The Green Forest tribune., 1913-11-07
ARKANSAS FAIR
 PRIZE WINNERS
THE STATES BIGGEST AND BEST FAIR CAME TO AN END LAST
 SATURDAY.
MANY INTERESTING EXHIBITS
In the Boys Corn Club Section 625 Young Farmers Sought Honors
 and Prizes.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Hot Springs.-After the biggest and mots successful week in it's history the Arkansas state fair came to close last Saturday. Much interest was talk en by the visitors to the fair in the agricultural exhibits and the awards were eagerly awaited by the contest ants.
 The most interest was shown in the Boys and Girls Club section. This part of the exhibit was crowded con stantly those eager to see
 In the boys corn club there were 625 contestants, the greatest number that ever competed for prizes in this class in the State of Arkansas, and the competition was so keen that in many instances a single handful of kernels of corn decided some individual win ners, and in one praticlar instance . county team prize. In this competl- tion only the sweepstakes, county team and individual awards were made. The state and special prizes will be made at Little Rock from the state fair records at a later date. The prizes consisted of trophies, cash and trip prizes. The silver trophy fer the best showing by a county was won by Ran dolph county. The county team prizes were given out as follows:
 First, Washington county; second, Randolph county; third, Polk county.
 the individual prizes for the best 10 ears resulted as follws
 First, Wendell Foreman of Rose Bud; second, Bonnie Weir of Ink; third, Joe Reed of Johnson; fourth, Carl Burton of Bonneville; fifth, Ben ton Forbes of Maynard; sixth, Dor phene Moore of Wyman; seventh, D. Foreman of Rose Bud; eighth, Homer Harris of GriffithvilIe; ninth, Chester Roberts of Bonneville; tenth, D. Tyler of Fayetteville: eleventh. Oscar Gar rett of Maynard.
 Of almost equal interest was the girls canning club department. There were nearly as many entries in this class as in the boys club, and the competition was even more keen than in the corn clubs, so close in fact that two of them tied fo. first honors and were permitted to divide the first and second prizes on equal terms. These two girls and the winners of the third prize are all members of the I. o. o. F. Orphans Home at Batesville. The awards were as follows:
 First and second, Lucy Kelley and Blanch Gardner, Batesville; third. Ger trude Cooper, Batesville; fourth, Pearl Lewis, Little Rock; fifth, Irma Davis, Houston; sixth. Mildred Hughes, Pc cahontas; seventh, Viola Lewis, Lit tie Rock; eigth, Bessie Newton, Scar cy: ninth, Luella Huitt, Conway; meth, Mathilda Margeuschroer, Levy.
 Judges in the fruit exhibits sent here by the various counties in the state made the following awards:
 For best general collection of fruit, Benton county first, Franklin county second
 For the best collection of apples, Benton county.
 For the best collection of grapes Frankl.7 first; Benton, second.
 For tie best collection of peaches: Benton, first; Franklin, second
 The AEity nursery received first prize for tl rest collection of shrubs, with Garland county second.
 In the cattle department the strang- oct ooooDo+i+io,, nao,o in tbo Torco1r class Two splendid herds from the same city, Hope were in the keenest rivalry, and the judges had hard time deciding the winners in this class In the shorthorn Dutch Belt and Holstein classes there was no competition, al- though the displays in these classes VIC all that could have been askedf
 County Exhibit Awards.
 rst, Washington county; second, tie between Franklin and Faulkner counties; fourth, Perry county; fifth, Saline county; sixth, Pulaski county: seventh, Logan county; eighth, Gar land county.
 Cattle Division Awards
 On Shorthorns, H. c. Lookabaugh, Watonga, Okla, 20 first, two seconds; on Jerseys, E. S. Greening, Hope, II firsts, seven seconds; w. S. Simms. Hot Springs, one first; on Duh Belt ed cattle, W. J. Waldrip, Magness, 12 first, two seconds; on Holsteins, P. C. Degoss, Hot Springs, two firsts, one second.