The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-04
THE BELOIT FAIR.
Mitchell County Meet Was a
Notable Success.
Premiums We're Liberal and
Paid Up in Full.
EXHIBIT
Grains, Grasses and Vegetables
Especially Fine.
Bryan Samples Corn Bread Made
on Grounds.

| Beloft. Kan. Oct. 4.-The eighth an
nuaI meeting of the Mitchell County
State Wide Fair association was not
able success in every department. The
receipts are the largest in the history
of tn organization. The premiums
| were liberal, and all were paid in full.
There is enough left in the treasury
TO make other substantial improve
rnents in time for the 1911 fair. To the
president and secretary, E c. Logan
and W. s. GabeI, and their corps of ex-
! ceIIent. hard working assistants, who
never tired of their work the four days
Of the fair. Mitchell county owes
debt of gratitude the county can afford
to pay with good interest. And the
business men of Beloit. many of them.
took especial interest in the fair in
| Offering generous financial premiums
| for special exhibits The special corn
/ exhibit for which a. T. Rodgers offer
| ed $50 in premiums, was one OF Lne
most attractive exhibits in the big tent
where the displays of grains, grasses
and vegetables were made More than
half a hundred made exhibits The
committee said they were all good
Such corn samples would do credit to
any state fair.
| other suecIaI premiums for conn ex-
hibfts were given by Frank Williams &
| Co. merchants eff Beloit, and the coun-
/ ty of Mitchell
Sold 500 Worth of Melons.
There were exhibits of watermelons.
weighing 40 and 80 pounds One man
said that so far this season he had sold
$500 worth of rnslons ne raised on four
acres, besides had many more wagon
| loads on hand
There were cucumbers IA inches long,
grown and exhibited by Mrs. Mary
Banks.
Snaskfne of Mitchell county's NAM
moth corn crop, one of the exhibitors
! said he had corn that would yield from
s0 ia * bushels per acre; another raiser
| saws ne believes some of his corn Will
run as high as 100 bushels an acre
In the culinary and pantry stores uG-
Uartrnent, presided over by Mrs FRANK
| Williams. there was happy rivalry 10
see who could make the best loaf OF
bread or sweetcake- About the time
the committee was 10 choose w >
BRYAN and Frank Rockefeller put in
their appearance, and Mrs. Williams
kindly invited them in to sample the
| corn bread, baked on the grounds, Tor
which three premiums were offered by
the BeIoft Milling company. the age
limit being Il years The politicians
couldn't decide they said it was all
good. The committee decided that Edna
Bellies was entitled to the first
uranium Kenneth kayS second. and
Henrietta Pittaway and VERNE CIynlre
tied for the third. One of the young
girls said that her loaf of bread was
the kind mother makes
No Horse Racing Allowed
The fair association doesn't permit
horse racing, but in it's stead there
| were bicycle racing and horseshoe
pitching. the latter being perhaps the
| first time on record any fair assoc1a-
ton has sprung this amusement A $40
I n nd HnflV
This being state wide fair stock
breeders and exhibitors came from
| other counties. One OF the largest ex-
hibits was that from the Spring HUI
| breediuz farm Of c. G. Cochran & Sons,
adjoining PIainvilIe, Rocks county.
| They had a herd of Is head Of Short
| Horn cattle This firm has the largest
herd of Short Horns in the state,
| about 400 head They are making
| speciality Of attending county fairs,
| their object being to keep in touch with
| the breeders So far this year they
| have exhibited in Stockton, Sylvan
| Grove, Concordfa, Beloit and Minna-
| apoIts- They have carried off many
| premiums from these fairs. winning
seven firsts, five seconds, one third,
and two sweepstakes.
F L. Brown & Co, of Sylvan Grove.
Lincoln county. exhibited five head Of
| Herefords- At the head of his herd is
| Castor" 3 years old and weighs 1,sGo
| pounds.
| E. E Booker. of Mitchell county. ex-
| hibited II head of Short Horns. Den
| MS Povania' is at the head of his herd,
4 years old and weighs 2,3T5 pounds.
| In the horse as we'll as cattle exhibits
| the show was first class. It goes to
prove that Mitchell is fast coming to
| the front as one of the big horse and
! cattle counties in the state In the
/ Percheron class this county stands on
! the top round of the ladder In the
/ horse exhibits Joseph Wear of Mitchell
| county. had nine head. including colts,
/ of the German coach variety Ny.
Wear & Sons are the owners of the
we'll known Lawnsdale stock farm. and
at all times keep a supply of fine
thoroughbred horses.
Fine Exhibit of Horses.
One of the largest exhibitors was r.
9. Mckiunie, who was on hand with
Is head of Percherons. In the herd
| was a 3-year-oId stallion weighing 2.150
pounds Two of the mares exhi bfted
we're prize winners at the Chicago IN
| ternatio show last fall
The western part OF Mitchell county
/ was represented by John Schmitt. of
the famous Upton country. Besides
his champion mare Della, . which sue
ceeded in carrying off first honOrs at
/ the Topeka State fair, he had several
| other horses here, five of them being
registered Pereherons.
| KeppIe & Barnett. Of Glen Elder. who
| made the big exhibit Of Percherons at
! the Topeka State fair, had their herd
| here. and as usual were awarded sew
eral first premiums It looked if about
half of the population OF Mitchell coun-
ty are in the fine thoroughbred stock
industry Among them are c J. John
son. John Quackenbush, Brown & Lath-
am Roy Neifert. c E. Mckfnnie. L
A. Lanborn. T c Wrench, P. H. Pag-
cit. F. L Siegrist. Al Hicks, Elmer
Creitz. George Bunch. George Biddin-
ger. Chris Hanson, Charles McCIeary.
Myrone Torney- E c. Logan. W b &
J. NJ Rodgers. Leon Carter. and 9TH