Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-21


as the winner OF the corn bread prizes. Miss
Besaek remains to assist IN settling the sf-
tsirs Of the exposition. when she viii re
urn TO Ames and continue her work and
sudies.
Indications are that the newspapers OF
he country. as we'll ms the agricultural
press, viii not hesitate TO say many good
words about the show In Omaha as the
applications which the publicity depart
ment Is receiving for photographs would
Indicate that the press has appreciated the
merits of the exposition. over fifty sets of
Autographs have been sent on request.
Real News Matter.
Almost every exposition has a press bu-
eau, btu the National Corn exposition
robabiy had the only one OF its kind ever
rganiEed- The plan was not only to fur
tsh the newspaper men with passes to the
how. but to do them a real service in en-
tbling them 10 collect the news and photo
yraphs. IL was organized on the same plan
as the city press associations and fur
nished the "rountine" news Of the EXPOSE
ton to all newspapers impartlally.
At a big exposition one OF the hardest
jobs for a newspaper is to get first and get
quick the list of prize winners. To secure
a complete list from the Judges books and
then the names from the entry clerk is a
job which takes two or three people from
two to five days. The press bureau Of the
National Corn exposition furnished this list
complete in typewriter form, releasing Il
as 1t was completed to all papers at the
same time.
Copies Of the addresses OF the prominent
men who spoke were In the hands of the
newspapers many hours efore the addresses
were delivered or Immediately afterwards.
The press bureau assisted the foreign
speakers. who were not familiar with the
language and made copies of their ad-
~lresses. besides furnishing lists OF the buy
srs at the auction. To the country press
the news OF winnings made by their home
people was sent. The work required the
time of four persons. who worked almost
day and night. c. c. Rosewater, manager
OF The Bee Publishing company, was in
charge of the publicity department and did
not desert those who advertised the show
when it came to furnishing them with some
real news.
Police service Good.
There were many bureaus and plans for
the convenience Of the visitors and ex-
hibitors. as well as a wen organized watch
man system in charg OF Sergeant Dempsey
If the police department. Regardless of any
hear say" there we're only a few articles
stolen, and almost without exception they
were recovered by Sergeant Dempsey and
his men. The stealing amounted to about
three overcoats and some college banners.
The overcoats were recovered.
When the exposition closed the police
were again ready. There was no grab
bag on the grounds. Every driver who
l,fa 81. $4,000 - a..
pass before he could leave with his load.
The way this rule was enforced is shown
in the incident about 10 o'clock Saturday
evening when one Of the young women
clerks in the press bureau was leaving with
a small bundle containing a Christmas gift
from a girl friend. The young woman was
stopped at the exit and la to get a pass
before she could take the bundle out,
though she wore a press badge and had
been running in and out at the gate all
week.