The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-14
As A PRAIRIE CITY
What Was Accomplished by Mitchell
in Its Corn Palace, as Told by
Ralph WneeIOck.
Minneapolis Tribune Wfiler Pays High
Tribute 10 Mitchell and Her
HuStlins Citizens.
SeWur Contract Was Awarded TO |. N.
Seaman for the Sum of $50,
Work Starts at Once.
ON MI7CHELL'S CORN PALACE
Ralph Wheelock Visited the Corn
Palace and Has Something to
Say About 1t.

Palace ana Has Something to
Say About 1t.
Ralph W. Wheelock in Minneapolis
Tribune: IlLagine if you can a little
city OF between 5000 and 5000 in
habitants undertaking an enterprise
for the exploitation of the productive
capacity OF its section and the liberal
education and entertainment OF it's
people that involves a six dav en-
gagement OF the highest priced mu.
steal organization in the country
Sousa's world-famous band-the sup
plying with food aud shelter daily OF
the double its own population aud a
Tree exhibition of a dozen OF more of
the best street features on the road,
the whole representing an invest
ment close to $50, 600 befole there is
any chance for profit grasp this
combination of facts and figures firm
ly and you will have some idea of the
push daring and confidence of the
men and women of the town of
Mitchell, South Dakota.
The seventh annual exposition of
the corn belt association of Mitchell
closed Saturday evening in what
might properly be termed a blaze of
glory after six days of unprecedented
ATTENDANCE. u%nequalled weather and
unmitigated enjoyment. Begun back
in 1892, and repeated in 1893 but sus-
pended during the few years Of
dronth and stringency following, the
corn belt exposition was relieved
five years ago and has grown in scope
and in favor with the pub,ic on each
successive year up to the present.
The season Just closed involved am
enlarged exposition building and far
more elaborate decoration: the en-.
eagement as above indicated of the
very best musical attraction ATTAIN
able, provided with a special train
from Chicago and return, and the
securing of daily excursion trains at
a bali fare rate from every point
Within a radius OF POO miles on the
two lines OF roaa, the Milwaukee and
the Northwestern. that enter the
town.
So great were the daily o " DIS
That an extra concert had TO lie given
on each afternoon and at that the
capacity OF the building was taxed to
the utmost. The arrangements for
the accommodation OF visitors, who
not only the people from
the towns OF the corn belt region
but thousands OF TURNER'S who drove
IN anywhere from five to fifty miles
distant could not we'll have been i'm
proved. Many OF the visitors re-
manned more than one day and had
to he lodged while ali had to be sup-
piled with meals, the train schedules
being so adjusted as to allow for boub
the day and evening i'm the town.
Jet no one bad to sleep standing upI
or on the hay scales and there was
lack oil clean substantial food we'll
and at moderate prices. The
handsome new $50, 900 four-storv
granite hotel built by a nan who
every dollar in the town of
Mitchell, was a~Nailahle,,for dodgers al
though it served no meals. The half
dozen other hotels were well equipped
Tor all reasonable demands made up-
on them and both lodging aud meals
were supplemented by the efforts of
private citizens. Elegant homes
were thrown open to guests and the
hard working church women Of the
place took daily turns i'm SERVING
meals in the basement of the fine
new city hall. also OF granite.
Mr.. SouSa and his land of artists
were most %agreeably surprised at the
high order Of taste that marked the
.appreciative audiences before which
they played, and admitted that the
was one entirely novel to
them, prone as all eastern visitors
are to consider anything west OF the
Mississippi very near the jumping off
place. They we're apparently sur
prised to find that the people who
built up the Dakotas came from
and were not indipenous