Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-09-15
$500 Silver Trophy Presented
to A. D. Vansickle. Of
Warren. .-{

state fair Friday of last week, when
Mr.. Al Vansickle, of this city, was
presented with the beautiful $15O0
gold and silver trophy of the State OF
Colorado, won, by him for the best
peck OF oats in the international grain
exposition at Omaha last December.
This locality is proud of the fact that
the champion grower of oats in the
world lives here and also of the fact
that it's soil and climate have the
necessary requisites for growing an
oat OF such excellence. This soil,
when given the careful, thorough and
intelligent cultivation that MIR. Van
sickle gives it, will produce crops of a
very superior quality and yield. Mr.
Vansickle is to be congratulated for
his industry and skill in tilling the
soil and getting such splendid results.
The winning of this trophy was ar
event of great Importance to the
whole Red kiver Valley.
The trophy is an imposing vase Of
silver and gold standing with its
ebony pedestal fully three feet high.
1t cost $1,000. The inscription is as
follows:
"Presented by the State Of Colorado
Dec. 7th, 1909, to The National Corn
Association, to be awarded For the
Best Peck of Oats Grown in the Years
1909 to 1918. Competition Open to
the World"
The Minneapolis Journal thus de-
scribes the exercises in connection
with the presentation ceremony: q,
"The exercises opened with the ov.
erture king Midas" played by Miss
Hopes Ladies' orchestra from Mime
apolis. Professor Coates sP..zBuI OF
the college of agriculture gave short
history of the movement which led to
the presentation of the beautiful tro-
ply. The first grain exposition was
held in Chicago and the second in
Omaha. 1t was here that the Big Col.
orado trophy was shown for the first
time and eventually awarded to Mr..
Vansickle.
President Underwood introduced
Isaac N. Stevens proprietor of the
Daily Chieftain, PUEBLO, and a promi-
nent citizen Of Denver, who said:
"From one to ten thousand little
storehouses in the Colorado noun
tains vss took the silver and gold and
had this trophy cast into form to en-
courage in all sections of the world
the highest possible development of
the soil and the utmost skill in the
production OF oats, one of the most
useful of our cereals.
1T goes without saying that our
own state could easily keep the tro.
ply if our farmers were not such
philanthropists that they wish to see
not only our trophies widely circulat-
ed, but those people properly reward
ed whose genuine effort, and not the
spontaneity OF nature, produce the re-
suit
"In fact at the first contest at Oma-
ha last year, the Colorado oats were
so large and sound and white and
clean that the savants on the commit
tee of award shook their heads wisely
and said that nothing but artificial
oats conld ever make such a showing
as that-a1id we lost by having too
good an exhibit.
Victory Was Deserved.
"However,~ am quite certain that
in this matter of oats the trophy has
gone to the right person, for when
Minnesota really turns herself loose
to excel in any line of human endeav.
or, it behooves the balance of the
world to prepare for a battle royal if
success is expected. The trophy tells
it's own story as to how it can be won
and 1 have no doubt that next year
there will be many ardent wooers.
s'The winner this year is A. D. Van
sickle of Warren, Minnesota, in the
contest for the best peck OF oats,
4 u Z >
{ open to the worlds classes, in which
contest not only every state in the
union, but England and Canada as
\ we'll, participated.
'On behalf Of the state Of Colorado
and with the sincere compliments Of
her people, take great pleasure In
presenting this trophy to you, Mr..
vansickle. Inasmuch as the trophy
is to remain on public exhibition in
the state Of Minnesota for one year,
and until another award is made. I
wish to congratulate the people Of