The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-01-05
SHOW
WILL END TODAY
Many Of the Prize Winners Will Be
Announced BY the Scoring
Judges.

Tulsa, Okla. Jan. 3-A large por-
tion Of the prize winners in the sec
ond annual Eastern Oklahoma Poultry
association show, which is being held
in Tulsa this week, viii be announced
today. Judges Savage and Greer, after
a days hard work, last night finished
their task of scoring the hundreds of
birds of all descriptions, and will
award the various prizes and ribbons
today.
A large crowd of visitors spent
much time in the show rooms yeser-
day, and until late last night the room
was filled with interested persons
both poultry raisers and ordinary spec
tators, who visited out of curiosity
and say all they expected to see.
Open Each Day.
The show rooms will be open TO the
public every day this week from 8
o'clock a. m, until 10 o'clock p. m.
The exhibits are all III place, and
when the rifferent ribbons and gold
leg bands were attached to the prize
winning birds and coops today the
spectators win have a chance to pick
out the choicest Of the fowls.
Rules of the Show
Awards for the best display are
based upon the following scale of
points. Each first prize shall count
eight points, each second prize, six
points, and each third prize, four
points. A display shall consist of not
less than ten birds of one variety.
There must be three entries in each
and all classes or the first prize money
will be withheld, but first prize honor
awarded and second money revert to
first prize winner
Season admission tickets will be is
sued free of charge to all exhibitors.
No exhibits will be allowed to be re-
moved from the exhibition room until
after the close of the exhibition jan
uary 6, 1912.
A unique feature of this years show
will be the awarding of gold leg bands
to all first premium birds. These will
be stamped &c. o. p. A., First Prize. >
Prizes Offered.
Following is partial list of the
prizes that are offered:
Best display of pigeons and ban
tams. Two rolls of rofing by Dicka-
son-Goodman Lumber company.
Highest scoring cock, IS in gold by
Merchants and Planters bank
Highest scoring eockerel, SIS in gold
by Exchange National bank
Sweepstakes prize on best condi.
toned pen in the show, $5 in gold by
Central National bank
Highest scoring pen, $3.50 in gold,
by A. A. Small.
Highest scoring white Wyandotte
pullet, 81 in gold, by Postmaster Wal.
ter l. Reneau.
Highest scoring ten birds of one va
riety, owned and exhibited by one ex-
hibitor. $50 in gold, second prize $25
in gold. by Eastern Oklahoma Poultry
association.
The following cups viii be awarded:
Highest scoring pen. Ben JeweleI
Rice cup; best display, Friedman
Jewelry company, cup: largest and
best display. Fred d. Wermuth, cup;
best American class pullet, Pratt Food
company. cup.
Best display of white Leghorns, oak
footstool. Sellers Brothers.
Largest and best display of white
birds. one Gem Incubator. by Binding
Stevens company.
There are also over twenty-five spe
cial merchandise prizes offered on diff
ferent classes by the Wright Clothing
company, many other merchandise
prizes by other local merchants, and
over 5000 in cash by the association
for first. second and third prize win
ners in all the various classes.
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