The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-08-24
II is A SURE THING
Mitchell Will Have Her Corn
Palace in the Latter Part Of
September.
Sufficient EOney Has Been Subscribed
TO Guarantee Its Success Will
Push Things.
Col. Roosevelt Will Come TO Mitch
ell on Sept. IL and Will Deliver
an Address.
CORN PALACE FOR 1900.
The Business Men Decide That it is
Too Good a Thing to Drop
This Year.

This Year.
After several days of fear and doubt
that the corn palace would be dropped
for no apparent reason, and THE RE
PUBLICAN never thought Tor moment
that it would 80 60. the corn palace will
be held in Mitchell this year.
A new subscription committee COW
cred the town thoroughly q few days
ago and had received sufficient encour-
agement as 10 make the corn palace an
assured thing. Monday evening q
meeting of the subscribers to the fund
was called hastily in order to start the
committee on it's work There was a
good representation of the subscribers
present and it was called to order by
the election of L. O. Gale as chairman
and G. W. Downey secretary
The report Of the soliciting commit
tee, which was composed of Messrs.
Healey, Spangler, Gale and Hager,
made frat 1t showed that the COM
mittee had secured donations of 49, 800,
and with promise of $400 more and
the amount of 500 in the treasury left
from the last corn palace eight years
ago. the fund can easily be increased to
S4,600, which will give the committee a
good working fund
A motion was made and unanimously
carried that it be the sense of the meet
ing that the corn palace be held and
that arrangements be perfected for the
project and that the soliciting commit
tee be continued for further work.
The following executive committee
was then elected which will have the
entire management of the corn palace:
L. O, Gale, L. Beckwith, T. G. Burns,
N. L. Dawson, E. B. VanAlstine, VIM.
Koch and w. J. Hesley.
Another motion was made and car
ried that met with the hearty appro-
val OF The meeting and that was to the
effect that the cash surplus on hand
after the corn palace of 1900 should be
prora ed TO the subscribers to the pres
ent fuad.
There was unanimity of feeling that
the corn palace would be great sue
cess aud some remarks of encourage
ment were made by D. A. Mizener, E.
Becker and A. B. Hager. 1t was q
good meeting throughout and there was
no Question in the minds OF any present
but what the corn palace would be as
successful as the one in 1892 or 1913.
The meeting adjourned and the mat
ter WAS thus turned over to the execu-
tive committee for further work. This
committee is composed of majority of
men VINO have had the benefit of the
experience OF two corn palaces and will
know just where to push the work and
when. The other members OF the COM
mittee are good hustling citizens and
whatever task is set for them to do we
feel confident that they will look after
it thoroughly and see that it is done.
THE REPUBLICAN is exceedingly
glad to know that the corn palace will
be held. We are quite sure that moth
ing but success will be the result of the
ombined efforts of all. The palace is
Mitchell's enterprise and we hope to
see every person who is in position to
do 80 to take hold of the affair and dc
whatever lies in their power to further
it in any way. The time is short in
which to complete all the details and
for that reason every one must put
his shoulder to the wheel and work
for the success of the enterprise.
Negotiations were commenced by
wire this morning to secure fine band
for the occasion and the Beilstedt band
of Cincinnati, and the Banda Rossa
which has just completed second en-.
gagement,at one of the big summer re-
sorts near Minneapolis, we're the two
that were under consideration. The
latter organization is magnifcent
musical attraction and it is hoped tina
arrangements can be made for its ap
pearance.
A little over 80 days remain in which
to have the palace ready for the open
ing and men will be sent out at once tt
secure the grains. grasses, ETC., for the
decorations.