The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-06
State Fair Commission Gives
Them an Opportunity to
Prove What They Can Do
SPLENDID LOT OF AWARDS
DONATED BY CITIZENS
Industrial Department at the State
Fair This Fall Both in Classi-
fed and Special Features Will
Be Northwest Very Best

That the Children's Industrial de-
partment of the Washington State
Fair for this fall will be the biggest
thing of it's kind that the Northwest
has ever known will be proven by
the facts that are hereafter given.
Right here and now is where the chill
dren get in. Secretary Averill of the
fair commission has made his work
on the industrial department for the
children a labor of love and has
slayer with it night and day with the
result that he is enabled to make an
Offering, especially in the special
classes that is surprising And he has
received the most hearty cooperation
from all classes of citizens. But one
rebuff has he encountered and from
whom that came his own secret.
Every person asked TO aid. with but
one exception, has gladly come to the
front.
DIR. L. d. Green Il Son have offered
a Shetland pony as one of the prizes,
William Todd & Son have offered a
registered HOlstein calf as another,
800 in cash, to be devided into three
prizes, comes from the Boys Club
committee through its chairman Fl.
M. Gilbert, and there are innumerable
other prizes as will be seen by a pc
rusal of the list. The awards, it is
clearly stated, are for Washington
children and to. be won by Washing
ton products.
Herewith is the announcement Of
Mr.. Averill:
SPECIAL PRIZES.
Grand Capital Prize.
Pure bred registered shetland pony,
offered by Dr. L. d. Green & Son,
Grassland Farm North Yakima,
Wash, Sweepstake prize to be award
ed to the boy or girl making the best
general display of agricultural pro-
ducts, grown by the exhibitor.
Capital Prize.
Registered Holstein calf offered by
VIM Todd & Sons, North Yakima. to
the boy or girl under seventeen years
of age making the best exhibit of
mangequrzels, sugar beets, carrots.
field corn and vetch, any varieties;
contestant must show that he or she
cultivated at least on ehalf of the
ground in the production of these
products.
500 in Cash.
First prize, $50 Second prize, $40;
Third prize, 500. The Boys club Com
mittee of North Yakima. through it's
chairman, H. NJ Gilbert, offers in
behalf of the friends Of the movement
organized to encourage the growing
of fine potatoes by children of Wash
ington, the cash prizes named above
to the boy or girl making the best
display of potatoes, grown an one
square rod Of land. High school pu-
pills OF any age may also compete for
these prizes. Award will be made on
the following ba sis:
Yield, 60 per cent; quality, 20 per
cent written report on work, Is per
cent
AGRICULTURAL.
Thoroughbred Poland China Pig
Offered by L. H. Lnbarger, North
Yakima, for the best display of field
corn grown by a boy under seventeen
years of age.
Trio of Big White Orpingtons
Offered by Mrs. W. Il. Williams, North
Yakima, for the best display of gar
den vegetables grown by girl under
seventeen years of age.
Registered Lincoln Lamb
Offered by II. Stanley Coffin for tho
best display of sweet corn grown by
q boy under seventeen years of age.
Five Dollars Cash Prize
Offered by West Side Feed Store,
North Yakima. for the best display
of onions grown by a boy or girl
under seventeen years of age.
Mathews Garden Seed Drill.
Offered by Yakima Implement Com
pany. North Yakima, for the best
display of garden vegetables grown By
a boy under seventeen years of age.
Pen of Buff Cochins.
offered by II. II. Collier, Tacoma,
Wash, for the bes display of potatoes
grown by a boy under seventeen
years of age.
Shotgun or Fishing Quite.
Offered by Yakima Hardware Com
pany, North Yakima. for the best
display of canteloups grown BY boy