Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-08-12
The Mitchell Expositicn.

scheme for a South Dakota corr
festival at Mitchell:
Sioux City will steal no more
glory from Snuth Dakota IN the WAY
Of Corn Palaces, even if that ~fcstiya
occurs next year, for South Dakott
is to have n corn festival Of her own
this year. 1t is 10 be at Mitchell
opening on the 21th Of September
aud continuing through October s
ansl it is to be called the Cora Belt
Exposition Of South Dakota.
Don. G Needham. Of Jerauld Go,
secretary OF the Corn Belt Real Is,
tate association, who is doing tie
outside rustliag for the Mitchell peo-
pie for the exposition, was IN fank.
ton today on that business. A Press
& Dakotan reporter had him "cor-
ralledH for a few moments, during
which time Mr., Needham briefly
outlined the plan and scope Of the
exposition.
TO begin WITH he said, "the
Mitchell people have subscribed
Sl4, 600 to the enterprise. That is
the Mitchell way of doing things,
The business men there, Just simp-
ly go in to an enterprise for all there
is to be go. out OF it, They will ex.
pend this $4,000 in putting up n
fine building and in decorating it
With all the products OF the prairies
aud TILED land of the state. The
exposition is Il South Dakota affair
exclusively. but it is expected that
| the corn belt counties will taketho
most prominent part and be mcss
actively interested in 1t.
+ Four prizes are offered tor county
exhibits, the first being 1925, the
second s175, the third 500 and the
fourth $50. Davidson county in
which Mitchell is. cannot compete
for the county prizes.
The Sioux City architect c. z.
Brown who maze the plans for the
last corn palace, has designed the
plans for the exposition building,
and while it may not be SO large as
the Sioux City affair it will be beau
it'll. And now as to what this ex-
position is expected to accomplish.
In the fest place it will tend to
show tie people Of South Dakota
and particularly the residents of the
Corn Belt, more clearly than has
ever been done before, what this
state can produce and will awaken
the desire Of the state folk to do
more for theirmutual Advancement.
1t will set the state right III the
minds of her own citizens. And
more than that, it viii give the state
a vast amount Of advertising on the
outside and attract the attention of
certain classes who haze not hcretp-
fore noticed South Dakota. The
Corn Belt Real Estate association
having endorsed the exposition viii
exert its greatest energies in bring
ing into the state during the expo
s%ition, hundreds OF land seekers.
Every railroad running into the
state has agreed to conduct harvest
excursions from Chicago and other
points east into South Dakota with
in the dates Of the exposition and
At! the excursionists will have their
attention directed to the exposition.
1t will be a grand thing for South
Dakota and every citizen should
lend it its moral and financial sup
port. Il is the time to begin to look
for large pumpkins, long ears Of
corn and fine samples Of grain
The same excursion trains which
colne into the state viii 20 to the
Grain Palace at plankinton which
opens one day before the Mitchell
exposition closes and county exhi-
bits can be taken from the expoa;-
ton % Plankinton if it is desired"
Don. G. Needilam and cav. Rob
crts, were in the city yesterday in
the interest of this scheme. Union
County wants to be represented in
this South Dakota Corn Palace bust
ness and the COURIER suggests that
our enterprising citizens take hold
of the matter at once and see that
we have a creditable exibit ut the
Mitchell Exposition.