fair of 1899, $G32 .32 for ex-
! hihition produce purchased by superin-
| tondentS of the county display made at the
! exposition, from July to october 81,
| S5@42; for salary of superintendent, $500;
| for salary of assistants in charge of en-
| hihit s255; for labor and help in putting up
displays, sl795O; for the speciality display
| designated the "Rattleship" original
contract for construction. s7S5; for change
|
solomon as architect and designer, $l25; for
use of piano and services of musician, $2i; ;
for services of secretary in keeping the ac-
counts and records for the society during
the exposition, $3.50; for services of the
president during this period, $3.50; for salary
OF the board of directors and officers as
board members in attendance at board
meetings during the year 346. 10; for salary
of board of directors and officers for serV-
ices ana attendance during the week of tho
fair, $57; for regular annual salary of secre-
tary, $500; for incidental and miscellaneous
expenses not in the above classitications,
$5S5S3, making total disbursement of
s4954.O7, which leaves a balance in the
hands of the treasurer subject to the order
of the Douglas County Agricultural society
of I,69i5l
Award of Premiums.
supplementary report or statement of the
award of premiums at the annual fair of
1899:
In Glass 1, farm produce. there was Of
fered in classification $57450 and awarded
exhibitors.
In Glass 2. green fruits, there was offered
Sl49 and awarded s46.25. There were 1O7 en-
tries by twelve exhibitors
In Class 3, preserves, pickles. etc, there
was offered $l22 and awarded sl1O.50. There
were 200 entries by six exhibitors
In Glass a. floral. there was offered Sl23
ana awarded Sl02. There were lat entries
by seven exhibitors.
In Class 5, bees and honey. there was Of
Tered SS6.5O and awarded S57. There were
eleven entries by one exhibitor.
Making a total of LOSS offered and S632 80 |
awarded to 81 entries by seventy-ive ex-
hibitors.
You will observe that there is differ
ance In the accounts of the secretary and |
treasurer Of $67,49' The treasurer's account |
embodies s2S.49 of old outstanding warrants |
and $39 of accrued interest on unsold |
county warrants, which makes this differ
ence s67.49.
Trensurer's Report.
Secretary Hervey read the report of
Treasurer Fl. F. Mcintosh. as follows:
Received of E. G. Solomon, treasurer
Paid warrants. 1898 issue ....s $500
Paid exposition fund to
Net cash balance January i, 1885. TESS 9S.
Cash receipts all sources. ............ 4,95953
Total receipts ......................s5,13 So, 1872 80
on 1899 warrants. .4,S7320
Balance in bank Observation-Disclosures. 25919
Available assets:
Registered county warrants and ac-
Accounts due and unpaid ............. Ass
Iotal '..................S1 ,S42S1
Warrants, 1899 issue, unpaid. .........s SoS7
Net assets ..........................s1 81 762. 90
E G. Solomon reported for the auditing {
follows: ,
I'VE, the auditing committee appointed
o audit the books and accounts of H. f. |
Mcintosh, treasurer of the Douglas County
Agricultural society, find by the books of ,
aid treasurer that he received the sum of
699.29, and that he has paid warrants to
he amount of $5,240.10, leaving a balance of | '
259.19 in cash and $1,000 In warrants total i
f funds in the hands of the treasurer of +,
|, 1918 We have also audited the books ,
f the secretary, G. w. Hervey, and find i
hat his books agree with the accounts of a
he treasurer !, Z
annon of Elkhorn precinct had been ap- :
nj cd nv rd
( the auditing committee when he was +
OF member of the society. Mr.. Pickard
spled that at the time he appointed him h
e supposed him to be member and he did =
OF think 1t was at all inappropriate to have h
representative from the outside. All the T.
aports were adopted as submitted. %
Election of Officers. h
In the election OF officers the slate as
resented in advance in these columns was
lattered somewhat. Charles Grau of Ben "
ngton was, 1t is true, elected for president, :,
eating j. r. Watts OF Waterloo by "a to "
. A. c. Aukerlund was elected vice presi- ~
mt without opposition. When it came to :,
e election of treasurer Oscar j. Pickard d
e slate candidate, was nominated by e
Solomon. The name of Fl. F. Mcintosh p,
as presented for reelection, but it was NJ
ated that he had not enrolled himself as a,
member and his name was dropped Pick Ie
d being nominated without opposition. n,
In the selection of a secretary Pickard ct
turned the favor done him by Solomon d,
Id presented the latters name d. II. W
lri3ty and G. w. Hervey were also pre- az
nted. G. r. Williams asked that the name
Christy be not considered, as he knew
would not permit the use of his name
ere he present, Mr.. Hervey denied that N
was a candidate for the place but inti- IN
ated that he had brought order out of 10
aos in the establishment OF the record w
the society and sat down without saying al
at he would not accept the office if ten 10
red him. In the vote which followed he Dt
celved 22 and Solomon 20 and Hervey was yo
clared elected tit
Two designations were handed in by mem yo
RS of the board OF directors and the board fr
IS completed by the election of the follow In
3 For the three-year term, E. c. Err IN
ng OF Omaha, e. II. Walker of Florence ed
d J. H. Taylor of Waterloo; for one year. m
I'LL vacancies, Herman Roessig OF Omaha st
d Chris Steiger of Benson. The holdover bo
'mbers OF the board are Robert Douglas of ou
khorn, j. r. Watts OF Waterloo, p. p an
'rgan OF Omaha and G, NJ Drexel OF Elk gr
". VIZ
During the discussions it developed that tn