Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-20
SIX SHOWS IN ONE
Corn Exhibit at Springfield Next Week
Will Have Auxiliary
Features.
OLD FARM RELICS TO BE ONE
Indian Village, Corn Kitchen, Band
Concerts, and Wild Game Strong
Attractions.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov 20.-The Illi-
nois corn show, which begins Monday,
Nov. %, in the state arInory in this
/ city, promises to be one of the most
| interesting shows ever held in the
west. 1t is in reality six shows in
one.
| The corn show itself includes the
decorative exhibits from schools and
counties, the exhibit of old farm relics
and the electrical corn kitchen, the
band concerts afternoon and evening,
with solos by Madame d'Alberti, the
Indian village showing the red men in
their native village life, and the state
lexhibit of game birds and water fowl. |
| The decorations will all be in corn |
land will be elaborate and beautiful. |
District schools, farmers institutes
land seed corn men have prepared |
beautiful decorative exhibits, which |
will be shown in the Indian building.
lone county has prepared a figure of
king corn on his throne with figures
representing cotton, wheat, oats and
barley standing around with uncov-
Tered heads.
| Old Farm Relics Exhibited.
The old farm relics exhibit will in
Clude two spinners who will make
wool rolls and spin them into cloth;
it will show OK yokes, old-time clap
boards, rifles used by early Illinois
settlers in the Black Hawk war, grain
cradles, etc.-everything imaginable
connected with the pioneer days in
Illinois.
!. The corn kitchen will be direct
contrast to the Indian village, for corn
will be prepared in a multitude of
ways as food, on electrical cookers, and
samples will be passed out to the
crowd without charge.
The Indian Village.
In the Indian village the ancient Gus
ltoms of the red men will be carried
} out. When the corn was ready 10 be
harvested the tribe was assembled by
the beating of tom-toms and the old
chief held up four ears of golden corn
and invoked the blessings of the gods
-lof the north, south, east and west.
Then the young men of the village
lground the first ears in stone pestle.
the rest of the tribe chanting song of
thanks. After the grain is ground, the
lsquaws bake large cakes of corn bread
which will be passed out to the crowds
n and you can thus contrast the old
food with the Goth century electrical
> jcookers in the corn kitchen.
The Ojibways are the Indians about
whom Longfellow wrote his famous
play. "Hiawatha." They will go through
III with the corn ceremony and with many
'e other interesting tribal customs. Little
IL Wish-a-qua (Rising Sum, the chiefs
.e 4-months-old pappoose, will be carried
III by his mother. Qua-we-us, on her bacl
about the village, or on the travois
behind her pony in the daily parade
It. which will be given at 2 O'Clock ever!
as afternoon These Ojibways are fa
lie above the average in intelligence a:
TO skill; their baskets, robes, etc. which
will be on sale at the village, are rea
works of art
en- Band Concerts Arc Planned.
he Every afternoon at o'clock one o
at lSpringfield's finest bands will parad
- the business portion of the city, fo
lowed by the Indian band with thei
. ponies, dogs, etc. As soon as the al
i mory is reached the band will give
concert in the east balcony until
llo'clock. Every evening concerts wi
be given from 7:30 until 10:30, and a
both afternoon and evening perform
90 ances Madame d'Alberti will sing.
100 Water Fowl and Game Birds.
SO On the grass plot north of the a
mory, DR.. j. A. Wheeler, the stat
Is1 game commissioner, has arranged
l25 make wonderful exhibit of gam
756 birds and water fowl, which will occ
lpy strip of ground 40 fet wide and
,ss full block long . An expert who h:
,as had charge of sportsmen's shows
za1 both Chicago and New York has bee
engaged by DIR. Wheeler to make Il
exhibit as attractive as possible. tt
80 game birds, including quail, grous
80 lpheasants, partridge, ETC., will
shown at the east end of the plot {
lboth sides of the walls. At the we
Iend small lakes, connected by win
ing rivers, and tumbling into ca,
oe other, are tiny waterfalls, which W
80 hold the water fowl, ducks of
kinds, mallards, teal, red head, WI
80 geese, ETC., will be shown. Shrubbe
30 will be planted to make the setting
realistic as possible This game sh'
alone will be worth a long trip to 81
'oeo The armory, the Indian village a
1881 the game bird enclosure will cover
,7ss entire block of ground between !
,lo9 ans and Monroe streets, Second a
First, with the exception of the sou
,148 west corner, where the state poy
plant stands.
1921
,142 Employing More Men.
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