The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-22
Crowd in Attendance Increases on
Second Day bl. J. Pluv.
Butts into Program
at Wind-Up
PARTIAL LIST OF
PRIZE WINNERS
Awards All Made But Noi;Available
for Publication; Judge Pays
Fine Tribute to Grady
County Livestock

The Grady county fair has come and
gone. The awards have been made
and the fair has passed into history
as one Of the best, If not the very best
in southwestern Oklahoma. The first
days attendance was exceptionally
large for an opening day, the second
days attendance was larger still, after
on promising opening, and today. the
third and closing day. promised to be
a record breaker and would have been
had not the weather man ordained
otherwise and opened the flood gates
OF the heavens, following the threats
which he has been making for the past
several days.
With the hall holiday which all
schools OF the county mad arranged to
glys the crowds which would have at
tended today would have taxed the
grounds to the utmost Even as 1t was.
with intermittent showers following
the steady downpour OF the early
morning. many we're at the fair
grounds from both the city and the
county.
Practically all the awards we're made
Tuesday afternoon.
The Express regrets that the list OF
prize winners In the live stock was mot
ayaiIaEle today. Earnest efforts fail
ed to learn the names of the winners
in the greater part of all the contests
for supremacy in live stock breeding
and in farm products. but it is exr get.
ed that the list Of awards viii | in
shape for publication tomorrow
In the boys stock. or pig clubs. two
contestants, both OF the western por-
ton of the county, are practically tied
for first place
In the award OF the prizes to the
boys and girls clubs on corn, judged
by r. r. Ferguson. district agricultural
agent, the first prize was awarded to
Larry Whalen. a girl; the second to
Leo whalen, her brother; the third TO
Neeley Harper, the fourth to Harry
Orine:. the fifth to Ira Cast; the sixth
to Stewart Harper; the seventh to
Fred Copeland; the eighth to GLAND
Cast: the ninth 10 Jessie Raines,
girl: the tenth to Charley Folmer.
In the fifty ear exhibits of boys
corn clubs. Gus Dogendorer of Pocas-
set. walked away with first prize and
n L. Bruner of Chickasha captured the
second. while Robert Hopkins Of
Chicksha won the first prize in the
same line with yellow corn.
In commenting upon the products Of
theboys' labors the Judge remarked
that the boys had their fathers out
classed as producers at ratio OF an
even two to one.
Tuttle Scores High.
Tuttle has carried off the first hon
ors at the county fair, with Minco a
close second, and Amber running in
third place and crowding both Tuttle
and Minco in the list and variety OF
exhibits.
ID b. Marsteler, agricultural ag nj
at Anadarko, acted as Judge in decid'
ing between the townships and ex
pressed himself in the highest and
most eulogistic terms of the manner
in which the people OF the townships
Of the county had responded to the
call of the fair board and brought ou'
their best exhibitc
Beginning this evening Agent Coop
er and officers Of the fair association
will begin the work Of packing up ths
best exhibits for shipment to the Ok
lahoma stste fair Practically every
thing in the Tuttle. the Minco and th'
Amber exhibits will be taken to Okla
homa City as will the greater nunbel
of the prize winning exhibits from thu
boys and girls clubs
G. l.. Crawford OF the Murray school
.Tishomingo, passed upon and award
ed the premiums at the live stool
show. In commentins upon the low
stock exhibited at this fair, Mr. craw
ford said, "This is the eighth count
fair AZ which have acted as jndg
this ran and can truthfuly and cor