The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1903-07-18
COUNTY CORN SHOW.
State Worlds Fair Commission to Offer Cash
Prizes In Each County.


posed to organize a preliminary corr
show in every county in the state a
which cash prizes for corn will be of
fered and final state show at SOM
central point where state prizes upor
all counties will be awarded. In thu
county shows the sum of $50 is Sc
aside for prizes. Mr.. j. O. Allison ii
Chairman of the Commissions Com
mitee on Agriculture and H. j
| Waters is superintendent. County
prizes will be awarded as follows:
Glass A white corn, 1st $40; End, s.; Bird $3.50
Glass d, Yellow corn lst, $10 end. IS; 3rd, S2.5t
Glass @, mixed corn, 1st, IS; End, So; 3rd s2
For the collection Of 10 largest ears, s9
For the collection of 10 longest ears, S9
The sum of $1,000 will be offered by
the commission in state prizes. Details
of the show will be announced later.
The meeting of the Missouri Com
mission at which this special award
for corn prizes was determined upon
was held Friday in St. Louis. Mem
bers Of the commission present were:
M. T. Davis, Springfield, L. F. Par
ker, St. Louis, F. J. Moss, st. Joseph,
B. H. Bonfoey, Unionville, D. F.
Stoup, Lakeview, N. H. Gentry, Sc
dalia, j. o. Allison, New London, W.
H. Marshall Morehouse and j. X.
Hawthorne Kansas City. Capt. Frank
Gaiennie, executive officer and B. K.
Blair, Secretary, were present also.
H. J. Waters superintendent of agri-
culture, L. A. Goodman, superinten-
dant of horticulture, III. H. Gregg,
Of mines and meallur-
gy and Walter Williams superen-
tendant of publication made reports
for their departments.
Mrs. Eta Power is visiting in
Illinois.
Those wanting blackberries should
all on or phone r. H. Maggard.
They are wild ones and very fine.
Ed. Hendrickson went to Mendoza
Wednesday to attend the funeral Of
his brother-in-law, Jas. Fieldings.
AS will be seen by their announce
ment on this page, J. w. Lcmax & Co.
will continue their July Reduction
Sale to the end of the month. If YOU
havn't already done so better take ad-
of this sale at once.
Rev. E. L. Robson was at Chilli
cothe Wednesday in attendance at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
NJ. E. Church. The service was con-
lucted under the auspices Of the
Masons.
Lawyer G. A. Welsh, of St. Louis, !
has spent the past two weeks at the
,ld homestead south Of town and while |
here superintendent the placing of a
ine monument on the family lot in
The Laclede cemetery.
Prof. sipple, principal of the La
,lede schools, was in town the first of
the week and had The BLADE get
him out some stationery. He will re-
turn to Laclede in about a month to
to open school on the 7th of
September.
A little cur that ordinarily hasn't
energy enough keep the flies off it
self killed one Of the pet squirrels in
The park last Sunday morning. The
squirrels are getting real tame and
seem to be contented with their new
home. There are four left.
Prof. w. B. Evans, of Meadville,
was in Laclede Monday. Mr.. Evans
many friends over the county are urg-
ing him to become a candidate for
county school commissioner when the
office becomes vacant by Miss Baker
The vacancy will be filled
by appointment by the governor.
Moses Fifeld will hold public
salesof COWS, calves, hogs, horses and
other stock at his farm two miles
southeast of Laclede on Friday, July
81, to begin at 1 o'clock. He offers a
credit of twelve months without in
crest. Col. Shifet, the we'll known
auotioneer of Meadville, will have
charge of the sale.
Old customers remaining and new
mes continually coming in; new clerks
,eing added from time to time to take
are of the increased business is pretty
rood evidence that business house is
living entire satisfaction. This is the
condition that exists at the grocery
louse of Welsh & Co. This firm looks
losely after the wants and demands
f their trade and are striving always