The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-03-01

nice premium as 1lrSt and seconds in
each class.
Following the free lunch at noon
programs began in the two halls for
ladies and men. The ladies were en-
ptertained by a talk from Miss Cush-
man, poultry extension specialist from
the Montana State College of Boze-
man and by Mrs. L. B. McMullen of
Billings. Both ladies are able tallkers
and gave interesting addresses.
At the same time the men were lis
tening to C.. H. Ruseika, county extern
sion agent of Yellowstone county. F.
|. Peterson, Smith-Hughes man of
Carbon county and Mr.. Ogaard, ex-
tension agronomist of the State Col
lege of Bozeman. Mr.. 0gaard lecture
was on certified seed and brought out
very clearly the absolute necessity
of ranchers using pure seed and to be
certain that it bore the make that it
was Certified" as it has been known
where ranchers have been sold certi-
fled seed, that upon investigation and
tracing back, was not certified at all.
Mr.. Peterson spoke of Beans" fast
growing popular crop in this territory
and proper crop rotation for good
bean production. Mr.. Ruzeikas lee
ture was upon proper size of herds and
sheep on the average acreage of the
local ranchers.
Intermingled with each program
were musical numbers, rendered by ia
lent from the Eastern Montana Nor
NAL and the Polytechnic of Billings.
These people played no small part in
making the day the wonderful sue
cess that it was in the way of enter
tainment, as was readily seen by the
way they held the crowd and the num-
erous encore they were called upon
to give. Community singing was held
in each hall at the beginning of each
program, which was led by members
of the male quartette, in the absence
of Jim Shoemaker of Billings. Miss
Martha Dewey, instructor of the Eng
fish Department of the Normal, rem
dered a reading, Mr.. G. V. Ridgeley,
music instructor of the Normal gave
selection on the violin, with singing
by the Glee Club, consisting of 80
voices, of the Normal and selections
by the male quartette of the Poly
technic institute.
The evening program at seven p.
M, was opened with community sing
ing led by the male quartette. Fol
lowing the singing the audience were
again entertained by the Quartette
Glee Club, Miss Dewey and Mr.
Ridgeley. DR.. L. B. McMullen, presi-
dent Of the Eastern Montana Normal
gave the address for the evening pro
gram, "The Individual and the Gang
The lecture was very impressive and
enjoyed by all that had the pleasure
to hear him. After the lecture tht
male quartette were again called upol
to sing, followed by a reading of thu
winners of the judging contests of thu
day.
Following is complete list of win
ners of the judging by the school chill
different classes of stock, poultry ant
corn were judged by Francis |. Peter
son of Red Lodge. Also winners of tn,
different events of the sport program
which was held after the Afternoon
meetings:
Wilbur Humiston won first in stool
judging which was So cash priz
offered by Hart Albin Co. with Lee
Hendricks winning second with S
cash prize by the same firm.
In the poultry judging Ernest Lu
dial won first with a years subscrip
ton to the Picket Journal as prize
with Virgil Dowell winning secon
with prize of so pounds flour donate
by Occident Elevator Co.
Joe Bender won first in corn judg
ing and prize of $3.50 in merchan
disc made by Ayers Mere, and Ma
Hathaway second with personal sta
tionery donated by the Fromber
Herald
L. M. Gibson won first and second i
the draft horse class, w. K. Bisso
first with the best yearling colt an
L. M. Gibson second Gordon Steel
won first and second with mich cow
w. E. Stokes first and second wit
brood sows, G. Steele first and L.
Joppa second with sheep. in the pou
try class D. 0. Seright won first wit
w. X. Burris second. D. 0. Serigf
won first with the best II ears of il
rigated corn and Anton Deiner SCI
ond. w. X. Burris won first with til
best twelve ears of dry land corn an
Donald McGeorge second.
Winners of the sport program wei
as follows: 100 ward dash, free to all