The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-06
HARRINGTON STOCK SHOW
Arrangements Completed for Q Three
Days Stock Exhibit and Grand
Carnival Next Week.


iIth, 12th and 18th. Three days,
next Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, have been reserved for the hold.
ing of the Annual Pennington Stock
Show and Sale.
This announcement is made possible
by the action taken on last Wed nesday
morning at meeting held in the
rooms Of the Business Mems Club.
Forty Of the leading farmers and stock.
men Of the county had been invited by
the Business Mems Club to meet and
consider the holding Of show similar
to that Of last year The meeting
was unanimously in favor Of holding
the show, and made the following ar
engagements:
Through the activity of +. V.
Brown and Ilarve lIighley over four
hundred dollars was raised from the
business men and others Of Farming.
it possible to offer premium list az
grrgaling SGOO.00 or more. These
premiums will be distributed among
The following rings: cattle, horses,
mules, jacks and jennetts, sheep and
hogs and poultry. In order to make
the show Of the greatest possible bene-
fit to the stock raising interests Of
Southeast Missouri, everyone is urgent.
y requested to make such exhibit as
is possible. A premium list will be
issued within a few days and can be
had by applying TO the Committee on
Arrangements.
The following Committee on Ar
rangemeuts was selected by the gentle
men present; X. Z. Taylor, caait-
man: Doc Mackley, superintendent Of
cattle; Linn Clardy, superintendent of
horses, mules. jacks and jennetts; Is.
|. Morris, superintendent OF sheep and
hogs; Sam Tctley, superintendent Of
poultry, and c. T.. Hickok, secretary.
This committee held its meeting on
Wednesday evening and perfected nj.
engagements.
The stock exhibit will be made as
last year, on Mrs. Jennie L. Forster.
lot. There will be no entrance fees
in any of the rings. Everyone is free
to exhibit whatever is proper in the
various rings.
The Announcement OF the Southeast
Missouri Short Horn Breeders Asso-
citation that 1t will hold It's annual
show and sale in connection with the
Pennington Stock Show will be re-
ceived with pleasure. Thursday after.
noon, Sept. 18th, will be devoted 10
the sale of thoroughbred short horn
cattle. 1t is probable that some prom
inent authority on the breeding Of cat
tie will deliver an address on that SUBJ
ject on this day. The other two days
will be devoted to psrades and other
amusements and the exhibiting OF fine
stock, for the program Of which see
the catalogue, furnished by any men,
Der Of the Committee on Arrangements.
Dalton's Fourth Annual Picnic aud
Stock Show will be given in connec-
ton with the Pennington Show on
Thursday morning, Sept. 18th, in-
stead OF on Sept. l4th at Mr.. Dalton's
farm, as announced by hand bills.
The premiums as advertised by the
gentlemen having that show in charge
will be awarded as offered.
1t is the desire of those interested TO
make this show equally as interesting
aud successful as the one held last
yeer, aud no effort will be spared TO
accomplish this In general, the show
will be along the same lines as the
one held last year, which was so emf
nently successful.