The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-16
STATES BIG men Will SPEAK
Gov. w. S. Hammond, Senator Knute Nelson and JAS.
]. Hill Booked for the Stearns County Fair
at Sank Centre Next Week.

fair, the sole object of which is to de.
velop this section of Minnesota from
an agricultural standpoint. While the
amusement features are the best that
money can buy, nevertheless they are
only incidental and secondary to the
fundamental object of the fair.
Come every day and bring your
friends with you.
The Herald publishes herewith a list
of the special cash prizes offered by
the various enterprising business men
of Sank Centre:
James A. Caughren, Sank Centre
special prize of $4,000 in cash for
colts, as follows: best colt, one year
old and under two, $500; best suck
ing colt, $500.
Central Minnesota Power & Milling
company, Sank Centre-special prizes
for wheat and break, as follows, best
peck Blue Stem wheat, one sack Gem
flour; best peck of Marquis wheat,
one sack Gem -four; best bread (made
from Gem flour), one sack of Gem
flour.
Albert Dickinson Company, Mime
apolis, L. S. Bishop Co., Sank Centre,
local agents-special prizes, seeds and
poultry, as follows: best peck alfalfa
seed, one-half bushel Globe, S. D., al
falfa, value, $500; best peck clover
seed, one-half Pine Tree, S. D., alfal-
ia, value $500; best pullet, bag Globe
Scratch feed, value $1.90.
Great Northern Railway Company,
st. Paula silver cup for the best
complete agricultural exhibit by one
individual.
Boys One-Acre Corn Growing Con-
test-The following Sank Centre bust
ness men offer 500 in cash for one
acre corn contest: James A. Caugh-
rem, S. P. Hansen, ]. B. Schoenhoff, j.
A. Schoenhoff, McCracken & Burgess,
Smith Bros. Livery, G. Hillerud & Co.,
C. D. Marshall & Co., John Boutell,
Investors Securely Association, First
State Bank, F. B. Rowe, w. O. Hills
dale, L. S. Bishop Co., Thos. Sullivan,
and S. T. Merryman.
Merchants National Bank, Sank
Centre prizes of $4,000 in
cash for registered cows, as follows:
best dairy cow, $25; best beef cow,
$500.
Wedge Hardware Co., Sank Centre
special prize of $500 worth of gar
den tools for the best collection of
garden vegetables.
C. D. Marshall & Co., Sank Centre
hand-power washing ma
chine, value $14.50, or due bill for
$14.5O, for the best collection of peck
samples of grain and grass seeds.
First State Bank, Sank Centre
special prizes of $4,000 in cash for
registered bulls, as follows; best dairy
bull, $500; best beef bull, $500.
John Gund Brewing Co., Lacrosse,
Wis, q. A. Schoenhoff, local agent,
Sank Centre)-special prizes of $500
in cash for barley, as follows: best
peck barley, 1st., $500; second, $500.
G. Hillerud & Co., Sank Centre
Ohio Steam Cooker, value $500, for
the best collection of canned fruit.
Northern Pacific Railway Co., st.
Paula silver cup for the best dairy
cow and calf bred and exhibited by
the owner.
The Slower Manufacturing Com
pany, Freeport, Ill-No. 80 hand
grinding mill, value, $500, for the
best pen of chickens.
Investors Security Association Sank
Centre-special prize of $1,000 in cash
for best display of sheaves of grains,
grasses and corn stalks, as follows:
best collection of sheaves, $500; best
five stalks of corn, with ears, $500.
Asa M. Wallace, publisher of the
Herald-special prizes of $500 in
cash for registered swine, as follows:
best boar, $500; best sow, $500; best
spring pig, first, $500; second $500.
Minneapolis Brewing Co., Min
neapolis, wv. B. Schreiner, local ag-
ent Sank Centre Especial prize of S.
in cash for potatoes, as follows: best
peck of potatoes, 1st, $500; second
$500