Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06
FAIR IS A SUCCESS
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raised on his farm.
Poultry.
The poultry show this year mad
everybody sit up and take notice
When Mr.. Stoddard agreed to act a
superintendent of this department h
promised that he would make some
thing out of it, and it proved to b
whole show in itself. With twenty
three exhibitors and an importe
judge to determine upon the merit
of each, there was keen competition
and showing such as has not beef
seen in many years, if ever before
Space permits only a mention of tn,
exhibits:
H. T. Ramlo, 10 Toulouse geese.
Leonard Larsen, pen White Orping
tons.
Francis Hauswirth, pen each, White
Leghorns, Single Comb r. /. Reds
Single Comb Black Minorcas, ant
three Houdans.
Martin Christopherson, seven Single
Comb r. 1. Reds, seven White Orp
ingtons.
Mrs. Peter Johnson, ten Barred
Rocks, one White Rock.
Fred Biederman, pen White Rocks
Sever Alstad, four White Leghorns
John Wyland, seven White Leghorns
coop of doves.
Ole Rohm, pen Rose Black Minorcas
A. g. Christian, seven Silver Laced
Wyandottes, ten Buff Orpingtons
five Silver Spangled Hamburgs
pen White Orpingtons, two Pekin
ducks.
Constance Rosenthal, three bantams
Lloyd Richert, guinea pig.
F. w. Dean, West Union, two Bronze
turkeys, two Pekin ducks.
H. w. Cummings, six White Wyan.
dottes.
John Miller, six Single Comb Rock
Island Reds, 8 chicks.
Lawrence Keefe, ten r. c. B. Min.
orcas.
S. Stepp, thirteen Barred Rocks.
E. ]. Ambli, pen Buff Orpingtons.
Chas. Daily, ten White Wyandottes
Harold Meyrick, five White Wyan
dottes.
T. E. Kirkeby, two light Brahmas
two Buff Orpingtons.
Grace Stoddard, two pens Barred
Rocks.
d. A Leach, ten Columbian Rocks
pen r. l. Reds and chickens, fou
Black Tailed Japanese Bantams
two colored Muscovy ducks.
Sheep.
The sheep department also con
, tanned number of good exhibits thi
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complete list of the exhibitors
, Among them, however, were Johl
Hancock of Waukon with ten Shrop
, shiaes, John Logsdon with clever
Shropshires and one Oxford, John
Tavener with four Oxfords ant
three grades, Gross Bros. with fou
Oxfords.
Floral Hall.
AS usual the floral hall was fillet
to overlooking with exhibits by mer
chants and others, fancy work, paint
ings, etc. We can give only men
ton of part of the exhibits. Anon.
the business houses making display
were Ben Bear, Mott & Co., Tracy
Hanson, Ed j. Enslow, Decorai
Furniture Co. and Harry Komornik
There were many beautiful pieces o
fancy work, handsome exhibits bein,
made by Mrs. Lawrence Keefe, Ra
chel Odson, Elizabeth Wise. Agnes
Ingvoldstad, Mrs. Halle Holvorson
Edna Ramsey and many others.
Miss Bake of F'rankville township
made a splendid showing of ham
mered brass, Adolph Wick some char
coal drawings, Mrs. F. n. May pencil
and crayon drawings and burnt
leather, Mrs. Ole Queal Of Cresco 6
plaid shawl, the wool for which was
spun and the shawl woven by hand
Mrs. X. Gjerset an embroidered pie
ture of a Norwegian wedding party
bound for the church, the groom
carrying the bride across the stream
which he fords; also Norwegian
coat of arms embroidered on ban
ner: Gustav Larson made fine ex-
| hibit of taxidermy, birds, animals
and reptiles native to this country,
his own handiwork in mounting.
Agricultural Hall.
Here was evidence of the bumper
crops of good old Winneshiek in the
garden and in the orchard. Not in
many years has there been such a
fruit crop, and the exhibits were fine.
John Harter showed 61 plates of APP
pies and 10 of grapes, and several
branches of apple trees, showing the
effects of spraying, which was a val
liable object lesson to fruit growers.
Ole Lomen showed "a plates OF APP
pies and 16 of plums, large variety
of splendid qualities and grades.
John Richert showed Fl plates OF
apples, 3 of plums. Walter Blake
man showed plates of fine big
Wealthies, Ed. Brakeman 13 plates
of apples, 10 of plums, F. G. Maltby
8 plates of apples, A. P. Pfister %
plates, John Gates A plates, G. o..
Rogness 4 plates, all of them prov
ing that Iowa is good fruit country
when properly developed.
Canned fruits were shown by Mds.
b. Harmon, David Hexom, Sam
Stepp, N. N. Quandahl, b. F. Head
ington, Ole Lomen. vegetables by
Walter Cummings, B. F. Heading
ton, o. o. Rodvang, A. Childs, sam
Stepp, Carl Ramsey; while in home
cooking exhibits were made by Mds.
Andrew Barth, o. o. Lomen, Peter
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