The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-03
Indian Greek Fair Begins To-
day With Big Crowd.
HANDSOME WOMAN CONTEST
Most Beautiful Woman Will
Be Awarded Prize Today.
Other Items of Interest on the
North Side.

Although the weather cOntlnualiy
threatened showers, nearly 500 people
attended the second and last day of
the second annual fair of the Pleas
ant Ridge Grange, one mile north of
Kiro Wednesday. From morning I'M
til night throngs passed the long ia
bles on which were arranged the ex-
hibits-aII out of doors In the corn
department, James Dillon showed
five stalks loaded with ten ears, all
firm and solid. T. P Van Orsdal
took the prize in the fruit exhibit. In
the garden flowers giant empress
coxcomb, 271k inches in height ex.
hibited by r. w. Rigdon, was one OF
The prizes were awarded as fol
lows:
Livestock department. j. T. Ken
meth. George Humdepower, Will Roll
or and w. T. Schrimsher, managers;
Best draft team-P. F. Wiley, first;
John Ostand, second. Best double
driving team-Kenneth Tomson, hrst-
Best draft sucking colt-Wll Roller'
team-Fred Root, first: T NanOr 15-
dol second Best sucking mule colt
Harry Mitchell. first Best slngIe
driver-Lester Pence, first; MISS MISS
draft n. Barnes, first; Vernon
Cochran, second. Best yearllng draIt
George Maistell, first; Luther Brau-
ford. second. Best brood mare-M WI
Roller, first; P. E. Wiley, second me
Judges in this department were Scott
Kelsey oscar Keats and A. j. Uster-
Garden products department
T71a clxIer. manager: Best collection OF
produce, J. H. Ginter, first. Best COL
lection of sweet potatoes, r M d4
OrsdoI. first. Best collection of water
melons, H. Neiswender, first. Best nan
bushel sweet potatoes, ]. W. Reamer'
frst. 7 H. Ginter. second. Three best
watermelons. L. H. Neiswender, nrst-
Best half bushel Red River potatoes,
r. H Neiswender, fiTst.s Best nan
bushel Irish Cobbler potatoes -; n
Cinter, first Best half bushel onions
I A. Ostrand, first. Best pumpkin N
Y. Cochran, first. Best squash, James
Dillon first Best basket of tomatoes,
]. H. Ginter, first. Best tomatoes, j.
n Ginter, first. Best radishes, red
P w. Rogers. first. Best white radishes,
r. w. Rigdon, first. Parsnips, r. w.
Rigdon. first. Sugar beets, r. W.
Rfgdon first. Stock beets, r. W. Rig
don, first. Table beets, W. f. Schrlm-
sher, first. Carrots. J. H. Ginter' first |
Mf,skmelons. J. H. Ginter, first Can !
taioupes. j. H. Ginter, first Pumpkins, /
H. V. Cochran, first; ]. Dillon, second. |
SQUASH, J. Dillon, first. Peanuts Ed
Want. first: w. T. Schrimsher, second; |
J. H Ginter third. Yellow sweet po- |
tatoes, best basket, ]. w Ralner, hrst' |
J. H. Ginter, second; Lyle Price, third. |
White Globe onions, ]. Dillon, first |
Best basket onions, John Ostrand, 1rst' |
J. w. Dillon, second; J. Dillon, third |
Early Ohio potatoes, L. H. Neiswender, /
first; ]. W. Kramer, second; Ed want, !
third Irish Cobbler potatoes, j. IL |
Ginter. first; H Cochran second. Cold /
en- Brown squash, Frank Weir, first /
Celery, John Ostrand, first Cow peas, |
w. T. Schrimsher, first. The individual |
display by J. H. Ginter was especially /
fne-
The awards in the fruit department: |
Apples-Jonathans, T. P. VanOrsdol, |
first: NJ. Baron, second. York Imperials, |
w F. George, first; r. P. VanOrsdol, |
first: Ed Tibbs, second. Ben Davis, |
IT. P. VanOrsdol, first; NJ Baron, sec
ond. Jennetings, Ed Tibbs, first; Will |
liam NJ. Miller, second. Grimes Golden, |
T P. VanOrsdol. first; Ed Tibbs, sec
ond. Missouri Pippins. Ed Tibbs, first; |
T. P. VanOrsdol, second. Pears-Best |
plate Keifer pears, T. P. VanOrsdOl, |
first Yellow peaches, Ed Want, first |
and second. White peaches, ]. Reaser,
first; Ed Want, second. Grapes-Ed |
first Fancy plate apples: Maid |
en- Blush, w F. George, first. Grimes
Golden, o. D. Hotchkiss, first. Weltha, |
T. P. VanOrSdol, first. Five best vari- !
cites for family use, T. P. Grisdol, first. |
Five best varieties for commercial use, |
T. P. VanOrsdol, first. Largest col |
lection, I. P. VanOrsdoI first; o. D. |
Hotchkiss. second; w. T. George. third. |
The chicken department. John Tom |
son, manager: Golden Wyandottes, |
largest and best display, % chickens, |
John Tomson, first. Golden Wyan- |
dottes, pens, John Tomson, first. /
White Leghorns, pen. Mrs. j. A. Os-
trand, first. White Leghorns pen of /
pullets, T. H. Barnes, first. Cornish
Games, cockerels, Roy Frey, first. /
Single Comb Brown Leghorns, Mrs |
T. P. Schrimsher, first. Cage of fine |
pups, Charles Ostrand, first
Department of corn and field crops.
J. A. Ostrand and Harry Cochran.
Corn, ten ear lots: Boone |