Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-22
BEST ACRE OF CORN
Raised by Fred McCuIIoch, Of
Hartwick, in Johnson County
EAR OF CORN SELLS FOR $500
Acre Produced Over So Bushels 81
CLASSY Corn and Carried OF
Valuable Premium at the
Big Exposition.

Des Moines. Dec. l7.-Fred McCui.
loch OF Hartwick won the grand
champion sweepstakes OF the Iowa
Corn show at the Coliseum for the
best acre OF corn grown in all OF
Iowa. This acre was in Johnson
county and it produced SO bushels
and 20 pounds OF beautiful golden
maize of the Yellow Dent variety.
The prize won was a silo.
c. R. Bishop, OF Altoona, winner
OF the grand champion sweeps axes
for the best ten ears in all the state,
was reserve grand champion for the
best acre yield. His acre is IN Polk
county and il produced SO bushels
of Yellow Dent. 4
In the same class Henry George
of West Union won first prize for the
north central district. A. w. Weston
Of Audubon ranked after Messrs.
McCulloch and Bishop in the south
central section, and A. H. Bakehouse
of Sigourney won first for the south
ern section.
Winners In the artistic display
class have been announced as fol.
lows First. c. E. Malone Of Allan
tic; second, II. r. Malone of Allan
tic; third. Fred Heathershaw OF Des
Moines: fourth, A. l.. Plummer of
Altoona; fifth, M. S. Nelson OF Gold
field; sixth, Fred McCulloch of Hart
wick; seventh, w. F. O'Cheek of
Grinnell. The first prize was a FIVE
horsepower gasoline engine and the
second manure spreader.
Final awards were announced
Thursday. They were in Glass o. for
the best bushel of silage in the en-
tire state. w. E. Davis of Berwick
won the first prize. Other winners
rank as follows: Fred McCulloch,
Hartwick; j. E. Cornwell, J. A. Pet
ers and John Justice, Ankeny; ]. II.
Heathershaw, Des Moines.
The annual banquet of the Iowa
Corn Growers association was held.
Retiring President Grant Chapman
of Bagley presided and the member
ship presented him with a fine gold.
headed cane. A beautiful gold watch
fob was presented to Secretary NJ.
l.. Bowman of Waterloo.
E. T. Meredith, editor of Success
full Farming and newly elected presi-
dent of the c numerical club OF Des
Moines. paid 500 for the grand cham.
pion sweepstakes ear OF corn which
carried off the honors In the single
ear clas.
Besides paying 500 for the best
thirty ears, C. r. Bishop paid $50 for
the grand champion bushel of corn.
He grew the corn himself and paiu
that much to be allowed to retain
possession Of it.
George Larson Of Des Moines
bought the grand champion bushel
of wheat, paying 1872 for it.
Fred McCulloch of Hartwick, treas
urer Of the Iowa Corn Growers as
ISOLATION, paid $40 for the best bu-
shell OF oats displayed at the show.
A. l.. SHIPPER of Sigourney pur-
chased the seventy-fiye ears Of corn
which won the grand champion
sweepstakes in the acre yield con-
test for s.. The corn was grown by
Fred Mccullough of Hartwick.
Child Paralysis Crops Out Again.
Sioux City is having touch Of in
fantile paralysis. the disease which
assumed epidemic form in Iowa last
summer and which has been practic-
ally controlled through efforts OF the
state board Of health. Three cases
of the illness in Sioux City have
been reported to the health board.
Galva, in the same section OF the
state, also reported two cases.
viii Get 100000 Fortune.
One hundred thousand dollars is
the sum that will go to Mrs. Mary
Moore, 92S West Seventh street, the
wife of w. E Moore, salesman for
a coal company, as a result Of the
reunion Of her uncle, John Benson,
and her mother, Mrs. a. M. West at
Ottumwa at the end of a twenty-five
year search instituted by the former
Piummer Heads Corn Growers.
A. L. Plummer of Altoona, one OF
the most prominent Of the advocates
of better corn in the state, was elect
ed head of the Iowa Corn Growers
association at the annual election
held in the Coliseum. Plummer sue
ceeds Grant Chapman OF Bagley, who
was not a candidate for reelection.
Mrs. kyiesworth Dies Suddenly.
Mrs. Marie Aylesworth, wife OF JUS
tice G. NJ. Aylesworth, died most un-
expectedly at the residence, l4l9 Des
Moines street. Her death was very
sudden, and 1t is thought was due TO
neuralgia of the heart.
Logan Shows Need fer Arsenal.
Adjt. Gen. Logan Of the Iowa Nat
ional guard, in his biennial report
filed with Governor Carroll. urges the
necessity OF the general assembly ap
priating funds for the erection OF a
large and substantial armory and
arsenal in Des Moines.
Would Reduce Salary.
Many members Of the Greater Des
MoiIes committee are opposed to
giving successor to Secretary Lu.
cius E. Wilson more than $500 or
$4,000 year salary.
Typhoid Record.
Iii making up the vital statistics
for the annual report iae secretary
of the state board OF health dug out
the fact that the report shows to-
tal OF only sixlcen deaths during all