The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-14
CORN BELT EXPOSITION
TO BE HELD AT MITCHELL
SOUTH DAKOTA.
rhe Exposition VIII be One of Great
Credit to tho State-Wili Hold From
September 20 to October 6-Twenty-
one Counties To be Represented.
The Corn Palace.

In the country which Is at the present
on the top wave of prosperity and her
residents, with the object of calling the
attention of her sister states 10 her UNI
bounded resources and her richness in
agricultural way have decided on the
holding OF Corn lelt Exposition in
Mitchell from September 2S To October
6, 1892. The exposition is to be held in
Corn Palace building which atthis time
is nearly completed. The building Will
be large and expensive one and all
the various tasty features OF architec-
tural skill are being employed TO make
the exterior very attractive. The in
terror is sufficiently large to accommo-
date several thousand people while
seated, besides the various exhibits
from the twenty-one counties in the
Corn Belt of the state. and all the
mineral exhibits OF gold, silver, tin,
lead, etc, from the Black Hills. While
the exposition is expected TO benefit
the entire state yet only those counties
lying within the Corn Belt district will .
have charge Of the exposition. TIL
Corn Belt region is known as tn
twenty-one counties situated in tn.
southeastern portion Of the state. 1t :,
here that corn is successfully raise
and of such quality and quantity as to
rival that grown in more SoutherlY
states, This Is the spot in the state
where the famers have growS wealthy
from the annual sale or turning
off Of vast quantities OF cattle and
hogs. Diversified farming here is
the rule and the farmers are in conse-
Quence successful in their pursuits.
The { orn Belt is the oldest settled and
most prosperous part OF the state. A
crop failure has scarcely ever been
known and with the pride brought
about by success the residents of the
Com Belt are endeavoring by this Expo
sition to show her resources in an at
tractive manner, and to rid from the
minds of Fasteners the idea that South
Dakota is place where only billiards,
drouths. Indians, and destitute people
abound. In this land of bright sun
shiny weather genuine Billiards are as
rare as in the East, drouthS have never
effected the Corn Belt, Indians are as
scarce as on the streets of Chicago, and
the farmers are housed in substantial
homes, their stock in roomy barns, and
the residents Of the state will be found
TO be Of an intelligent class. Amer-
cans by birth in an oVerwhe lining ma
joritY, they are mostly educated. They
are proud of their state and they inl
tend that the rest of the world shalt
know it as they know it. In that parn
OF the state north and west of the Cor
Belt region the farmers n few years ag
were subjected to the encouragement
incident TO new country and to pio
neers. The southeastern part of the
state was more slowly settled than the
rest of the state, and the residents were
farming successfully at the time of the
great influx OF immigration into the rest
of the state in the early eighties. The
people who then came to secure Dakota !
land were far different from the pres
ent class of residents. Those who came
then were brought here with the eXpec-
tation of securing land without making |
ii their home. The ma ority Of the fer
tile acres OF the b. DAD prairies OF the |
state were taken up by this class. |
Many never titled their land at all and |
of those that did do any farming done |
it in such careless hap-hazard way
that when any set back was brought !
about through crop failure they failed to |
withstand the storm and left the coun-
try. The experienced farmers among |
those who first came stayed, the mex |
perehced and thriftless class was
weeded out, and their places after
ward taken by the better element and |
to-day without exception the farmers |
Of the state are of the right class and |
are working their way towards IL sure |
enough success. The great crop yields |
of 1891 have been, take the state as a |
whole, repeated the present season. |
Conservative estimates place the wheat |
crop at 50, 600, 600 bushels, the corn |
crop at %, 900, 900 bus hels, and the oat !
crop at 60, 0C0 600 bushels. The effects
OF these magnificent yields has been TO |
install Il spirit of enthusiasm into the |
people OF the state and spirit of en-
terprise which is showing itself in all |
directions in increased business activ-
ity. From an assessed valuation OF |
S47. OF, 900, in 1882 the state has pros
pered 10 such an extent that the |
assessed valuation this year is $l37,- |
373, 761, an increase of 300 per cent. |
This part Of the Northwest which was |
once considered away out West" is |
but 800 miles from the Worlds Fair
City and can be reached by a twelve |
hour ride from that place. Proximity |
to large markets is therefore clearly
shown. Investments by eastern parties
will be made 10 large extent in the
next few years. Nearly every other
section of the country has been doomed
by investors, in fact, south Dakota is
about the only section of the country
where the effect Of booming is not
shown, and capitalists are bound in a
very short time to become convinced
that the avenue for rich investments
have surely opened in this state.
south Dakota expects in the future
TO have the only Corn Palaces In the
Northwest The celebrated Corn Pal
aces of Sioux City attracted the atten-
ton of the entire country TO that city,
and yet Sioux City prosperity can be
attributed to great extent to the hogs
and cattle raised on South Dakota soil
and fed on South Dakota corn.
The present Corn Belt Exposition will
be one of great credit to the state. 1t
is no small affair but of such magni-
tude the visitors wonder when they
view the building now going upat the
size of the undertaking. The Exposi-
tion is directly under the management
of the citizens of Mitchell who have as
sumed all the costs of the undertaking,
but the prominent residents and real
estate men of all the counties in the
E.Np0 oil A.ls 70 olr al.