The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-09
4 REVIEW or The WORK
The Corn Palace Made Good in Every
Department of the Enterprise

Department Of the Enterprise
Greater Plans for Next Year.
Saturday night Mitchell's corn pal
ace came to a most glorious and sue
cessful end, after six days of fair
weather and splendid attractions.
That the corn palace has not lost
any of it's drawing features was dem
onstrated by the crowds which came
and went during the week, Wednes-
day being the only day in which the
number in the palace seemed to fall
off in the least, and that was due
largely to the vast crowds which
were here Oh Bryan and Taft days.
For a curtain raiser of the week,
the corn palace committee and the
local politicians We're able to secure
the presence Of William j. Bryan and
Judge Taft. While the first efforts
of the committee did not seem to
be the best for securing the promin-
ent gentlemen they did not rest with
II solicitation, and after it was
pointed out to the members of each
national committee the opportunity
the presidential candidates would
have to talk to many thousands of
people, the committees efforts were
rewarded by dates being arranged
for the appearance of MI. Bryan and
Mr.. Taft. On Bryan day there were
10000 people here and on Taft day
there were from $4,000 to 8 1000
people in the city, and as both cam
didates spoke in the corn palace the
crowds for those two days were ex-
ceptionally large. The third presi-
Dental candidate of the week came
in the person OF Eugene Chain for
the proilibitionists. Mitchell made
cutie a record in securing the pres
ence Of three presidential candi-
dates in one week.
1t is remarkable in the way in
which the people within a radius of
100 miles Of Mitchell will come to
the palace year In and year out. Peo-
pie from certain directions will come
two and three times a week, which
accounts for the marvellous crowds
that has been the history of the pail
ace visitors. The special trains that
were run by the Milwaukee and the
Omaha roads yer responsible for
n large crowds in a way, while the
corn palace attractions served the
object to draw them hither. /,
This year Thaviu's band OF Chi.
was the main musical attract
ion, while 1t was augmented by nine
vaudeville acts which appeared on
the street and in the palace building,
and they cost the corn palace COM
a large sum of money to pro-
vide them for the entertainment of
the public.
The decorations on the exterior of !
the building were of a more
elaborate character this year than
ever before. the corn designs being
given more attention and as a result
the finest decorated building in the
history Of the palace was given.
The agricultural exhibits of four
teen counties made the best showing
of the products Of the state in a
good many years. The counties re-
presented were: Hanson, Sanborn,
Turner, Lincoln, Charles Mix, Ly-
man, Clay, Hyde. Dawson. Jerauld,
Bon Homme, McCook, Aurora and
Butte. The latter county is Just de-
veloping its agricultural resources,
and made a good display of grain
raised on sod planting.
The exhibit Of agriculture was wit
messed by many hundreds of people
from the east, who were impressed
with the resources of South Dakota,
and through them they had a good
opportunity to ascertain to what ex-
tent the state has been misrepre-
sented in years past. In most all of
the county exhibits the display of
corn was very large, coming as most
of the counties do from the central
and southern part Of the state where
corn is grown in greater abundance
The reports from these counties are
to the effect that corn will average
all the way from So to so bushels
per acre. and of a good quality. Corr
was pat in late in many counties il
the central portion on account Of tn.
late and heavy rains. and it had bu'
a short time for development. TIL,
season. however. was very favorabl,
for corn and it reached a stage o
maturity long before the first fros
came. which was late in September
a demonstration of the height tina
corn will grow in this country wa
given by B. F. Brown of Hutchinson
county. who exhibited corr stalk
fifteen feet high and with ears hang