Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-13

exhibits were clamoring for room"
Ohio! So then this immaculate
outfit at Mitchell finally made UP
its mind to infict "a direct insult
upon all these other county exhibi-
tors, did it?
And il wanted to turn the whole
exposition into a farce did it?
by admitting this Hughes county
exhibit to the palace Monday morn
ing.
Having got its hand in by insult
ing" Hughes county exhibitors, it
was anxious to try it on the whole
list of counties, was it?
Being a sort Of chronic farce, so
far as campaign management is con
cerned, it wanted to turn the whole
exposition into a farce did it?
Not content with a disposition to
thus "insult" all the counties actually
xhibiting in the corn palace, these
assinine Mitchell prevaricators have
since tackled Faux county, which
didn't exhibit there. Here is their
insult to Faux county:
"Why did Faux county wait until
late Monday morning before send
ing the wire? Was it to give Pierre
time to get settled in the Widmann
building too late to move it? Why
didn't Faux county exhibit, anyhow
after a meeting had been held at
Faulkton the Friday before and
money raised to pay the expenses
was it because Pierre had stolen the
best part Of the collection'?'
Anyhow that Faux county
exhibit (which Mitchell doesn't dis
pute was real Faux county stuff
was good enough to take a higher
premium at both Yankton and Huron
than the Hughes county stuff
secured there.
So, even if Mitchell's charges of
fraud against the Hughes county
exhibit were true, alleging collection
of the stuff from all oyer the state,
still "the barren waste showed pro-
ducts that were superior to those
alleged to have been gathered from
all over the state. Faux county is
in that barren waste" which
Mitchell derlares has scarcely rain
fall enough to grow Russian this
ties"
That "barren waste" seems to
have had enough vitality, however,
to grow a few Japan thistles and
Mitchell has attempted 70 dance on
them, and got lacerated.
The pusillanimous screed signed
by this Mitchell Business Mems
League concludes as follows:
''The fact is, Pierre never wanted
to get into the % palace with the
collection of stuff from Huron to
the Black Hills. That would have
choked off further yells for sym
patty"
Well, anyhow-Pierre made
application by mail early in August
for space in the corn palace for a
Hughes county exhibit as all the
counties of the state were invited;
but no attention whatever was paid
to the request until a telegram was
sent the management three weeks
later, when a reply came that the
space was all taken. And still
other counties we're admitted which
made application after Hughes was
turned down.
OF, course, Pierre SEN thai
exhibit in order hat corn palace
visitors might see what lies bad beer
told about her, and the circumstan
ces demonstrate she was particularly
fortunate in securing attention.
No other county exhibit IL
Mitchell, splendid though they We're
had such close inspection by 50 man,
people as did the Hughes county
exhibit. The Mitchellites made
asses q themselves BY trying t
injure Pierre-jnst as they them
selves discovered on that Monda,
morning when il was too late wher
they were willing to "insult" al