The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
Additional Harvest Festival Notes


or, claims that before his exhibit
was judged, some miscreant stole the
hiegest specimen he had, conse'
quently he lost the premium. Nat
urally he was quite angry.
Mrs. Metcalt has established a
record for baking graham bread,
altho "E. N" says that the record
was established as far as he is con-
cerned, 80 years ago. She secured
first premium, 50 extension table,
for the best graham bread.
The exhibits CT bread and butter
were simply great. These alone
were enough to warrant North Da-
kota laying claim to being the
BREAD and Butter" state of the
Union. There were IS samples OF
bread, and 35 samples Of butter in
the exhibit.
The women OF North Dakota have
shown that they have time for
liberal amount of fancy work, tho
they are among the busiest women
The display of needle work and the
like in the basement Of Blakey's
store, was very large and attracted
wide attention.
George Walker was buster than
an old hen with one chicken super
Intending the decorations. George
wants US to explain that the official
colors were red and yellow, but
owing to the fact that the material
in those shades gave out and about
the only place in the city displaying
the colors, was the Leland hotel.
Geogre Walker was buster than
a boy with a pair Of new red top
boots when he learned that his
sheep had taken the first premium.
The Surrey farmers made an ex-
cellent showing at the Festival. ..
M. Champlin, "The Surrey Farmer
won first premium on blue stem
wheat and first On barley. H. E.
Woodiwiss won first on Macaron1
wheat, and w. A. W. Culbertson,
second on Macaroni.
John e. Reed, who came from Mis-
souri, where they raise hogs, secur-
ed the blue ribbon on his Poland
China SOW and pigs. He got second
on his White Holland turkeys.
The Baby Show
Tuesday afternoon will long be re-
membered by thirty or more iona
mothers from all parts of the North
west, for this was the time that the
first bab show ever held IN
the Northwest, was pulled on. Inc
independent is responsible LOT 'nis'
80 - the best attractions in lne
.nt;re festival and owing to the eS-
,co.od;ng1v large exhibit ana 'ne
.noueonds Of people who desired ~
,.ve a look at the handsome At.t0
,hernbs we secured the use OF the
commercial club rooms for the snow
and il is well that we did So ne
mothers and their babes occupied
tho entire south side OF the cup
-ooms and for two solid hours
stream Of humanity filed past Ine
most important exhibit of all, va'nly
trying to pick the winners. i "ou'u
hate to be the judges of this snow
MANY a lady remarked, and Mes
danes Lesueur, Greenleaf anu
,c.evart who had been appointed
"a Judges by the Carnival committee
certainly had their hands full Inc
crowd was so large that it was neces-
xarv to secure a special otacer 10
keep the people into line as they
uassed to and from the rooms, and
cores of times Secretary 7oungman
warned the ladies to keep moving
at lively pace if they desired the
others on the outside to get LOOK
Mt the beautiful little creatures, al
MI. Two premiums were given, the
hrst. ten dollars in cash and the
second, five dollars in cash and these
we're awarded to first, eleven months
old George Sys, the beautiful little
brown haired, brown eyed son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sys, who re-
side on a farm near Burlington, and
Second, to Burdick, the six months
old son ofMr. and Mrs. James Lar
son, who reside east Of the city. Bur
dick is a handsome child, with Dig
expressive blue eyes, clear ign
complexion, and altho he is but hal
a year old, he weighs rs pounds ant
looks more like child Of a year