The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-11-12
The HONE GARDEN CON.
TEST and AWARDS MADE

1t was certainly gratifying to those
OF the committee who judged the
home gardening to see the results
which the children secured. Score.
and scores Of home gardens were
planted and cared for by the children
Of the city, this year. A large mum
Der of thees gardens consisted Of
flowers only. Many were made ur
Of flowers and vegetables, while 4
few contained only vegetables.
The flowers most planted and the
ones which seemed to thrive best
were sweet peas, phlox, ,pinks, candy
tuft, rose moss and California pop.
pies. These beds of flowers were
planted about the base of houses, in
he front and back yards, or in the
gardens. A few graced the berms or
parking along the streets. Two boys
in particular had several loads of
good ground hauled and placed on an
unsightly corner on the parking. On
this ground they reared two beautiful
flower gardens, thus making a bare
unsightly spot real JOY to all who
passed that way. In fact there were
literally wagon loads of flowers grown
in the town this year by children.
The little girl who won the first
prize in her ward and also first in the
city, Elsie Olsby, grew the following
flowers and vegetables: Sweet corn,
peas. beets, tomatoes, muskmellons,
radlshes, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce,
phlox, zennia, pinks, peoples, candy
tuft, sweet peas. All CT :eese were
raised in some quantity.
The boy who won second prize in
the First Ward raised the following:
Tomatoes, 2 bushels; potatoes BUSH
els; squash, 6; beets, l bushel; car
rots, 1 bushel; cabbage, heads; to-
matoes, bushels sweet corn several
dozen ears.
The contestant who won the first
prize in the Fourth Ward, Charles
Stone, and the second prize for the
city, grew the following vegetables:
Z punches carrots, II quart beans, 8
dozen ears Of corn, IL dozen cucum-
bers, pounds green tomatoes. 8
pounds ripe tomatoes, is punches Of
radishes. Is punches of lettuce, 2
peck spinach, IL peck green beets.
6 punches beets.
Some Of the garjens were no: what
they might have been, but all in all
the committee was very much pleased
with the results obtained, and feel
that the large amount Of time spent
in judging and planning the contest
was we'll spent. It hopes that an even
greater contest can be planned for
and carried through another year.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
City at Large.
First-Elsie Olsby, East Main st..
$1,000.
Second Charles Stone, Riverside
Ave, $500.
Awards First Ward.
First-Elsie Olsby, East Main st.,
$500.
Second-Eugene Halverson, los
First St., $500.
Third-Lawrence and Carl Olsby,
East Main St., $500.
Fourth-Edward Dayton, Elmwood
Ave-, $500.
Fifth-Vernon Jones, Crescent Ave.
$1.00.
Awards Second Ward.
First-Elmer and Alic Norgard.
Scandal Hotel, $500.
Second--Adolph Olsby, 3rd St. and
Bird Ave, $500.
Third--Olga Peterson, 202 Third
Ave, $500.
Fourth-Clara John, 7o6 Fourth
Ave. N, $500.
Fifth-John and Elizabeth Pasmell,
1913 Fourth Ave- N, 800.
Award Third Ward.
First - Charles Stone, Riverside
Ave, $500.
Second-Harold Sorts. $500.
Third-Elaine Platou, Euclid, Ave-,
$500.
Fourth-Helen Myhro, $500.
Fifth-Blanche Hougen, 403 Eighth
Ave-, $500.
Awards Fourth Ward.
First-Gilbert Lahlum. Fourth St.
w., $500.
Second-Lawrence Taber, $500.
Third-Mabel Boughton, SIG 18th