The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-25
WALLS OF CORN.
Atchison Holding Her Fourth
Carnival With Big Crowds.

| Atchison, Kas-, Sept. 25.-Atchison is
holding its fourth corn carnival. The
celebration opened Wednesday and will
run until daybreak Friday morning.
| The entire day was misty and drizzly
and disagreeable. but the people sloshed
around in the mud, peppered each other
with corn. blew carnival whistles, jol-
LED LED each other. listened to the music
from half dozen bands, went up
against sure thing" games. took in
hoochee koochee performances, and had
a good time in general
| Inc railroads are running special
trains TO carry the people. The Elks and
other clubs have taken their doors
ooWn and laid in new supply of
corkscrews. No visitor need go away
disappointed.
| There were six bands here. The Sol
diers Home band. the bingham Girls
band. the Wetmore Girls band, the
Watervllle band. Kansas City band.
and Phillips Cadet band. The Banda
Rossa will arrive today Besides this,
there are two three local orchestras
and the Indian Girls Mandolin club,
composed of fifteen girls from the Chill
COCO Indian school in Oklahoma The
Openheimer Midway outfit dropped in,
out on account of the bad weather de-
clded not to show and moved on.
| The outside decorations are fine Com
mercial street from the river to Ninth
street and all the cross streets for q
dock on either side are walls of
corn" Mingled with the corn decora-
tions are streamers of varied colors
band stands trimmed with green corn
stalks are scattered over the business
section of the town. from which con-
certs are given almost continuously.
-Four of the big railroads entering the
town WED with each other in the con-
struction of artistic booths on CONNER
cial street.
The Burlington put up gathering
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'front.' of its Office. An old farmer is out
IN field with his wagon "shucking
from tie stalk"
The Missouri Pacific erected large
circular fort 25 feet in diameter and 25
rect high. Aside from the frame and
the four cannon which peep through the
port holes the fort is made entirely of
corn; The wall is composed of layers
OF white, yellow and red corn on the ear,
wn1ie the top is trimmed with green
kinds
Two blocks distant the Rock Island
mas built castle IS feet square and
two stories high with towers on the
TOUR corners The castle is inclosed
with dark blue bunting and trimmed
a ath with corn, wheat. cotton and
otner products. Bunches of ear corn
acorn the sides in great numbers and a
hundred fncandescent lights illuminate
it at night
Midway between these two and
block from each is located the big In.
diam booth Of the Sana Fe This is
one OF the finest features on the street
1t IS the figure of an Apache Indian 20
Ieet nigh on top of booth the same
nelgnt The Indian is gorgeous in COL
ors His face and hands are made of
yellow shelled corn, his blanket and
feathers of dyed corn husks and he
looks the real thing" The booth is COW
cred with ear corn Of all colors. red corn
preoominatfng. On the first floor the
santa re mad put in fine display of
indian blankets. and relics. and Incl
dental1y some literature telling What
good railroad the Santa Fe is. and what
KIND of countries it traverses The
upper story is used by the Indian Girls
Mandolin club from the Chilocco. o. T.
Indian school, which the Santa Fe
brought in for an attraction. The booth
and Apache Indian figure cost $500. The
company has also decorated its uptown
office windows with Indian pictures and
grain The Missouri Pacific brought
the Wetmore Girls band here to fur
nish music for its fort. while at the
Rock Island castle, the bingham Girls
band holds forth
The only other special street feature
the big arch of the trades and labor
council
Many of the decorations of the bust
ness houses are very artistic Mangles-
ear that is fit for the Kansas exhibit
at the ST. Louis fair. They hung up
500 in prizes for the best forty ears Of
corn Forty-five farmers competed.
Some of the ears are fourteen inches
long and contain thirty-four rows The
awards have not yet been made
Earth has miniature mill and ele-
vator six feet high, made entirely of
corn and cornstalks in his show window.
They are run by an old-fashioned wheel
propelled by shelled corn instead of
water I. P. Stephens also has a mill
run on the same plan.
A popcorn fountain Alls Mr. NoIIs
show window. The fountain throws up
popcorn already popped. ]. W.-Low has
the seal of the state all worked out in
soil, corn and canvas.
The Boston store has design. Col
umbia paying tribute to Kansas which
is marvellous feature. c. H. Young
has varied things somewhat by display
ing the collection of Filipino war i'm
plements and curtos owned by CAPTAIN
A. S. Rowan. of the United States army.
the man who carried the message to
Garcia" Rowan is an old Atchison
bow.
The McPike Drug company's house IS
simply but beautifully decorated on
both interior and exterior The Ex-
change bank building and Blish, Mfze
e Sfllman also spared no expense on
decorations. All other business houses