The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-20
TODAY LAST DAY Of WEST ALEX.
FAIR; CROWD At EXPO YESTERDAY
Awards Made in All Departments and Exciting Races Are
Run-Airpane to Fly From Here to Grounds Today
and Citizens to Have Patriotic Celebration

, Of this city. 4. q. Frazier. who wol
! the special prize in the best pair OF
! draft horses was given the pair or or'-
! dies offered by Wllmutt CLANCY OF
; West Alexander.
Poultry Awards.
! There were all kinds of fowls Gagged
! in the poultry department. Inc Gro" :
; ing of the ROSTERS and the clucktng OF
! the hens sounded like unto real barn
: ward ut IN early hour of morn. Ihr
: exhibits were clean. fat and one OF the
| best ever seen N Western Pennsyi-
/ vania
! The judging was done by EDWARD
! Diet. thu veteran poultry authority. II
! Williamstown Wood county. Anderson
! Erothrrs OF Wcst Alexander. had an
unusually large exhibit OF fowls. more
: than 200 and they ''cNopcd' nearly all
The first prizes n the chicken. gees anu
duck exhibits. while they took a mum
Der Of second prizes rte other first
and second prize winners lin the chick
! on duck and geese classes was y. l..
Rivers of Claysville. The youngest
nouItrr exhibitor was Donald Dickinson
! OF Yves, Alexander. tho two-Fcar-"i"
son of c. W. Dickinson and u hcphe"
Of Secretary J. VI. Gibson at the ia'r
association. Master DICKINSON LYON
| down the first special. pFtHe VIII 49,
! buff cochin bantams.
Among the Other exhibits IN the po".o
trv renartuent that attracted much at
tr.to, we're tn. Belgium hares and
E,lemish Giant rabbits. exhibited by j..
| Ar Gibson and Son. The hares nave
taken prizes all over the country. IN
.r1dinr the San Francisco. Chicago anu
Eurfalo national expositlons'
Cattle Awards.
E A. Parks. superintendent. Lows
| Glass A, Shorthcrn. Post Brothers. Non.'
Island. first award: Glass u. Jersey, !.
! e. Egan. Coon Island. first prize LASS
y Guernscys, John c. Sonda. West Alex
| nnder. first award: Post Brothers 49, ,,
awarded a first and second prize IN TINS
class; dairy herds. John & Sonu"' n'St'
| T e Egan second.
! Sheep Awards.
/ w A. Guess superintendent Sheep'
| Nerino Class ~ wrinkly type HarrlS"''
! Mccarthy of Ciaysville took the thrce
| first prizes. while James Shorts. aged ~,
| Of West Alexander. was awarccd secpi'u
nrize with his ram lambs: Chss Is. De-
! iaine NInrino type. between the wrlnKiF
and delain. types. Harrison Mccarthy
! made n clean sweep. In the LAMBS
rams and ewes. George Ealy TOOK sec
rnd prize; E;aly was awarded Src"n"
! rrize on rams. lambs. while Sh"rtS
RULED dowr the second award with MS
! yves. year and under.
! Class E. Southdown and Dorset: D.
e Rooth OF West Alexander took every
| rrize except for eve lambs EDWARD "a
ran being awarded first prize In that
class: Harrison McCarty won out in the
swcepstake.
Fancy work Department.
In the fancy work department Miss
i Nellie Gould Of West Alexander was
! awarded first prize and the special priZ"
| of r. pair of blankets offered by the
| George E. Stfel company of this city.
Mrs. Clara Whetzel OF Claysville waa
awarded the second prize for fancy
work.
In the baking department. Miss
Mamie Bell of West Alexander was
| awarded first prize for tho best loaf of
bread. and Miss Myrtle Taylor also OF
West Alexander. the second prize. The
| ladies' department was in charge or
Mss Flora Armstrong. Miss Helen Arm
| strong Mrs Xeb McCune. Miss Mary
| Caldwell Mrs. ". E. Sample. Mrs. z. j.
Taylor. Miss Lucille Ayers. Mrs. Harley
Grim and Mrs. Ross Lewis. There arc
many interesting exhibits to be seen In
the Exposition hail. including some OF
| the finest and dointiest necdlework ever
exhibited in Western Pennsylvania.
amateur paIntinEs and drawings. cut
flowers. preserves. cakes. pies. and a
fine display OF all varieties Of fruit and
vegetables.
Today is the big day at the fair.
Hundreds Of visitors were in West
alexander last night for today's big
doings.