The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-12-22
A GREAT RECORD.
oro'iiie Corn Takes Prizes at the st.
Paul Corn Show.

lhose responsible for sending a corn
!eXhibit from this place to the great
corn show held annually at st. Paul
uhder the auspices of the First Nat
lohal Bank of that city, builded better
than they knew, as it has resulted in
bringing the Okanogan valley with
I'm the West Okanogan Valley Irri-
CATION district into the lime light, as
growers of this vicinity captured first
second, third and fourth prizes from
the first Washington district The
greater honor fell to T.. E. Starkey of
Prossor, who won the sweepstakes
prize In competition with corn from
81 districts in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, Montana.
Idaho and Oregon. Oroville did not
secure the sweepstakes, but secured
honors enough to attract attention
among corn growers all over the wes,
The first prize taken by Oroville ex-
hlbits went to J. j. Mclaughlin, who
raised the corn on land owned by l..
f. Pourtales, located a few miles south
OF Oroville, on the east side of the
Okanogan river.
The second prize went to that vet
eran farmer, j. A. McGinty, whose
ranch is near that of Mr.. Paurtales.
Mr. McGinty has show place when
the products of the land are in their
full fruitage. The gentleman combines
intelligence with muscle in handling
his ranch, and as result, all he raises
Is OF superior quality. His fruits can
not be eXcelled, and the melons and
vegetables from his place always at
tract attention on account of their size
and appearance. c. w. Bottomley took
the third prize. Mr. Bottomley is one
OF the pioneer stock men and ranchers
of the valley, living some three or four
miles south Of Oroville on the west
side of the Okanogan river. He had
considerable acreage in corn this year
and it reminded the writer more of
the Illinois corn fields of his boyhood
days than anything that he has seen of
the kind since turning his back on the
Mississippi river ~ year sago. The
fourth prize went to John r. Wood,
who grew the corn on the west shore
of Osoyoos lake, on ground broken
out for the first time last spring. Mr..
Wood is new arrival in this neigh
borhood, and Judging from the results
OF his efforts on his first trial he is
just the kind of people needed to get
the best out of the soil of the valley.
Jt~ ri g.,
far as the size of the ears and quality
of the kernel his corn was equal to the
balance that drey prizes, but he en-
tered white corn, and the yellow vari-
ETY. held precedence over the white.
Without doubt the exhibiting of this
corn and its capturing of prizes in
competition with many other exhibits
has done more to advertise this part
of the Okanogan valley than any pre-
ceding effort on the part Of those in
terested in attracting attention this
way. 1t was great publicity stunt and
will bear fruit. Furthermore, there is
great satisfaction among the people
of the adjacent country TO Know that
a supior quality of that great staple
cereal can be successfully grown in
the valley and it will be an incentive
for others to plant corn and care for it
All the prize winning corn
was grown under the West Okanogan
Valley Irrigation system. The fact that
water could be conveyed to the ground
by that means accounts for the growth,
development and maturity of this
prime corn, and anywhere in the val
ley under the ditch the same quality
of this grain can be produced If the
grower is careful in selecting seed
and then cares for the crop until ready
for harvest To the men who won we
extend congratulations and trust that
next year they will try again with
more earnest purpose of beating all
comers out of sight at the next St
Paul corn show.