Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-12
WON
BY HARLEM GROWER
FOR CORN DISPLAY
First Montana Annual Corn
Show Draws Many Entries :.
at Malta.


Malta Nov, 11.--E. G. Miller of
Harlem one of northern Montana s
pioneer corn growers, won the grand
champion sweepstakes silver cup with
his exhibit of Northwestern Dent corn
at the northern Montana corn show
which closed here Saturday Compe-
tition for this coveted award in the
sweepstakes class was hot and the
Miller exhibit went up against en-
tries of high quality representing the
other six varieties of corn grown in
this part of the state Winning of the
championship cup comes as signal
recognition of the careful and intelli-
gent seed selection that has been car
ried on by the Harlem man for a num-
her of years.
In the potato show the sweepstakes
award went to William Arndt of
Hinsdale, who also won the champion
ship cup in the Marquis wheat class.
Roosevelt county was awarded first
place in the county collective corn
class, while Valley county took the col
lective awards in potatoes and small
grains Phillips county had the larg-
est exhibit in the corn show and would
have captured the collective award
petition because of it's advantage in
location. First prize winners in the
different varieties exhibited at the
corn show are as follows: Certified
Northwestern Debt, J. n. Mangis, NAL
ia: certified Yellow Dent, DIR. J. L..
Atkinson, Poplar: Northwestern Dent,
E. G. Miller, Harlem: White Flint,
Fred Jacoby, Fort Benton; Yellow
Flint, Fred Buckles. Poplar; Yellow
Dent. Carl Berg, Malta; Minnesota
%, Homer Cartwright, Nashua; White
Dent, II. ]. Rock, Malta: Mixed
Flint, s. H. Carey, Mildly.
Boys Club Winners
Blue ribbon winners in the boys
club exhibit were: Yellow Dent, Mar
lin Coates, Froid: White Dent, Chas.
Mienhatdt. Bainville; Northwestern
White Flint, Loren Piercy, Bainville; /;
In the potato show the following
captured first places in the various
classes registered: Irish Cobbler,
Adolph Lefind, Malta: registered Net
ted Gems, Lester Taylor. Chinook;
registered Bliss Triumph, Louis Bel
ger, Glasgow: Irish Cobbler, Gerald
Dewitt, Malta: Melted Gems, r. 81.
Brooks, Beaverton; Bliss Triumph,
Bedford Forest Wolf Point.
Blue ribbons in the pure seed show
went as follows: Registered Marquis
wheat. John Valentine. Genevieve;
Registered Victory oats Harry Ander-
son, Nashua: registered Hannchen bar
ley, A Dick. Lustre: registered Grimm
alfalfa. V. Il. Moss, Glasgow; Trevi
barley. Peter Peterson, Glasgow: COM
mon Marquis wheat, William Arndt,
Hinsdale; Victory oats, Nelson Gotta.
Glasgow; Hannchen barley, ]. Tieden.
Whitewater: Peliss durum, j. n. Man
gis, Malta; Dakeld rye, Philip Fauth
Baylor; flax, J. T. Tieden, Whitewa-
ter; sweet clover. c. r. Richardson.
Glasgow; bronze grass, G. w. Ander-
son, 0pheim; western wheat grass. Sid
Blair, Culbertson: common alfalfa,
Henry Cochrane, Glasgow: millet, G.
Y. Buprnett. Scobey: northwest pota-
to special. Gerard Dewitt, Malta; am
Der cane. G. Il. Hullinger. Malta.
Cold weather failed to materially af
feet the attendance on the last day of
the corn show and the court house was
crowded with visitors all day. At the
show, in the hotel lohbies down town
and ON the streets the great topic of
conversation is corn and the marvel
ous effect it is having in restoring
confidence in northern Montana's ag
riculture. Late Friday evening at a
conference of northern Montana coun-
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