The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-26
WALKER WINS
FIRST PRIZE
HAD LARGEST EXHIBIT OF SOIL
PRODUCTS
is STILL ON EXHIBITION
Real Estate Firm Purchases Entire
CoIlection-Exhibitors in Vari-
Gus Departments.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
j. M. Walker, who formerly lived in
the city and served year or two on
the police force, was awarded first
premium for general display of veget-
ables and farm products. Mr.. Walk
er's ranch is about 10 miles west of
the city.
Mr.. Walkers display has been call
ed the sensational feature of the agri-
cultural display at the late fair, and
it must be true, as the lact of securing
the first premium when there were so
many other large and meritorious ex-
hibits surrounding it attests. Mr..
Walker has ranch Of 80 acres and
his display covered about every
known variety of farm and garden
products that are raised in the north
temperate zone. The perfection of
the various products shown by him
was source of wonder even to those
who are familiar with the marvellous
fertility of Yellowstone valley soil.
The Rocky Ford melons, taste of
which demonstrated their delicious
flavor, the sugar beets and the numer-
GUS varieties of potatoes shown at
tracted more attention, perhaps, than
any other feature of the exhibit. Many
visitors from the eastern agricultural
states could hardly believe the evi-
dence of their own senses while in
specting the mammoth pumpkins,
water melons, squashes and the many
varieties of corn and wheat. The en-
tire prize display was purchased from
Mr.. Walker by the Billings Loan and
Trust company and is now being dis
played at their Office in Montana ave-
nue..
| Other Fine Exhibits.
| The judges in the agricultural and
fruit departments were w. F. Snyder,
| w. w. Long and T. ]. Jellison, and
they had a difficult task to perform
There were many other exhibits that
ranked closely in merit to that of Mr..
Walker. Among the exhibitors in
these departments were the following:
A. Frederickson showed a fine col
lection of grapes of several varieties.
j. HI. Calhoun, whose ranch is a mile
west of town, showed an excellent lot
of sugar beets and vegetables. A. V.
Cardwell of Blue creek had some fine
melons and vegetables on exhibition
and captured second premium on the
former. Thomas McGirl of Huntley
showed good line of vegetables and
field corn and some of the finest but
ter imaginable. f. w. Darling of
Blue creek had fine showing of veg
etableS, water melons, canteloupes
and cucumbers. Charles King of Park
City displayed some mammoth apples
of several varieties. j. M. Wallace
of Park City had asplendid showing
of fruits of various kinds, including
apples, plums, peaches, grapes, cur
rants, crabapples, pears, etc. Mr..
Wallace secured the first premium on
the general fruit exhibit. Sugar beets
grown by the Grow Indians on the
reservation were shown and they were
about as fine specimens as any in the
building. Charles Sanderson took the
first premium on his splendid display
of sugar beets. The Custer Cattle
company also made fine showing of
sugar beets. Dan Sullivan and
Charles King also had some fine speci-
mems of the bets on exhibition. Will
liam Birely showed what the Yellow
stone valley could do in raising hard
and soft wheat, his display of these
grains attracting much attention. e.
B. Hastings had, according to the
judgment of the judges, the best dis
play of hard wheat, and he was given
the blue ribbon. Mrs. Noble Algeo
made a general exhibit of sugar beets
and garden stuff. James O'Brien, the
Billings bench farmer whose display
was mentioned last week before it
was installed, w. l.. Babry, G. S. May
aud w. B. Douglass, also bench farm
ers, each had fine showing of what
the new land would bring forth in the
way of red top, wheat, oats, barley,
alfalfa, corn, buckwheat, kaffir corn,
millet and garden stuff. The entire
exhibit of these gentlemen was in one
allotment of space and was labelled
six Months From the Sage Brush"
The gentlemen also made a good show
ing of sugar beets. A. Frederickson,
whose ranch is near the water works,
captured second premium on general
display. He had seven tiers of shelves
filed with everything in the way of
soil products imaginable, including a
fine showing of sugar beets. Mrs.
William Heffner had good display of
vegetables. Frank Zimmerman, eight
miles west, had a good showing of
vegetables and sugar beets. o. Swan
son, two miles south, had some ex-
ceedingly fine cabbage, squashes and
canteloupes on exhibition. Mrs. M.
II. MCGOWAN of this city showed some
excellent vegetables. w. w. Palmer,
four miles west, had general display
of vegetables and sugar beets and took
first premium on his showing of water
melons. ]. M. Walker also captured
second premium on general fruit dis
play. The Hesper farm showed some
exceedingly fine fruits and vegetables.