Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-12

| Ledgerwood, of Leon, was given this
responsible position. Mr.. Pike, the
new member of the board of directors,
will succeed Mr.. Ledgerwood as super
intendent of the sheep and poultry de-
| partments.
Important steps were taken by the
directors yesterday in the direction OF
making the fair grounds more beautiful
and parking and planting trees therein
instructions were given to the eXecu-
tive committee of the department to
make contract with a suitable person
for 100 trees, or Whereabouts, to set out
on the state fair grounds the coming
spring. The trees on the state fair
grounds are thinning out and 1t is pro-
posed to plant elms and others that will
be most satisfactory to the conditions.
Steps were also taken to secure the
cooperation of the horticultural soci-
ety. committee of the agricultural
department directors, consisting of nj.
j. Wragg, c. w. Phillips and M. Nc
Donald. was named to visit the horti-
cultural society and lay the matter be-
fore 1t. 1t was felt that many of the
members of the horticultural society
would be willing to send specimen trees
to the agricultural department, the de-
partment of agriculture to pay the
freight and furnish a suitable man to
set out and care for the trees. AT the
meeting of the society in the afternoon
the committee visited the horticultural
convention and addresses We're made by
Mr.. Wragg and Mr.. Mcdonald, pre-
senting the proposition. Mr.. Wragg
had already advised substantially the
same thing in his annual report, and 1t
was we'll received by the horticulture
lists Colonel Burnap, of Clear Lake,
who was in the chair yesterday after
noon, said that he had no doubt that
many individual members of the horti-
cultural society would respond.
A committee of the Commercial Ex
change. consisting of d. B. Lyons. Milo
Ward, p. c. Kenyon and b. c. Ward,
accompanied by State Labor Commits
sioner Brigham. waited on the directo-
ry board and discussed the matter of
enlarged exhibits of Iowa manufacture
ers at the state fair In regard to the
old Iowa Producers building, the COM
mittee from the Commercial Exchange
said 1t had understood the directors
proposed to move it. 1t was requested
that it be assigned to Iowa manufac-
turers and put in a favorable locality as
one of the inducements offered manu-
facturers of the state to exhibit at the |
state fair. Mr.. Brigham said that in
travelling about the state he met many |
manufacturers. and that he felt he
could show to many Of them the advan-
tages of exhibiting at the fair. The |
directors of the agricultural department. |
are disposed to do all possible to help
along the Iowa manufacturing exhibit, I
and will doubtless comply with the
wishes of the Commercial Exchange.
1t was decided by the directors to
abolish the practice of requiring pre-
MUM winners to pay entry fees. Each I
exhibitor will be required to buy an
exhibitors ticket. but there will be no
fee. except in the speed department.
The executive committee was in +
to secure plans and specffica
tons for pavilion for the judging of /
hogs. These plans will be presented to
the board at it's next meeting, and steps
will then be taken toward adopting
plans and letting contract.
The directors set aside $4,000 of the
surplus as a reserve fund. Improve
ments to the amount of about $4,000
will thus be made this year, as the
amount in the treasury now is about
10000.
ne board will continue in session to-
and will revise the premium lists
conclude a number OF details con-
1ected with the conduct of the fair of
1903. The removing Of the charge for
entry on premium winners has the eff
.ect to increase the total sum to be
paid from premiums by about $1,500.