The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-10-06
ANOTHER GOOD FAIR
At SOLON
BIooded Cattle and Farm
Produce Exhibited
30-1S PIT FIRST PAGE
Premiums Awarded by Agricultural
Society. Good Midway and Au-
tOmObile Show

The fair of the Scion Agricultural
Society held Tuesday was a splendid
success and was attended by a large
number of people. Dinner was serv-
ed in Grange Hall by North Somerset
Patrons Of Husbandry to about 1870
persons under the direction of Mrs
Fred Magoon and an able force of
assistants Some $50 was cleared.
There was a good midway at the fair
and a good automobile show in which
the Blaisdell Auto Co, the Clough
Motor Co. and the Holt & Hight con-
Germs were represented.
HALL EXHIBITS
Best display of farm produce-Fre1
Magoon list. Judges Ivan Brown
md l.. F. Boardman. Best display of
faneywork made by exhibitor, Mrs
Alien Clark. list; Mrs Mabel Meal
lister. 2d: Miss Cecilia Richardson
3D. Judges. Jennie Goodwin, Mae
1.ongleY and II. &. Brown. Best dis
play of canned goods, Mrs. Dana Rob-
bins. LIST Judges, Austin Corson and
James McCollor. Best display OF
poultry by member of boys and girls
hubs Doris Robbins, LIST. Best corn
raised by member of club, Fayette
Moulton. LIST. Judges, Sanford Not
tage and t. p. Gates Best potatoes
raised by member of club Wayne Me
Color. ID; Arthur Palmer. 1st Albert
Ieald, Sd. Judges Grant Witham
sanford Nottage and l.. p. Gates. Best
display Of canned fruit put up by
member of club Doris Robbins. LIST
Jimmie Kowell, I'd. Judges, Ellen H
Whipple. Beatrice G. Hall and Jessie
Voltage. Cooking and housekeeping
Cora Head, Ruth Head. Lucille
French. Marjorie Goodrich 1st; Ber-
'ha Palmer. Geneva Hunnewell, Grace
hilbrook. Bernice Adams, Mildred
NcAllister, I'd; Marta Paul, Goldie
Mann, Aimee Jacobs. Christine Adams,
Sd. Judges. Mrs. Isaac Slipp. Mrs.
NJ Berry. Hester Brown. Other ex-
hbitors were Mrs. Ellen Whipple,
fancy work; Leon French, Merton
roNn. potatoes. Mrs. NJ. M. Davis
+ North Arson had a fine display of
millinery Among the articles dis
liyed by Fred Magoon We're swiss
hard, Ashmont corn with five stocks
II one hill. Chinese cucumbers, 26
inches long. Lemon cucumbers, Is va
sieties of apples. cabbage. sage. six
kinds of beans, two kinds of beets,
ulums muskmelons and canned foods.
Charles iiolWay had a fine exhibit of
fnowshoeS. while Mrs. r. W. York eX-
hibited some beautiful rugs. A fine
showing of popcorn was made by
has. HolwaN, Robert French and M.
a. Cooley. Eben Thompson of Bing-
ham displayed a pumpkin weighing 70
pounds Mrs Winnie Lane showed
some fine canary birds. Among the
exhibits made by the agricultural
class OF the high school were the va
rious methods of grating and mix
iures for Bordeaux spraying. Excel
lent oil paintings were exhibited by
Ms Dana Robbins and Nira G. Drury
while Mrs Herbert Boardman of
Skowhegan exhibited some beautiful
cut flowers and Wallace Emery show
ed various types of apples. There
was an excellent showing OF crochet
work by Mabel McAllister and Cecilia
Richardson. NJ. f. Cooley had fine
display of Strawberries.
CATTLE DEPARTMENT
lieretords Bull beef breed, 2 years
old. Joseph Matson, list; w r. Tus-
au 2d Bulls. Year old JOSEPH
Matson, list; Dana Robbins, I'd. Bull
! dive, beef breed. losepn Watson,
LIST. Cows, beef breed, Dana Robbins,
'et I'll 81. three year Ola bel
breed, Fred Drury, Sd; Dana Robbins
.st ans "a; two years old beef breed,
jos. Matson, Sd; Dana Robbins, 1st
and I'd. one year old heifer beef
breed. F'rcd Drury. LIST and I'd Hefer
calf Joseph AIatson, I'd and Sd; Dana
Robbins LIST Herd, l bull and 4
COWS. Joseph Matson, Sd; and Dana
/ Fobhns l5t
Oxen and steers Best pen, Gran
Vile Tuscan ID; ID. II, Robbins, 1st;
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