Milford Mail, The (Newspaper) - September 29, 1921, Milford, Iowa Historical Department IOWA THE MILFORD MAIL MILFORD IOWA THE KEY TO LAKE OKOBOJI IOWAS GREATEST SUMMER RESORT XXXIX MILFORD DICKINSON COUNTY IOWA THURSDAY SEPT 29 1921 NUMBER 38 Northwest Iowa Swine Show and Annual Fall Festival Milford Iowa October 456 1921 BAND CONCERTS DAILY AT SHOW THE WOMENS DEPARTMENT The Womens Department at the wine Show will be especially inter and should enlist the atten bon of every live wide awake woman Cornet Band Pocahontas Iowa to r irl the entire county The ex Furnish Music at the be in a suitable building Swine Show fn street probably in the Far mers Bank and a womens rest room has been secured to furnish the mu j j sic for Wednesday and Thursday an have ing the Swine show week This is an organization of musi cians that have been in existence for some years They have played at a number of fairs and gatherings r of various kinds during the past Wm mer and have the reputation of being excelence at hls the show is over There are many skillful housewives a Northwest Iowa who posses great PROGRAM IS PLANNED FOR ALL TRADE IN MILFORD Farmers and Farmers wives trade i in Milford You will regret it if you dont and you will be glad if youdo Milford is a town of quality The SPORTS ARRANGED FOR goods offered for sale are of a good Th nT V Races and Stunts of All Sorts Will leaves the me wl and County People Will Be Equaly Interested There is nothing shoddy or out of date about Milford Every thing yiu buy here is first class stores have a large stock from which to choose Milford is not Arouse the Greatest of Interest FOOTBALL GAME WEDNESDAY The outlook for a real winning team this year all depends on the de of the forward wall or line I All the old men are in the back field no experi Weight which really counts is j not to be had other than in the two tackles Dardis at right and Heldridge at left looks like the best combina SWINE SHOW TO BE BIG EVENT Exhibitors Prom Other Counties Will Also Some of Their Animals That the program of the Northwest from which to choose Milford is not The street sports are scheduled to tion at present Moreland and E k owa Swine Show and Annual Fall U little ross roads village Milford legin promptly at 3 oclock on Wed son at will hw mal The scene of activities in Milford one of the best musical organizations part in the pig 1Wpto thl T work which will be worth Festival is not an unbalanced affair has big stores It compares favor afternoon Look over the list 111 zij hat will interest no one except those i ably in this respect with much larg f events below and plan on entering jn weight Fellows n he swine business is quickly by studying th on this page A program that will attract every one from the small boy who takes son at guards wiu have to make m beginning will be out at the inH v of the Swine Show two blocks in Northwest Iowa n j many miles to see Besides furnishing the music during ff d Prizes are al sweet old grandmother who will exhibit in the ladies fancy work band be given each evening Horse Racing Special Features As an added attraction this year that will appeal to many people the committees have made arrangements for a number of horse races These best Tuesday noon every exhibit will be towns at center merchants west of the Catholic church Three large tents will house the ex lone or more of them A small Cash should become the back bone for the are square prize is in each event not Defense He has the size and weight hibits this The of They are established citizens with the idea of making anybody rich rfc successfully plug up the center of these be Changed from the trees of Milford used last year to the ots selected east of the football field Two large tents will be given over to he swine exhibits and judging lion The other tent will house the for truth and fair dealing tut to add pep and make them Iine and with IIB can rely on them for sound Please be on time as there will should good offensive qual more experience he selfish advice in buying be no waiting As soon as one event material Milford merchants have started a out of the way another will be cal monster price cutting campaign Read Jd on In the sack race each rather their advertisements Read the prices ends this vear scarce Capt ents in this paper tant is asked to furnish his own sack his position over to exhibits consisting they are quoting for Free for all 50 yards son a demon m corn small grain vegetables fruits o nd quilts and for infant j dresses jackets and robes The girls in place every hog wiu bu all gorts of them Potato Race a bob cat should This location is perhaps the not as there will be a jis best decorations will be up and carefully and then ask yourself Mans Race 50 yards of Capts forward fnr most desirable in town from all points given to the best dressed doll the Bij Week wiu be going ther you can afford to trade elsewhere Race 50 yards hls Erskine has been work view Accessible from by a girl under 14 years of age at of grains and Girls Race 14 and under 50 yds the wee will commence in the i e ese will all be for running horses and will Y S e cultural tent while the first hog be divided into Shetland pony pony freeforall races Horses from Lake Park Ruthven and Jackson as well as a number of horses have already been ed and tho chances for a big field for the different events are jjjj the past week Three legged Race 100 yards A on each has male town w s that will be appreciated by the Boys Race 14 and under 100 yards out of the question They lml also adies hitherto had no part j are doing nicely now and he hopes to main strc lamppn the exhibition A specialist will be I adies Race free for all 50 yards be to cover the left wing terri From K town where will be held driven into the ring The Chester Whites and Hamp pumpkins big round and be the center of attraction resent each day to do judging and to j the pumpkin pies have not jn the judging ing Wednesday along various lines of Boys Shoe Race 50 yds and back nor the apple pies joon the band will interest to the home makers tory in week satisfactory within a short distance of streets of Milford all indications there will be manner this exhibits of hogs than last year Many are ave also give its first concert In the Womens Thursday will see the ribbons for 100 2i stries ed on all exhibits Every article will tagged and the entire show will ftr your husband You have mence with the Hog i vish to note the Broad Jump Step and Jump Go Swine equally important share m it m by the showing of the club and livestock ways a more share exhibits of pigs by the members At I As was the case last year the judge objects exhibited are a 330 p m the game swine Mark Thomberg will give irect evidence of your own skill in goux and draw his reasons for all placings This Various lines of human people from all other attractions feature alone is of great value to all ment Think of the honor in being i Broad Jump STOCK JUDGING CONTEST Department the judging of pastries ed on all exhibits Every article will Race four to team Sl good The races will be held just at L OW remember of will begin after be tagged and the entire show will the west edge of the city e We TSX ls not dinner the Junior Program will open for inspection for those who Shetland Pony race Pony race 1052 Pony race Free for all The Men that Make it That the Northwest Iowa Show and Milford Fall Festival is of by men who will make it a sucess this year is readily seen Committees have selected from Upon the work of the eleven men jist mentioned depends de fense That is to keep our he best bread maker in the Another interesting of the Each afternoon there will be of hogs whether purebred Junior Dept will be the Boys and Cirls Stock Judging Contest held on from outside of the county men will bring hogs that will lake the home breeders drive out ents from scoring It would not be very best in older to win ilight to say that it was the weak part The boys and PS club exhi of the team but as yet it remains the bits again have a Prominent uncertain part place in the show Some of the boys In the back field or the offense the brm in of to show prospects are brighter but brighter a of their cars prospects dont make football scores others show Overland at quarter Guthrie at full classes in the individual best bread maker in the county horse races on the road west of or not or the best baker of angels food The finish of these races j And last of Milford who lays October 5 in the big tent jEow proud your husband will be of be m the street south of the foot claim to being the livest town in i This contest is open to any boy or j ou and how haughtily you will show field Northwest Iowa will be on dress in Dickinson county between the to your neighbor The womens is another jade to welcome all visitors during aes of 12 and 18 years who desire to back and Brown and Lafoy at half Swine Show an Actual Institution The Dickinson Farm iBu backs have sufficient weight and drive ower to advance the ball against any ls behind Milford Swine verage team The most promin Show as well as all fairs because it is the business men by President Ad kins to arrange every minute detail The Northwest Iowa Swine Show se officers and directors each year to carry on the business of the or The breeders of Dikin son county have themselves together for the primary purpose of staging an annual exhibition of in their county Last year the show was staged in Milford That the affair was a success can be die of envy Do not feature to the delay Decide at once what you are going to exhibit and get ready in the test possible way Every one has an equal chance There are no favor ites Women in town and women in the country are equally eligible Think it over and be sure and try for ene or more of the prizes A complete list of the premiums of erd was published in the Mail on September 15 and also in the festival this these three days oo ui Booklet issued by the Northwest low attested to by the 10000 people who Swine attended The following are the men in charge of this years show Chamber of Commerce of Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of General Arrange ments W G Adkins Executive G VanderAarde Albert and 0 C Holcomb Sports and Meyers Dr J E Supt Arlington YOUNGSTERS TO HAVE GOOD SHOW OF HOGS Will Glade R B Nicol and Shelledy Football Supt Arrington and K S Meyers About twenty boys are putting the finishing touches on their pigs in pre paration for the Swine Show at Mii ford They will compete for liberal prizes This exhibit of pigs will be one of the features of the show for ihe youngsters will have animals that J F May 0 C Holcomb and Er nest Woods Tents and Donahoe C C Heldridge G and E Merrill Northwest Iowa Swine Show Officers end F Clark Vice LaDoux E Merrill D Daily L Taylor Poland China W C Meyers Duroc Jersey Ed Strube Hampshires Irvin Frost Chester White Earl ven the best of the breeders would be roud to show Wednesday after loon when these pigs are driven out here will be some of the keenest ri alry for every boy is planning on aking home the blue ribbon POULTRY ONE OF MAIN SOURCES INCOME ON FARM Show at Milford to bring Together Best Stock in County Some of the side lines on the farm today are more profitable than the main crops That this is true of poultry has been proven in many cases With the price of poultry and eggs holding fairly steady and being readily turned into cash poultry and poultry products are one of Uie main cash on the Iowa farm When the management of the Swine Show decided to hold a poultry show in connection they took his fact into con sideration The management hopes to bring together birds of different breeds that may bring out the better charac of each breed and to aid in the selection of breeding flocks for the coming season Efforts are now being made to get an exhibit ol model poultry houses and poultry equipment from the Iowa CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN THE KID TO BE SHOWN HERE Charlie Chaplin has hit the high in delightful entertainment in his first attempt at a feature length pic ure The Kid which is the title he s given the story which he has written himself is to us the most Chaplin film we ever seen In the first place it simply i bubbles over with laughter and are so human that you not feel foolish because you ar ing Again it is long enough so that it provides a whole evenings ente Program in itself Had some one told us before we had seen The Kid that we could be conj that the character that Charlie has always presented on the screen could be presented in such a way that we could visualize him as a living breathing mortal we would have been inclined to doubt But several times during the course of The Kid his comedian made us swallow a lump in our throats and wipe real tears of sympathy from our eyes by the pa thos of his acting And before I our handkerchief was back in our et it was needed again to dry our cheeks of the tears caused by the shrieks of laughter from the antics of the same actor As a comedy the production is a dinner as a dramatic production it ranks high but the strongest appeal this First National six reels of joy made to us was to bring the realiza tion that Charles Chaplin is not a clown but one of the most All exhibits to be in place by 12 oclock noon on Tuesday Oc tober 4th Band Concert Judging of grains and Judging of Swine Chester Whites and Hampshires October concert by Pocahontas Band Program judging of Pastry Concert Judging of boys and girls club Exhibit Junior Hog Judging Contest Judging of Poultry Show Settlers Reunion of Poland China Duroc Jersey Demonstration of Food at Womens Building by Ames Specialist Game Milford vs Sioux Rapids Pony and Free for all Running Race Concert October 6tfi Concert 11 of Fancy Work in Womens Building and De monstrations by Ames Specialist Big Picnic Dinner Concert of Hogs by Noted Speaker Races Free for ali running Shetland Pony Race Pony Race Free for all game and pig race between halves Sister Drill Concert feature of their day up to date an educational institution s staying qualities and ability to In better way can breeders work in harmony that cf secure deas and information ery few hack fields do sto the type of hog desired for mar Applicants for sub positions are cLt Purposes than through a compar there being from 12 to 18 son of animals in the show ring ut on thc nights of scrimmage the bost of are to The season is only starting and bc found The judge who is u man none of the men should as yet feel iri touch tne market conditions discouraged a3 well as the breeders view point Thc Sioux Rapids Game compares the relative points in the The Sioux Rapids team this year Carious hogs and pins the is one of the fastest teams put out by on those that he considers the that school test from all standpoints The contest promises to be one of Shows such as the Milford Swine the most exciting games ever played nre for a twofold purpose on the local field Local fans are Thc main purpose is that of the edu interested in seeing what coach value to by breed fords men can do under rapid fire ers aild raisers of hogs For this Game is called promptly at governments all over the and the admission will be 25 and 35 are backing exhibits of agricultural products and livestock o in order that people in general may ALL LABOR IS DONATED more familiar with the types fr be decided We may go the world That the breeders of hogs over the and exhibits Some county arc back of thc Northwest festered by communities some by Iowa Swine show is brought out by towns some by counties others by the fact that they voted at their states and others by Federal Govern meeting to donate their time and the smallest to the larg labor to getting the grounds in shape find the main Part of a the tent up and the pens built this hav is the educational benefit de year Beginning Saturday a small army of men from all over In some of the old countries hese exhibits have been fostered for It was through that the im the county will begin operations of years der the direction of Dr of da of our livestock began o Since that time the improvement has CORN SHOW TO BB been rapid Ideas have changed un ONE OF HIGH today we find our American Ag Products and Livestock landing at the head of the world Exhibitors to be Limited to Dickin son County With a yield of corn that is consid above normal and a season that has made many good seed ears the outlook for hip com show during the fall festival is very pleasing to those in charge Many good corn raisers from al over the county arc planning to bring their corn Among them Charles Bush of Lake Park Lonnie McFarland of Lake Park H Arthur and Sons of Spirit Lake and Reno Brothers at These men are among the foremost corn i growers in the county having taken a number of prizes locally and at the fair A the recent Lake fair fifty ten ear samples were shown and the men in charge of the corn show at are bound to have at least that number here this year J E Merrill County Agent o HAS NO VEL WINDOW DISPLAY George VanderAarde the jeweler has window display for Swine Show week On a ledge in the win dow he has a miniature swine show with pens for each exhibitor made of real wood aud with real straw In cach pen arc found pure bred hogs of various sizes and breeds made of card board On each pen is attached the name of a real farmer of Dickin son county Mr VanderAarde has had charge of the publicity work of the Swine Show and has done extra ordinary well throwing himself heart and soul into the task Milford owes a great debt of gratitude to Van for his public spiritual efforts The winner of this contest will re a trip to the Winter Short Course at Ames and the winner of honors will receive a cash prize of DICKINSON COUNT OR ATOR TO HOLD FORTH gtate College for this exhibition mate actors on the screen today Attorney H E of Spirit Lake who was hailed at the recent American Legion Convention at Spirit j A farmer can committ no greater Lake as an who folly than to waste his time raising scrubs They eat as much as the best of them has consented i better hogs and do not yield as great to give the address Thursday af returns noon October 6
