The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-22

will be held over the state by Mr.. Nc,
Donald and Mr.. Cunningham, which
will be attended by the presidents and
county agents in their respective dis
tricts. .Sys
A meeting of the Crawford County
today.
HARRY WEST AND AUSTIN FITS
ENRY OFFERING
During the past week the writer OF
this department paid visit to the iar-
ry M. West herd of Poland China hogs
up In Sac county. We were lucky IN
finding Mr.. West at home, and he was
busy grinding feed, using big Case
tractor as power for his grinder. He
was grinding corn and oats, making a
feed for3his herd Of Polands. Mr.. West
and Austin FitZsenry, oflnear Wall
Lake, will hold a combination sale at
the West farm miles north OF Boyer
on Friday, October l. when they will
offer for sale 80 head of big type Poland
China boars. This sale will commence
at 2 o'clock and q good dinner will be
served at noon. When we say good
dinner we speak advisedly, for we
have been privileged to take dinner. at
the West home in times past. and for
this occasion Mrs. West is planning
right noW-getting peaches, plum jelly,
apple pie, salads, all kinds of vegetables
and meats, and oh, such 5bread-say
you fellows plan to attend 1.-THE sale,
whether you buy anything or not, just
TO get taste Of Mrs. Vests cooking
Wen put John Fl. D. Gray on the Wit
ness stand; he'll swear that he never had
q better meal than the ones he had at
Harry Vests. Jim Duncan, the auc-
tiOneer, used to high class meals in the
city, will tell you he never had q bet
ter meal, served in better syle, more of
1T, at the Fontanelle in Omaha, or any
other high class hotel, than the one he
partook of at Harry Vests last winter.
"Bili" Shaw, the dean Of farm news
writer's, over at sOdebolt, used to eating
at every farm house where he can
get AN invitation, will back up all we
say about Mrs. Vests cooking. Mrs.
West Is a graduate of the Denison Nor
NAL and Business college and aside from
her good cooking is a great help to her
husband in carrying on his business.
Harry is also a graduate of the DEM.
son Normal college and has a most
kindly feeling for Supt. w. G. VanNess.
The walls Of the West home are adorn-
ed with pictures of the Denison Normal
buildings, members Of the faculty and
the class pictures. But since leaving
school Harry has developed into a gem
uine breeder and raiser of good hogs.
He went about it in systematic way,
and bought for his foundation stock
some Of the best blood lines Of the breed
and when the sale day comes this seas
on prospective purchasers will find some
cracking good stock in the Offering.
Here is some of the offering: First, let
us Introduce the herd boars- Vests
Orange Model, one of the largest boars
Of the breed. He is a March yearling.
and stands over Al inches high. 80 inch.
es long and has 10k inch bone. lie
was sired by McCoy's Orange Model and
is said to be the best pig ever sired by
the grand old boar. Blue Valley Bob,
the best boar pig ever sired by the
Blue Valley / stock farm; Improver's
Best by Big Improver, Halford's grand
champion at the Iowa state fair in 1918,
and out of Molly Jumbo by 1mperator;
Iowa John by Davis Ringmaster: Nam
moth by Big Bone Wonder. In the Of.
fering are 2 by Blue Valley Bob out Of
q daughter of the Conqueror 3 by Blue
Valley Bob out of a granddaughter of
Orange; ! extra good one sired by
Spara's Big Wonder and out of a full
sister of the Yankee; 3 sired by Blue
Valley Bob out of the top sow in Har.
rington's 1919 sale; out of top gilt in
Harringtons 1920 sale, and sired by a
great son of Smooth Big Bone; fall
boars out of Iowa John: February 5th
pigs out of Molly Jumbo; / By Vests
Orange Model, and II other spring
bears. This combination sale is one to
attract attention, and if in need Of a
good sire send Immediately to either
Harry West at OdebOlt post Office, or
Austin Fitzsenry at Wall Lake post Of.
flee for a catalogue. and read the big aid
to be found in another part Of this pa
per. Crawford county buyers planning
on attending the sale. go to Boyer. and
then two miles north. and you'll not
miss the place. The auctioneers will be
J. e. Duncan, A. s. Teaquist and James
Mclaughlin. Well represent the Re-.
view at the sale.