The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-12-27
Fine Birds Of Country from miles
Around" WiIlAssembIe in An
nuai Convention and Com
pete for Honors
ANNUAL SHOW is
TO START MONDAY
Secretary Burgess Expects from 700
to 500 Entries Exhibit to Be
Held in Building Corner
End and Chickasha


Officers Of the Grady County Poul-
try association are on the last lap 20 !.
day and going strong. BY night all
preliminaries win be complete and
Monday morning. the second annual
poultry show OF Grady county will
open. with a display OF birds that at
this time has every appearance OF be-
ing far in advance OF last years show.
Some trouble has been experienced
Ia procuring a suitable location for the
show and It WAS not until yeste rday
that building al the corner of Chick
asha avenue and Second street was
procured for the show grounds. 1t
was the desire Of the association to
locate the show as centrally as possi-
bic and every effort was made to se-
cure a building between Fourth and
Fifth street. but at that the Second
and Chickasha location is fair enough
and will be much better than was the
case last year
Men are at work to-day in building,
cleaning agd disinfecting it. Electric
lights are being installed. and the
coops put in place. Every coop in
which birds are displayed IS the reg.
ulation show coop and win be furnish
ed free Of charge to the exhibitors BY
the association
w II. Burgess. secretary Of the as
sociation. has for the past several days
been receiving entries on every mail
and stated this morning that he ex-
pected some 700 or 500 birds would be
on displays As yet, no birds have
been received. but they are expected
to begin coming this evening and to-
morrow No entries will be received
after noon on Monday All the exhib.
tiers in the city have been requested
to bring their entries tomorrow that
they may be listed before the out Of
town shipments begin to arrive.
That the fine feathered fowls are to
receive the same professional atten-
tion that they would in the hands Of
their own masters is assured The as
sociation has engaged the services of
George White. an experienced poultry
man. to attend the show birds, and he
will be on the job, day and night. He
acted in the same capacity at last
years show and his services were
highly satisfactory.
With some 700 to 500 birds in the
brick building, the heat win be a small
item. but for the comfort Of specta-
tors, a stove will be supplied.
The silver loving cups, posted as
prizes for the best birds in their re-
spective classes. will be on display in
the windows, that the public may see
and admire. Other premiums Of lesser
value viii be displayed inside the
show.
Not alone is the show confined to
chickens. though this species Of fowls
will be much in evidence. Ducks. tur-
keys Of different varieties will be on
the job, according to the entry blanks
in the hands Of AR Burgess. Fowls
have already been entered from Okla
homa City. Kingfisher. NARROW. Dun
Jean, Hobart FL Reeno. Anadarko. Tut
tie. Denison and Fort Worth. Texas.
while some entries from Missouri and
Kansas are expected.
Word has been received from Judge
II E. savage Of Bolton. Texas. that he
will be here tomorrow. to begin his
work Of chasing and Judging the
fowls His services we're secured sew
eral months ago and the association
feels that they have been fortunate
as he is recognized as an authority on
poultry Of every kind and The exhibit
ors may rest assured that their birds
will receive the CHASING that their per.
lection merits.
Before the show is over. it is emi.I
nentiy up to somebody to explain the
high cost OF eggs and it has been sug
gested that H n Smith. srs AID Tom
King prepare a joint paper on this sub.
jet the same TO be set to music BY
Kendan Galloway and W j Cater
all