The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-31

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and evening was an eye opener tt
the thousands of people who VISITED
the Auditorium and noted the ex
hibits made by gardeners and farm
ers of this section of the country.
A year ago and the year previous
the Zenith mine management haC
put on fair for employees of thu
mine and these exhibitions were the
beginning of the Community Fair o.
this year. The interest manifested
at the former fairs had spurred the
people to demand a communit!
event and Mondays successful
affair was the outcome of this agita
ton.
Tourists from neighboring state!
and the southern part of Minnesots
were amazed when shown the
elegant display of garden truck
potatoes and root crops, water anc
musk melons, grapes, apples, plums
cherries, ripe tomatoes, celery
grains and livestock. The old leg
islative argument that we raised
nothing in St. Louis County but
''iron ore and snow balls" received
a knockout wallop several years age
when the county began carrying
home the principal potatoe prizes
of the state and made serious in.
roads on other prizes. And now
comes, Ely, one of the most north.
ernmost cities of the state and
county with a display tina. would
put many more southernly located
farming sections to shame, a dis.
play second only to the state fail
and that only in quantity and not
quality.
The Auditorium was filled with
long tables upon which were dis
played the exhibits. The poultry
was also stationed in this room
while the live stock was shown in a
tent at the rear of the school build
ing. The tent had been kindly
loaned by the Phoenix Utility COM
pany. Nearly 600 had exhibits on
display and nearly 800 prizes We're
awarded by the judges, DR.. F. L.
ODER, county veterinarian; August
Neubauer, county agent and Mrs
August Neubauer. DIR. ODER judged
the livestock and poultry, Mr.. Neu-
bauer the vegetables, grains, root
crops and fruits and Mrs. Neubauer
the flowers and canned products.
The fair was sponsored by the
Ely Commercial Club and the com.
mittee composed of DIR. J. E.
Thompson, Kenneth Duncan, Viii.
liam Mitchell, Guy Moore and B.
o. Strachan had charge. Through
tho Af
posed of DR.. Thompson and A. j
Thomas who waited on the county
commissioners, this body furnished
an appropriation towards the fair
This appropriation was made in con.
formity of a. law passed at the last
session of the legislature allowing
counties to assist in such fairs VI
to certain limits and in certain
places. Already the Commercial
Club has taken steps toward much
larger exhibition next year and the
people of this section and as fal
south as Embarrass are promising
much larger showing next year
especially of pure bred cattle ant
dairy products.
The accompanying list gives :
fair representation of what wa
shown at the fair and the priz'
winners. All winners will be pait
with checks and the Recipients ar
requested to bank these as soon a
possible in order that the books cal
be balanced and Cancelled check
used as vouchers with the count.
board. The several groups and win
ners are as follows:
LIVESTOCK.
Best Dairy Cow, Charles Trezona
$500. Fabian Maxi, $500. Fabial
Maxi, $500. Anton Mersnik
Best Dairy Bull (Holstein) ~ Yrs
or Over, White Iron Farmer
Club, $500. August Bouska, $500
John Kayute, $500.
Best Dairy Calf (Heifer) III
Months or Under), Peter Kos
mitch, $500. Gust Hill, $500
Gustaf Berglund, $1.00.
Best Dairy Bull Guernsey e Yrs
or Over), Peter Ruotsala, $500
Louis Bianchi, $500.
Best Boar, any Breed, Charles Cor
she, $500.
Best Spring Pigs, John Bouska
| $500. Frank Golob, $500
Frank Sayatovich, $1.00.
POULTRY.
Best Pen Rhode Island Reds, E. L
West, $500. John Skerjanc, 81 90
Best Pen Orphingtons, A. ]. Bon
nier, $500. j. E. Thompson
/ $1.00.
Best Pen Leghorns, Jacob Untinen
i $500. John Bouska, $1.00. Pete
i Bianchi, 75c.
Best Dozen White Eggs, Jacob I'm
i tinen, $1.00. John Hiiva, rs
i Andrew Esterberg, $500.
Best Dozen Brown Eggs, Archi
i BONNER, $1.00. E. L. West, 75e
i Jack Grahek, SOC.
Geese, Ducks and Turkeys DUCKS
4 Waino Melartin, $500. Fran
Benko, $500. (GEESE), Vain
Melartin, $500. Frank Erzal
Il $500. (TURKEYS), Waino Me-
artin $500.
VEGETABLES
Beans (Green), " Peck, job
Hutar, $1.OO. Charles Gorsh,
75c. Mary Golob, soc.
Beans yellow, " Peck, F. .
Lindgren, $1.00. Frank Merha
81 75c. Andrew Lenich, SOC.
Beans (Lima), " Peck, MAJ