Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-20

In the pure bred Holstein, one year
and over, Leonard Madsen of Askov,
won first and Eleanor Wiedeman, Pine
township, second. Holstein sires, Leo
nard Clark, Chengwatana, won first
and Lester Caauve, Chengwatana, Sec
ond.
In the pure bred Guernsey, Glen
Swanson of Royalton, won first and
Anders Arnbal, won second.
Grade Guernsey, under one year:
Marian Bakken, Rock Creek, first;
ond; Evelyn Swanson, Royalton, third.
Other entrants were, Leroy Ostlund,
Vern Ellefson, Glen oliver, Curtis
Olander, Vera Olson. David Hoagland.
David Hall, Vernon Clyne, Lavina La
Frenz, Henrietta La Frenz, Harold
Madsen, Pearl johnson and Robert
Peterson.
In the grade Holstein over one year.
Vern Baker, Hinckley, won first prize;
Delford Chaplin, Pine City, second and
Mervin Fiske, kerrick, third.
Sheep, Swine and Poultry.
The winners in the Shropshire
sheep class were as follows:
Fat lamb-first. Verlin White, Dam
forth; second, Shirley Moore, DAN
forth; third, Merna Duncan, Wilma.
Pure Bred Lamb-Edith Hansen,
Askov. Other entrants were Tavern
Harris, Leland Harris. Janet Karges,
Betty Soens, Mervin Moore, John
Wheeler, Norman Shute, Elbertha
Mansmith, Adrian Shute, Albert Glen
Ike, Doris Johnson, Lloyd Danger.
Trio of Lambs-Verlin White, Dan
forth, first; Lucretia Scott, Royalton,
second.
The winners in the swine class
were: Fat Barrow-Herman Christen-
sen, Askov, first; Everett Christensen.
Birch Creek, second; Jim Sikkink,
Hinckley, second. Other entrants
were Floyd Mowry, Eugene Mowry,
James Bell, Joe Ludwig, Manford
Lamb, Albert Johnson, Kenneth Peter
son.
Gifts Lloyd ZiegleE Hfnckley, first;
Harold Brown, Cloverdale, second;
Beatrice Nopp, Markville, third; other
entrants were Daniel Nopp and Clar-
ence Christensen.
The winners in the poultry class
were:
Breeding poultry, Byron Holm, Sand
Market poultry. Leo Isaacs. Royal
ton, first; Anna Glienke, Markville,
second, Ray Mcclellan, Brook Park,
third. Other entrants in poultry
were Cecilia Glienke, Herman Chris
Jensen, Victor Christensen, Ingvard
Jensen, Richard Jewell, June Novak,
Doris Schmidt.
Fair Staff.
The officers of the county fair for
this year are r. E. Carlson, president;
A. S. Larson, vice president; w. S. Nc
Eachern, secretary; w. A. Sauser,
treasurer. The directors are Phil
Silesky, Andrew P. Edin, George Dorr,
George Wallick, Joseph Petschel, and
G. c. Schmidt. The officers and di-
rectors worked hard to make the
fair success and the result of their
labors was shown in the excellent
The superintendent having charge of
the various divisions were B. W. Bea-
vers, horses and cattle; H. H. Grant,
swine and sheep; L. F. Appleby, poul-
try; Matt Poferl, grain and seeds; Os-
car Westrom, potatoes and vegetables;
Claude Daniels, fruit; Mrs. Henry
Stevens, flowers; Mrs. William Bant-
orf
In the poultry division there were
81 exhibitors with 391 birds being en-
tered in the competition. There were
10 entries in poultry in the All Club
department, so that the poultry show
was well up to standard. H. c. Nier-
engarten of St. Cloud, judged the poul-
try.
The Land O'Lakes again had fine
exhibit of ten tubs of as fine butter
as one might wish to see. S. A.
Striegl was superintendent. The but
ter was judged on a score basis with
the high score of "a winning first for
Ernest Bliss of Bruno. Elmer Carl
score only "A point behind the winner,
his score being 1894. Oscar Bergseth
of the Finlayson creamery, won third
and the other exhibitors were Allen
Irene of Denham; F. G. Larson, Brook
Park; AL Kimlinger Markville; Albert
Adamek, Beroun; r. Hurtig, Hinckley
Two Large silver loving cups put up
by the Vendome hotel of Minneapolis,
were on display, these having been
won by this district. One cup was
won in 1929 and the other in 1881.
Arthur C. Rentz, district field man.
ager, was at the booth much of the
time meeting friends and also H. R.
Berg of Rush City. District No. 2
over which Mr.. Rentz has supervision
is composed of Pine, Chisago, part of
Carlton, Isanti, Kanabec, and Mile
Laos counties.
The sham artillery battle staged
Friday evening by Battery e in lieu