Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-09-06
OUR PRODUCTS.
The St. Paul Collection Goes by
Express tc Its Destination
The Articles.
A Flattering Letter from Secre-
tary Walker Of the Helena
Board Of Trade



distinguished Itself by collecting and
! shippiDg TO Mr.. II. Z. Davis, geoeral
agent If the Northern Pacific railroad
company, 81. Paul, Mimi, such an
/ exhibit OF the products Of the soil as
are found IN this immediate neighbor-
hood, which exceeds that recently sent
to the Helena fair, under the able and |
efficient management Of Mr.. l.. A. |
Huffman, who has personally given |
his time and attention to the matter.
The secretary Of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday shipped by express TO
st. Paul the follwing articles: Indian
corn, sweet corn, pop corn, tobacco,
Scottish fife wheat, white and red
onions, sweet squeshes, crab apples.
three cuttings Of alfalfa taken from the
same field, pumpkins, white oats. red
table bests. German sugar beets,
melons, cabbage, turnips, caulih Iwer,
rutababas, carrots and potatoes,
The contributors Of the above collec
tion are w. n. Haynes, Joe E chorn,
Geo. w. Liscom. William Strong,
Chauncy Weaver. John Carter,
MIcheal Kircher, w. b. jordan aud
an Indian whose nems we Iid not
learn.
The articles that need special men,
tion are the corn grown by Kircher,
which stands 10 feet high, bearing ears
with "A rogs TO the ear; the sweet
squash weighing 70 pounds, ana the
tobacco Taised from this years SEED,
standing 81 feet. raised by Haynes and
Eiehorn. The three cuttings Of alfalfa
are from the Jordan farm. together
with some fiue specimens Of white
oats and threshed wheat. William
strong contributed Oue cabbage that
weighed q pounds, aud carrot that
weighed 4 pounds. John Carter pre-
sented digging Of potatoes taken
from three bills that weighed thirty
one pounds.
Too much praise cannot be given 70
the various farmers who have sogener-
Ously aided the Chamber Of Commerce
in making this exhibit, and we feel
confdent thst time will amply repay
all ~so have interested themselves IN
this nOtsble undertaking.
The STATE FAIR EXHIBIT.
Itisa matter Of much pride for US
In Custer county that the other cOun'
ties IN the state. with hardly al
exception, join 90 heartily in coDgratu
? laling us. over the exhibit we made 81
= the Helena fair. This generous spiri
is appreciated. 1t is proper And :hor
m oughIy In accord with that health,
Or rivalry that in existing, benefits al
D. communities. We have no doubt bu
"a that the achon Of Custer county thi
~ year, will be followed next year Dy al
In the other counties In the state and II .
we can certsinly show to the outsid
world snch an exhibitss.will redowne
to the credit and honor Of MoDtAna
Let this matter be taken In hand I
time aud the result accruing will b
something Immense. The peopl
OF Custer stand ready and desirous
90 ha d In hand with ersister couniis
and when the time comes for actio
she will be there
The following referring to our lei
exhibit IL taken from an editorial
the Montana Live Stock Journa
'sThese facts are something for OF
Montana farmers TO think about. tn
State fair, recently closed at Helen
was not a thorough success in the rel
resentatlon Of agriculture, bat II
enterprising county Of Custer set II
ball rolling by sending a g-and exhib
Of the products Of lie fertile soil. III
people Of Custer county have won
reputation and advertised the adsar
tages Of their county. Their examp
Is worthy Of imitation. There Al
ffleen more counties In this great slal
nearly. II not all OF which can equI
Custer in the products Of grain an
vegetables. What are the people I
Bitter Root, Gallatin. Judith, Nil
river and other great valleys doing
Their claims Of wonderfnl productive
uess should be substantiated by pla'
= ing their commodities before the pei
pie. Not only the people Of the sal
bat the visiting eesterners, who IN
varably attend = fair and thus iorl
al idea OF the merits Of our countr.
Custer county did pobly, but Il car
not answer for the other ilfeeu div
slons Of Montana Now who
year is before the farmers and the