Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-21
PAWNEE BOYS GET PRIZES
Clare Smith Of Miss on Ridge Wins
First Award in Three-Acre
Corn Contest.
GOVERNOR MAKES ADDRESS

PAWNEE CITY. Neb.. Nov. 0.-(spe-
clal. THE second annual three-acre corn
growing contest conducted By w NJ.
thompson OF this city for Pawnee county
boys under p years OF are came 20 a
close Friday afternoon when the win
ners were awarded their premiums and
corn show was held here About
seventy-five boys and one girl competed
In the contest, according to the rules
prescribed, and more than 800 parents
and friends Of the contestants from all
parts Of the county we're here today as
guests OF the Pewnee City Business Men.
buffet luncheon was served in the base
ment Of the court house at noon. after
which q meeting was held In the district
cauyt rom. Governor John n. Moreheaa
AID X y, ssneil. president Of tho Midwest
Hfe Insurance company Of Lincoln. who
has acted az contest manager fu- NJ
Thompson. The following boys received
prizes:
First or governors prize, SIS. Clare
smith Of Mission Greek precinct, yield
@ bushels mad 80 pounds per acre. The
prize corn grower is one OF the smallest
Doys In the contest, and he will be given
q free trip 10 lincoln, where Governor
Morehead will deliver his premium money
second, gold watch given by Congress
Thomas Of Pawnee City precinct, Yield
80 bushels mad % pounds
Third sS5 given by n. z. Smell Of LIN
clnct. yield % bushels and 10 pounds
Fourth. SIS. given by w. NJ. Thompson
John bradbury Of Turkey Creek precinct,
yield 6 bushels and IS pounds.
Firth, N3, given by w. NJ. Thompson,
John Hauner OF Cedar Creek precinct
yield So bushels and 30 pounds
n sixth, N2 given by w. NJ. Thompson;
* hu.aolph siske OF Miles precinct, yield
Seventh. SO, given by W. NJ. Thompson,
Arthur Hlldebrand OF South Fork pre-
cinct, yield 80 bushels and q pounds.
Prize for Essays.
Zach contestant was required to write
a composition on corn growing. for which
the following prizes were awarded: First,
Charlea KoEai, Table Rock precinct. =;
second, John b. seidl, Clear Creek pre-
cinct. w. third, Ernest Atkinson, Pawnee
city precinct. 81; fourth, Arthur Hide
brand. South Fork precinct. g.
The businessmen OF each precinct In
the county offered prizes for boys in
their precinct. and the following awards
were made;
Mission Creek precinct, Glare Smith,
sbi Plum Creek precinct, Hubert Shafer,
s.; Turkey Creek precinct, John Brad
bury, W 5teinauer precinct, Leander
kalin, 20; Miles precinct. Rudolph Siske,
gi West Branch precinct. Fletcher
so; Pawnes City precinct. Ernest u', AT
klnson. s.; Clear Greek precinct John
Hauner, IT., S; Table Rock precinct, AL
bert bert krofts' fn.s' .S Sheridan precinct, Le-
Arthur Hildebrand. S.
Hubert shafsr OF Plum Creek precinct
was awarded a cultivator offered bv
Wherry Bros Of this city for the best
single ear exhibited in the corn show.
Miss Florence Balm Of Miles precinct was
the only girl who entered the contest,
and she finished with yield OF seventy.
four bushels and sixty pounds per acre.
Five-Acre Prize.
John Tomek, jr., Of Sheridan precinct.
won the ta6 offered by the Farmers state
bank for the largest yield from five acres
grown By tenant farmers. His yield was
ninety-oue bushels and fifteen pounds
In this contest George NJ. Miller of
Pawnee City precinct was second with
& Yield OF ninety bushels and forty-six
pounds, and Emerson Carmichael of West
Branch precinct was third with a Yield
'f eighty-fiye bushels and forty five
pounds. - 80 !
The Average yield Of the eighteen high.
sst contestants In the Thompson contest
was more than eighty bushels per acre
'or nfty-tour acres. The average Yield
~ the five highest contestants In tS~
enant farmers contest conducted by ,he
Farmers State bank, was elyhty-slx bush.
'ls and sixteen pounds per acre from
twenty-five acres