The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-16


please them and we received but
scant recognition.
Had Crowds Favor.
I'VE had the satisfaction, however,
of knowing that the crowds were
with us. When the blue ribbon was
attached to the Cascade display you
should have heard the comments. AL
most to a person the crowd declared
the decision to be unjust. Even some
of the officers of the association said
so and they could not understand
how 1T could have been reached.
GOTTEN did the guards have to ac-
tually drive away the crowds that
gathered in front of our display, so
that the aisles could be cleared and
people could pass through. But you
never saw this in front Of the Cas-
cade display. There was hardly a time
that you could not have driven a
team in front of it without danger
of touching a single person, while,
as | said before, there was a crowd
in front of our exhibit all the time
What the Figures Show.
''They claim that the award was
made on points and that Cascade
had the more, as compared with yell
lowstone. Five hundred was the to-
tai. Now if you will do a little figur-
ing you will see that we had the best
forage crops, root crops, melons, water
and musk, seed corn and pumpkins.
Now, as l figure lit, this gives 400
points. Then we also got two special
first prizes, one for the best b,lshel of
oats and the other for the largest
collection of root crops by a single
exhibitor. Besides these we got Sec
ond prize for celery, second prize for
squashes and half of the special cash
prize offered by the Montana Stock
man and Farmer for general display.
This prize was $25 and Cascade got
the other half.
add all these together and you will
find, think, that we came mighty
nearly having majority of the points.
There Are Others.
''Then on the poultry exhibit we
tscooped' 'em all. But we would have
got left there had it not been for the
vigorous protest made by Frank May
er, who was in charge OF that exhibit.
The decision of the judges here was
so manifestly raw that President
Benepe took cognizance of lit and the
discretionary committee reversed it.
''When Mayer arrived with his ex-
hibit he had about the only poultry ON
the ground. His birds almost filled
all the coops that had been provided
When it was seen that ne would prob
ably connect with all the prizes some
lively skirmishing ensued about Hell
ena for fowl and almost anything
that had feathers was entered. The
coops were partitioned off into two
compartments and Mayer had to
crowd his birds into the smaller
spaces, thus sadly detracting from
their appearance for exhibition pur-
poses.
''No protest against this was made,
but when lit came to making the
awards it was then that FRANKS Eng
lish could be heard above aid else. He
had four varieties of turkeys and
was awarded first prize for the best
single bird. A man named kinnick,
from Feast Helena, had only four
turkeys, all of the same variety, yet
the judges gave him first for best
general display. The injustice Of the
award was SO very apparent that
Frank would net submit to it and
when the discretionary committee
viewed the two exhibits it awarded
him the first prize, $25, for the best
display
in spite of the disadvantages un-
der which he labored, mayer received
IL first premiums, five seconds and
the prize for general display. In poul-
TRY, as in about everything else, fruit
alone excepted, Yellowstone county
led all the others, even though pre-
JUDGED and unfair judges deprived us
of the honors we won. A popular
expression among the visitors was
Why. there is nothing mere but yell
lowstone,' and Yellowstone is the
whole thing. From thus you can see
what the crowds Thought of our dis
play.
Reap Unfair Benefits.
But there is no use in kicking