The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-05

REPORT ON
The FAIR
Agent Pleased With Showing Made
and Already Planning Tor Better
Exhibit Next Year; Prizes
Won by Boys Clubs

/ agent, has filed his report of the Grady
county exhibit at the state fair, closed
| Saturday.
The report shows that Mr.. Cooper is
justly optimistic of Grady county TAX
ing first place at the state fair next
fall and shows that the ones who are
making this a banner agricultural
county are in the work to stay. The
report follows:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Sep
tember 27, 20, 2s.
State Fair With exhibits of boys
and girls ard also county exhibit.
Friday. October /.
State Fair With exhibits of boys
and girls. and also county exhibit.
/ Grady county exhibit got fifth prize
today, raising the score five points
over last year, getting tenth place last
year. Competition was very hard this
year among all thee ounties. Lost 3OI
points on kaffir on account of our
kaffir being green and moulding. Lost
= points on peanuts on account of be-
ing green and moulding. Lost points
on cowpeas on account of the same
thing. We got next to the highest
score on artistic arrangement and neat
ness and ranked among the first in
general appearance of exhibit | have
made notes on all stuff that we were
Snort and expect 10 commence now
with the farmers and show them where !
we were short and get them to raise
the different varieties of grain and
vegetables that we were short on this
year. The Daily Oklahoman and the
people as mass thought we ought to
have had third place. but we haven't
any complaint to make. We did our
best with the loyal cooperation and
support of our people. We will hava
much more interest In our township
fairs next year than we have had this
year and many more townships will
show next year that did not show this
year. II was new proposition to the
people and they were afraid to take
hold Of the matter, but since we have
made . srecess of the township, coun-
ty and also raised our standard in the
state exhibit we will have much better
fairs and support from the people than
we have had this year, We had lots
OF our best farmers tell us about ii at
the state fair that they expected to
show next year and do all that they
could to help the work along. Said the
reason was this year that they did not
think 1t would amount to much. ]. c.
Good, president of our Commercial
club and have our plans laid for dem
plats for next year. both
with the boys and girls and adult
We are going to scatter
them in different parts all over the
county and we are starting now to get
a higher place at the state fair. We
silled three teams in the boys and
girls clubs at the state fair this year
n corn, kaffir corn and eight with open
bolls and two pound seed cotton and
the other two with the stalk cotton.
They were not through judging the
stuff at Oklahoma City tonight when
left for Chickasha. Do not know
what we will rank there
Saturday, October 2.
State Fair and Chickasha today.
rene home from Oklahoma City last
night at $50 to make reports and open
my mail, returning to Oklahoma City
tonight at o'clock. Will pack our
county exhibits and boys and girls
corn, kaffir and cotton tonight and to- \
morrow morning. returning home to
morrow as soon as we load out. Also
lad one boy, Lee Heffner, first prize
winner in poultry. Elbert Cast, first
prize winner in cotton and Anthcny
Lacy. first prize winner in pig club.
Mary Whalen winning first in corn
and the boy winning first in kaffir did
lot go The three children that went
o Oklahoma City returned home yes
Lerday with me, all having fine trip
md all said that they we're going TO
win next year and get to go back.