The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1922-08-25
$4,000 PREMIUM
LIST COMPLETED
PRIZES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG 1000 COMPETITORS
IN WHEAT CONTEST


With receipt of official notification
from the Great Northern railway,
Northern Pacific railway and the Mil
waukee railway of $1,000 cash to be
offered a. prizes In the statewide
summer tillage contest, the Montana
Development association announces
the completion of q $4,000 premium
list, to be distributed among 1000
competitors and to 90 to the pro-
ducers Of the largest yields of stand
ard winter or spring wheat on q mea-
sured 20 acres Of land.
president Of the Northern Pacific, an
nounces that the Northern Pacific
will give $500 in cash prizes to the
winners in the southern district, in
cluding towns along the Northern
Pacific from Wibaux to Dillon. A
telegram from ". p. Kenney, vice
president of the Great Northern, an
Aounces similar amount to be given
to the winners in the northern dis
trict, which includes localities along
the Great Northern railway from
Plentywocd to Cut Bank. r. NJ. CAL
kins, vice president of the Milwau-
kee, announces the offering Of $500
cash, to be divided among the win.
ners in the central Montana district
in localities along the Milwaukee.
Prizes Offered
The Montana Development associa-
tons $1,000 offered will be divided
into three parts, $3.50 for each dis
trict in the state. Thirteen imple-
ment and machinery houses have Of
Tho Mn1{ro D10vy
pany, Moline, ILL.,, offers three Best
Ever sulky plows, valued at $50 each.
The Sharples Separator company. of
West Chester, Pa, offers three No. 4
Sharples separators, valued at $50
each. Fairianks-Morse company Of
Chicago, offers three IN horsepower
u" type kerosene engines, valued at
$50 each. The John Deere Plow
Works, Minneapolis, Minn., offers
three "KC" corn cultivators, valued
at $40 each.
Oliver Clipped Plow Works, South
Bend, Ind, offers three 10-foot dou-
BILE action tandem tractor discs, val
ued at $125 each. The Champion
Corporation, Hammond, Ind, offers
three so horsepower tillers. valued at
$50 each. The Lacrosse Plow COM
pany, Lacrosse, Wis, offers three
four-section harrows, valued at $55
each. Bateman and Companies, Inc,
Greenloch, N. j., offers three TN
foot Acme harrows, valued at $50
each, and three Iron Age, two-row
riding corn cultivators, valued at $85
each. The Rock Island Plow COM
pany, Rock Island, ILL.,, offers three
8-foot horse drawn tandem Bonanza
discs, valued at $50 each.
The H. Earl Clack company, of
Havre, Montana, offers three Clack
Culti-Weeders, valued at $50 each.
Emerson Brantingham Implement
company, of Minneapolis, Minn., Of
fers three gang disc plows, valued at
$40 each. The International Har-
vester company, Chicago. ILL.,. offers
three International field cultivators,
7h feet wide, valued at $40 each.
Besides the prizes above enumerat-
ed, $6,400 in prizes has been offered
by business men members of summer
tillage clubs in various localities in
the state, to be competed for locally
only. This makes a total of approx
mately $4,000 to be given to the
winners of the contest.
Scope Of Contest
This huge contest, covering all the
drv land SectiOna Of the state c0m.