The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-10
PIE is OPULAR
Well Known Sauk Centre Citizens
Enjoy It
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
IieraId's Market Day Offer fxCites
interest and Committee on
Awards Has Fun

If any person doubts the excellence
OF the pies manufactured by st earns
county farmers wives and daughters
he should have been in The Herald
office about $3.50 Saturday afternoon
The Herald had offered three prizes
for the best pies brought in on marked
day. Eight fine apple pies were forth
coming. The committee of awards on
the twelve other prizes offered by
business men, namely Mayor F. E.
Minette, w. s. Dean and Harry Parkel
got wind of the fact that pies We're
on tap at The Herald office, and at
the time mentioned above they hove
anchor in the editors sanctum and
Immediately showed their pie faces
The details are too narrowing to pub
lish. but suffice it to sy that when
the ceremony was ended there were
fewer pies in sight, while as for the
committee, they said they were a
trifle full for utteraLce.
The pies began to come in shortly
after one o'clock and the procession
continued until g. The committee or
awards, consisting of Mesdames J.
H. Simonton, Alex. Jameson and H
+ Hennemann, appeared about three
o'clock and little later began their
work. 1t took good many hastings
and some discussion to decide, the
pies were all SO good. Finally the
awards were made. Mrs. Geo. Grund.
man taking, first prize, a years sub
scription tosThe Herald; Miss Trace
Unger, winning second prize, six
months subscription to The Herald;
ard Mrs. Judith Elliott coming IN
third, the prize being % calling cards.
In order to make things pleasant
all along the line, The Herald went
further than it had promised, and gave
each of the five ladies who did not
win prize, nice linen handker-
chief.
The other business men in town
who offered prizes found it a good
proposition. The farmers liked il
too, and everybody was pleased. The
committee on awards, mentioned
above, were kept busy during the af-
ternoon measuring, weighing and
checking up, so they really earned
their right to come to The Hrald Of
flee and eat pie. Followfng are the
prize winners:
Largest load of wheat-A. H. Hen
erickson, 40 bu., 10 lbs. First prize
scoop shovel, given by the Schleusen-
er Hardware Co.
Heaviest team Of work horses
Christ Miller, renter on the Cooper
farm, weight of team, 2,9SS lbs. Prize,
pair horse blankets, given by John
Kuschner.
Largest hog, alive or dressed-Jack
Allen took the prize with a hog
weighing 670 lbs. Prize, box cigars
given by Red Cross Drug store.
Fourth item, best pair spring colts,
did not fill.
Greatest number of fresh eggs.
Jake Hertig, ten and a half dozen;
second. Dan Harder, eight and half
dozen. First prize, 80 lbs. Ro~al
Quality flour; second prize, three lbs.
Chase & Sanborn coffee. both given
bv L. S. Bishop Co.
Largest amount of fresh butter.
Jake Hertig. 33 lbs. Prize, half toh
coal given by Lee & Gingery Co.
Best pair spring chickens. Geo
Grundman. Prize, pair ladies' shoes
given by Model Clothing House.
Heaviest farmer. Joe Mahle, weight
244 lbs. Prize, so lbs. sack Occident
flour, given by McCracken & Bur-
CESS.
Best pair dressed turkeys. Mrs
John Wiener. Prize, Picture, given
b. Golden Rule Store.
Tallest farmer. James Kinsella
height 6 it.. AZ inches. Prize, Pocket
knife. given by G. Hillerud & Co.
No prize was awarded for the larg-
est family. as the only family contest
ing, lives in the city-the prizes be-
imp offered for farmers only.
Market day was success. There
was large number of farmers In
town and the merchants had as
much as they could do to wait on
them. Z