The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-09-27
A GRAND OPENING DAY
Mr.. sousa and His Band Was Greet
ed With Great Applause When
the Leader Appeared.

the Leader Appeared.
And SO it is again. Mitchell's
great corn palace enterprise was de-
clared open for the entertainment of
the people and for the greater up
building of South Dakota by Govern
or Coe 1. Crawford, who spoke to
several thousand people this after
noon at the tenth annual dedication
of Mitchell's palace of corn and
grain.
With the great building finished
inside and out and the people ready
to come, the doors were thrown open
Monday at ] o'clock and within
d half hour afterwa1d the great
crowd found it's way into the inter-
Tor, finding seats on the lower floor
and in the gallery. The sun smiled
benignly on the corn palace, notwith-
standing the wind broke in with a
strong gale from the northwest.
When the thousand lights in the pal
ace were turned on it was a dazzling,
brilliant scene which greeted the
vision of the audience, and many ex-
CARNATIONS of delight and wonder
were heard as the beauties of the in
terror were unfolded and a panorama
of beauty was seen in all it's gran
Ndeur.
H with tho n1Idiannn HCnntnd tho nvnp-
cises commenced. DR.. Dundas pre-
sided during the preliminary pro-
gram and the invocation was deliver
ed by DR.. Thomas Nicholson, presi-
dent of the Dakota Wesleyan Uni
versity, whose prayer was sincere and
effective. Mayor O. l.. Branson made
the address of welcome, and while
he was brief, it was of the kind that
came strongly from the heart and
was received responsibility. The
mayor then introduced Governor
Crawford, who was greeted with
cheers, as he rose to speak. The
governor spoke in the most kindly
vein, as he referred to the opening
of the corn palace as one of the big
gest events of the year., and that he
esteemed it a great privilege to be
present on the occasion. He referr-
ed in most eloquent terms to the i'm
portance that the corr palace was to
the state, and he gave it as his per-
sonal and official testimony that it
was the most effectual advertisement
OF the resources of South Dakota OF
anything in the state. He declared
that the people all over the state
We're deeply sympathetic and keenly
Interested in Mitchell's corn palace
and its success, and he pledged hi
personal as we'll as his official in
fuence in doing everything in hi.
power to make it the success that i
deserved. The governor congratu
lated the people of the state in tn,
great progress that had been mad,
In the past twenty-five years, and be
lleved hat the future held out tn
best and most alluring promises O
greater growth and development. II,
believed that the time was comm,
and that soon. When every acre o
ttllable soil in the state would be oc
cupfed and made to turn out tn
products for which the commonwealth
was o famed. 1t was through jus
such an enterprise as the corn palac
and the state fair at Huron whic]
had brought the attention O
fasteners to what this state was ca
pable Of doing. In closing the gov
ernor wished the people of Mitchell
the greatest possible success, and h
declared they deserved all the NOR
When 1t is taken into considerable,
that the entire enterprise was foster
ed and built up alone by the citizen
OF Mitchell, not wholly for the benef
of the city, but for the good of tn
state as we'll.
Sitting behind the speakers wa
the great band, waiting for the me
ment when its leader should appea
for the opening of the musical pre-
gram. DR.. Dundas then introduce
the greatest bandmaster in the worl
John Phillip sousa. With the word
the great ~bandmaster stepped smi
ing from the wings and he was gree
ed with %thunderous applause, an
taking the hand OF DR.. Dundas in hi
own for a friendly grasp, he steppe
upon his platform and with a wav
Of his baton the great band opene
the strains of the first number, "M
Country IT'S Of Thee"
And such music! Just as Mr.. Sous
and his band can produce it an
zone other. 1t is the same gran
band that enchanted us in 100.