The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21

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With preparations complete and
prospects for the best session ever
held, the annual Mahaska County Far
mers' Institute formally opened at
1850 o'clock Monday afternoon with the
program at the Grand opera house.
For the first time in several years
the classes in the children's declam
atory contests are full, and in all
there are forty-two contestants. The
program this afternoon consists OF
Glass B in the children's declama-
tory contest class, and the Central
Holiness University Scholarship class,
in which a total value of SIS in cash
and prize scholarships will be award
ed.
The first morning was occupied in
receiving and arranging entries and
donations and according to the strict
rule of the institute all entries must
be made before p. m. this evening,
and the exhibits this year have been
| awarded sufficient room, with the adj
ded accommodations offered by the
use of the Klingman hall on First
avenue East, id the corn and grains,
the pumpkins and squashes, the tur
nips, potatoes, cabbage and apples,
bread and butter, fruit, honey, pickles
and sorghum are each conspicuousIy
arrayed for the inspection of the jltdg.
es and visitors. A change greatly ap
preciated by all is the abandonment
of the jury room for the corn display
and the clearing of the court room
of all exhibits and donations so that
the entire space may be utilized for
the seating of the audiences at tie
various sessions of the institute
which are to be held in the court
house All of the exhibits and alona
lions have been removed toithe Kltn2
man hall, where plenty ofNspace IS
afforded, except for bread, DutClr and
canned fruit. which is displayed in the
lawyers room back of the judges
stand in the court rom. The speak
ers will all stani in the frOat OF the
court room this year, { nd not at the
side, so as to faca directly everyone
in the audience. The removal CT the
exhibits from the court room viii
also accommodate tho seating of he.
tween one hundred and fifty and TWO
&"ndrIu additional people.
The superintendent.
The superintendent of the axnibirs
are as follows.
Declamatory-J. G. Lytle, r. b..
White, Prof. Chas. II. Young, Mrs. j.
p. McMurray and Mrs. c. L. Hanna.
Butter-Clark Terrell.
Canned Fruits-Clara without and
Mabel Butler. H
Bread Mabel Mckinney.
Corn Clarence Hanna and Aber
Lyle. 4, It'll. oI ..- .. ~, E.
egetables-Samuel Branson.
Small Grains and Seeds-Dillon
Stalker. 'atE
Apples-J A. Stephenson.
Judges.
w. A. Hook, of Packwood, la, will
be the Judge of all corn exhibits. Mr..
Hook is an expert corn Judge, having
been assistant at Ames and at the
Natianal Corn Show 81 Omaha. lie
will also speak for u short time on
Wednesday afternoon. The Judges OF
the other exhibits are a. follows:
Wool, G. w. France; apples, Albert
Cooper. vegetable, W. l.. Campbell;
canned fruits, Mrs. j. r. Hoover;
bread, Mrs. Mary Hanna; butter,
Wilbur Johnson; small grains, |. N.
Taylor.
Room For Donations.
All merchants and factories who
have promised donations to the insti
tute are invited to display their
goods in the Klingman half where
sufficient room has beenh secured ito
arrange all donations with appro
pirate advertising posters and the
donors win do well to take advantage
of this opportunity.
Directors Meet.
In accordance with the rules OF the
institute the directors held a short
| meeting Monday afternoon and ap-
pointed a committee which is 10 nom
mate the officers and directors tor the
succeeding year. The committee ap
pointed consists of w. |. Rice, chair
man, A. j. Lyle, MILFORD Hull, J. II
Williams and F. F. Everett.
Program Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Forenoon-10:3 o'clock at Court
Room:
Prof. A. H. Snyder, of Ames, will
lecture on What Methods will Best
Maintain the Fertility of the Iowa
Soil?"
Afternoon-1:9O o'clock. at Opera
| House.
1-ChiIdren's Declamatory Contest.
Penn College Scholarship Class.
If attendance is an index OF the
popularity of the annual MahasEa
County Farmers Institute, the affair
| Is rapidly increasing in favor among
the citizens of the city and county.
Tuesday was the opening day and the
entries were not all in until evening
and some not fully arranged until the
next morning, but Notwithstanding,
1.-The attendance was remarkable
Throughout the day. Secretary F. F.
Everett, his assistant, Floyd c. Bran