The Bismarck tribune., 1924-09-05
MANDAN FAIR
CLOSED WITH
FIRE WORKS
Awards Made in Various
Classes of Exhibitors
During the Fair
CORN PRIZES GIVEN
Best 4O-Acre Field in The
County Is Judged at the
Slope Fair
CORN PRIZES GIVEN

its four days exhibitions at Mandan
last night, fireworks display
marking the close of the fair. Many
awards were made in the various
exhibits during the four days. The
fact that farmers are busy thresh-
ing cut down the attendance.
Henry G. Lahren won the silver
cup given by the First National
Bank of Mandan for the finest 40
acre corn field in Morton county.
District prize winners for the best
district; j. E. Tschidsr of Solen in
his district. Henry ], Rix won a
phonograph for the best 40 ears of
corn displayed.
In the dairy products exhibit the
Mandan Homemakers club won first
place.
In the girls club judging, Mary
Cotner and Edna Vogel Of Grant
county won first place. VIM. Rey-
nolds Jr., son of State Dairy Com
missioner w. F. Reynolds, won first
place in the boys calf Judging con-
test. Jerome Stowell of Flasher
was second. Other boys placed
were: Lester Cotner, Grant county;
Harold Michaels, New Salem; Jack
Simonitsch. Flasher; Almond Stow
ell, Flasher.
Jerome Stowell's entry took first
place in the calf exhibit of the pure
bred class and VIM. Reynolds Jr.
took first place in the grades class.
Hog Exhibits
In the hog exhibits at the fair,
William Weiss, exhibiting the Duroc
Jersey breed, had the best cow and
litter. In the Poland China class,
F. NJ. Mills of Edgeley won 10 first
prizes, five seconds and four thirds.
f. l.. Herr Of Sterling had the
third for aged sow in the Poland
China class. f. Van Vliet of Dris-
coll won first for senior yearling
sows T. NJ. Johnson of Sterling
took two firsts and two thirds in
the Duroc Jersey class while Law
renee Madland of Mckenzie had the
best senior yearling boar and took
second on junior yearling sow. f.
Van Vliet and Son of Driscoll took
second ribbon in this class.
Floral prizes at the fair went
largely to Mrs. j. NJ. Stephens of
the Northern Great Plains Station.
Mrs. j. c. Thysell also of the Great
Plains Station took many prizes.
Other exhibitors awarded prizes
were Mrs Marvin Olson, Mrs. J. P.
Hess, Mrs. Anna Stark, Mrs. H. K.
Jensen.
John Schauss, farmer living south
of the city, won a loving cup for
the grand champion bronze turkey
tom exhibited.
Cattle Exhibits
Chief exhibitors in the Aberdeen
Angus class were the Airyland Stock
and Ranch company of Lewiston,
Mont, and John Dawson Of Mandan.
The MOptana company won Is firsts,
six seconds and three thirds. Dawson
won four firsts, four seconds and
five thirds. The Grand Champion
bull and cow and heifer were won
by the Lewiston company. Dawson
won the graded herd, breeders young
herd and junior heifer calf. This
was the first time that Dawson has
been given keen competition in the
Angus cattle.
Registered Shorthorn premiums
were awarded to S. 7. Mauk of Mof-
fit, N. d. He won the bull two to
three years of age and the senior
yearling heifer.
Olson brothers of Hannaford, N.
d. won all prizes in the Milking
Shorthorn class, taking 20 firsts,
four seconds and one third. This
was the first time that milking
shorthorns have been shown at the
Slope fair and the Olson cattle
caused much interest.
Competition was keenest in the
Holstein Freisian class. where there
were eight exhibitors. The state
training school won three firsts; +.
Fl. MOtsiff, one first; Sawtelle and
Stowell, Flasher. IL firsts and one
second; VIM. Vogel, Flasher, two
firsts and one second; c. B. Nagel
and c. F. Strutz, Bismarck, z Sec
onds and four thirds
The Flasher Holstein circuit won
one first on the graded herd; Cot
ner brothers, Flasher. won first on
the junior heifer calf. The grand
champion bull ribbon was awarded
to the state training school and the
grand champion COW or heifer pre-
MUM to Sawtelle and Stowell. F.
H. Motsiff was awarded the senior
yearling bull ribbon.
Thomas E. Woodward of Wibaux,
Mont, had splendid showing of
Herefords but was without competi-
tion. He was awarded 19 firsts, five
seconds and two thirds. One year
ling bull exhibited was declared the
finest ever shown here.
There was only one exhibitor in
the sheep class, Nagel and Strutz
of Bismarck. The Oxford Downs
shown by them were fine animals
and were given five firsts, four Sec