Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-25
Wednesday the Capital
City's Own Day at the
Fair and Great Crowd
Will Be in Attendance.
Barbecue at Noon Will Be
Big F eature-Id Q a |
Weather Assures Success
for the States EXPOSE
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Tomorrow is Boise day at the Idaho
State fair. The stores OF Boise will
close and all of Boise is expected to
turn out en- masse. A great program
has been arranged for tomorrow aft
ernoon and evening. In addition there
will be held the great barbecue tomor-
row at noon, when 10000 great big,
hunger-appeasing sandwiches and de-
licious coffee will be served.
The principal address of the day Will
Be delivered by Elk Governor James
II. Hawley
The state fair is in every way a
magnificent success. The weather man
has graciously turned on the sunlight
with the result that every condition
now is ideal for entertaining the great
est crowds this week ever gathered
within the gates of the capital city,
There is no mud and no dust. The
race track will be in first-class con-
dition the balance of the week The
greatest aggregation of famous cow
boys and cowgirIs in the world, with
their 100 horses are at the fair
grounds. There are more thrills and
exciting events promised for each aft
srnoon and evening this week than
were ever experienced at this or any
other fair in the state.
The exhibits in every department of
the fair are beautiful to behold. The
livestock show is the largest ever seen
in Idaho. This Is especially true Of
the horse and cattle show.
A fine feature OF Idaho's first real
state fair is the early judging in prac-
tically every department. The placing
Of the ribbons is now being done in
several of the Departmental Most Of
the judging is expected to be eomplet-
cd by Thursday.
GREATEST DAIRY SHOW.
The exhibit OF dairy cows at the
Edaho State fair Is a splendid one.
Some Of the greatest dairy stock in
the Pacific northwest are shown. All
the dairy breeds are represented at
the fair, but the keenest competition
Is between three great Holstein herds
one of which is from Meridian one
from Kuna and one from Weiser.
r. o. Johnson. Meridian, has a herd
Of nine pure bred HoIsteins at the
fair. King Segius Walker Pietertje
Vale is the herd head. He is by Sc
sius Walker Pietertje Lad, the grand
champion at the Boise fair in 1915 and
1916.
Viola shadeiand sthe chief herd
cow. Sc 10 six years old. Her sire Is
Chief Shadeland, brother of Missouri
Chief Josephine, the holder at that
time Of the worlds butter fat record
for six months.
In the Johnson herd is Snowflake
Madrigal Sarcastic. She is a yearling
and has a seven-day record Of %
pounds of butter This is an A. r. o.
record.
SON OF $4,000 BULL.
Avalon Orchard Tract of Kuna has
a fine herd OF 10 pure Holsteins at
the fair. The herd head is HARDWOOD
Hello Hengerveld, an years old, sired
by Pontiac Korndyke Hengerveld who
has 80 A r. o. daughters, and is son
Of old Pontiac Korndykea the greatest
bull of the breed. HARDWOOD Hello
Hengerveld was first in class at the
Boise fair last year. He weighs $500
pounds.
The junior herd sire is King segis
oit
and weighs 200 pounds. He is by King
Segis Pontiac Chicago who was sold
1T the age of six months for $4,000.
the greatest price ever paid for a bull
of that age. A harrington. ILL.,, firm
was the purchaser and still are the
owners. The four nearest dams OF
King Segis Spofford Again average
32.4 pounds of butter is seven days. A.
r. o. test. Included in the four dams
Is a three-year heifer. The bal
ance of the Avalon herd on exhibition
Is young stuff.
GREAT HERD FROM WEIsER.
The Intermountain Institute Of Wei
ser has a splendid herd Of pure bred
Holsteins at the fair. The herd con-
sists of six cows, five Of which have
A. r. o. records.
Segis Walker Hartog is the herd
head. He Is two years old, weighs
1900 pounds, is sired by King Segis
Tenth. The dam is Addic De Ko
Hartog Second. Segis Walker Hartoe
has a 30-pound record for five eener-
ations. He won first in class and
grand champion at Caldwell last year
Susie De Kol Pauline is the CHIEF
herd COW. Her A. r. o. record is 27%
pounds of butter in a seven-day test
She Is a many times prize winner.
Tirania De Kol Johanna Mechtilds
y another great COW in this herd. She
has an A. r. o. record Of 25h pounds
of butter In seven days as a four
year-old. After milking eight months
she made an A. R o. record Of IL
pounds of butter in seven days. She
IL the winner of two prizes in milking
contests at Caldwell.
Gerben Clothilde Spofford 10 another
fine institute COW. She has an A. r
O.. record Of IL pounds of butter il
seven days as a two-year-old. She
has won many prices Last year u