The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-12-23


)Ipawpaws scored Hwins' 1T I'll,
Panama Pacific Exposition along
with. Missouri hospitality and Mis-
4 Esouri farm products was told By
Nv d. Smith Of Princeton, Mo.
Sunday at the Hotel Mnehlebach
/ lin Kansas City. Mr.. Smith was vice
-Ipresident Of the Missouri state
fair commission and with his wife
\ was in charge Of the Missouri
Building and exhibits at San
4 Francisco. He was returning to
i his home after having seen the
3lgreat fair *put to bed. z
II Missouri put her best foot for
\ ward at the fair, Z he said, BE
cause Of the excellency of our
Exhibits and the rooms we had
available for receptions and meet
sIings Of various kinds, ours was
one Of the most popular, if not
1.-THE most popular, of any state
building on the grounds and we
got more publicity and advertis-
ing probably than any other
states except California and New
| York. F"
Then Mr.. Smith reviewed the
honors that went to Missouri ev-
hibits. The agricultural exhibit
won the medal of honor and was
beaten by no state. The Interna-
tional Harvester Company with
a showing Of Missouri agricultur-
al products and farm machinery
was given the grand prize. Mis-
souri's farm products took sixty
six medals with lightweight in
dividua& exhibitors Of agricultur-
al products. Seventeen Of these
were gold, which was four more
than Ohio, the state nearest in ag-
ricultural winnings.
The only women of any state
or country to win with agricultur-
al products was Mrs. Mabel Miller |
Of Osceola, Mo-, who scored with
her showing Of white corn. Leo
v. Ellis of Princeton, Mo-, a grad
uate of the Missouri Agricultural
College was the director of the
agricultural exhibits.
The Missouri mineral exhibit
represented $4,000 worth of ores
and was easily the best taken out
of the state, Mr.. Smith believes.
It won the gold medal of honor
and was beaten only by Nevada
with showing Of $4,000 worth
Of gold nuggets, but in variety |
and completeness the Missouri
far excelled it's Western
rival. Otto Ruhl was the director
If this exhibit. II
In the horticultural line Mis-
souri, superiority was, particularly
n evidence. The exhibit was larg-
n than any other states except
Jalifornia's, and was given the
grand medal of honor. With
more medals for apples than any
,ther state. Missouri was proven
supreme in that field.
Missouri persimmons won a.
grand gold medal and Missouri
a silver medal, indicat-
ng the natural fruitfulness Of the
Missouri soil. H. s. Wayman Of
Princeton, vice-president Of the
Missouri State Horticultural So
iety, was the director of this de-
,artment.
The showing Of Missouri live
took that was planned was great
v curtailed by the quarantine on
Iccount of the foot-and-mouth
but most Of the Missouri
addle horses, mules and jennets
lad been shipped West, before
he quarantine went into effect.
,he saddlers won every premium
nut one for which they were en-
cred, majority Of these going
o Miss Loula Long s stables. The
leore stables at Columbia and
he Col. Paul Brown stables att
It. Louis also made many win
iugs. Kansas City,s right TO the
lesignation Of center Of the mule
aising industry was proven when
fissouri mules and iennets swept
he field of awards, taking all but