The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-08-23
THE COUNTY FAIR PREMIUMS FACTS ABOUT SUGAR BEETS MU
Are Worth While and Best Yet
Gathered Together in Fallon.
List to Be Printed.

The Churchill County Fair prepara-
tions have reached that point where
unqualified success for the fair is the
only construction that can be placed up
on the coming event. The fair grounds
are being placed in excellent shape
and the management extends a guaran-
tee that everything will be in readiness
for the two or three days of racing,
which will form an attractive card.
The fair patrons are increasing in
number as time passes. for they are
coming to know that the fair manage
ment is Offering substantial prizes for
ereditable products and indications now
point to pavilion crowded with the
best exhibits. Indeed, the signs are
not wanting that additional floor space
will be needed for proper showing of
the exhibits that are being rendered.
During the week DR.. T. F. Richard
son hit upon the scheme of asking
financial cooperation from the farmers
of the valley, which though in the sum
of one dollar from each contributor,
is perpetuation of the money rails
ing scheme, which has gone the rounds
of The local business firms. The fair
Is essentially the farmers event,
though of course it is of inestimable
benefit 10 all, but the farmer and pro-
ducer is the one who will receive the
prizes in most all the events, and real
izing the logic of the Doctors dollar
campaign many are responding to his
appeal. Anyway, as fair manager and
general fnancier DR.. Richardson is
proving a bowling success, and his
scheme of extracting dollars from the
horney handed tillers of the soil is so
modest in it's demand that few will
have the heart to refuse.
Season tickets, good for the three
days will be sold exclusively and the
price has been fixed at so cents. These
tickets will admit bearer into pavilion
and live stock exhibits.
The following prizes will be among
those given for the best exhibits. A
complete list will be printed within a
short time. The fair management
wishes it understood that in no case
win any first prize be less than $500
in value, and in the majority of cases
cash will be given rather than utility
premiums.
For the most comprehensive exhibit
of farm products from single farm,
$50. 90 1st prize; 5000 second; $40. 90
third.
For the best bushel of project grown
wheat, 500. moving machine donot-
ed by the /. II. Kent Company.
For the COW giving the greatest
amount of butter fat during the three
fair days, a $4,000 Twentieth Century
Babcook milk tester, donated by the
Delavel Company, through Matthews
& Kohlhoss, local selling agents.
For the best boar and SOW exhibited,
$500 cultivator, donated by Matt
hews & Kohlhoss.
For the five best sugar beets exhibit
ed, sos. 90 beet seeder or cultivator;
donated by Baker & Hamilton through
|. II. Kent Company, selling agents.
Eor the best bushel of project grown
potatoes, a S22.00 Oliver chilled plow,
donated by the Oliver Company.
The Fallon Hardware Company has
given SIT, 80 milk tester as an award
for a product not yet named.
w. w. Williams has donated work to
the amount of Sl65.00 in improving the
fair grounds.
A silk waist will be given by S. Ros-
enburg & Co lady who exhibits the
best pumpkin pie.
A $1,000 prize to the best decorated
stallion, donated by Matt johnson.
One Mission hall tree will be given
the miss under sixteen years of age,
VINO exhibits the best chocolate cake.
100 pounds of Phoenix flour will be
given under auspices of Artemisia
club to some exhibit representing wo-
mans endeavor.
For the best bushel of project raised
oats, $1,000 in cash. For the best
bishel of project raised barley, $2O.C0
in cash.
For the best colt from Percheron
draft sire, $4,000 service fee.
For the best colt from registered
French coach sire, $4,000 service fee.
In addition there are lot of awards
donated by local firms, which have not
been attached to any event as yet.
Cash prizes have been hung up for
trap shooting and team pulling con-
tests.