Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08
Good News to Management of Expo
sition at the Auditorium.
WILL BE HERE GRAIN MEMS DAY
Indiana and Minnesota Will Also
Send Special Delegations.
THREE MILES OF PRIZE CORN
Great Lanes of Exhibits stretched
Their Golden Glory UP and
Down the Mammoth
Structures.

Corn exposition. which opens at the Audi
torium and annexes tomorrow and con-
tnues through December 10. This cele-
brated organization has chartered a train
to bring 1t to Omaha. The train will leave
Chicago on the Northwestern December
IA and arrive In Omaha December Is.
That will bring the members here on
Grain Dealers and Railroad Mems day.
December 15-really the biggest day of
the exposition. On that same day 400 farm
ers OF Indiana will arrive on a special train
and another large delegation of mill and
grain men will arrive from Minnesota, at
the head of which James ]. Hin may
come.
The decision of the Chicago Board of Trade
was not unexpected, as the exposition man.
agement has been given to understand that
many of the members would attend the
show. Nevertheless when General Freight
and Passenger Agent Miller of the North
western In Omaha yesterday advised the
management of the arrangements for the
special train there was much rejoicing.
For this sort of cooperation on the part
of so important a factor in the grain world
as the Chicago Board of Trade means
much to the exposition.
Three Miles of Prise Corn,
Judging the thousands OF ears OF exposi-
tion corn IN the main or senior division at
the National Corn exposition has been
completed. There is only a remote poss-
bility of a few changes being made in the
awards. This means the largest part of
the $4,000 in prizes have already been
awarded, but names of winners will be
withheld for few days.
The National Corn exposition is this
near complete for the inspection OF the pub
n
Wednesday the visitors may pass along the
sisles with prize corn on either side of
them for three miles, and by inspecting
the color of the premium tag attached. de-
termine just which ears are considered the
most perfect by the judges. vr
Under Superintendent A. y. SLAMMED. ex-
pert in the bureau OF plant industry OF
the United State Department of AgTicul-
ture. the work Of Judging the junior di-
vision, which includes all exhibits made by
schools began at noon Monday This work
will be completed by Tuesday night insur-
ing the public that the awards will all be
attached when the exhibits are ready for
first inspection.
The awards to be made to the domestic
science department will be the last con-
sldered by the judges and It may be near
the end of the week before the tags are at
tached to the bread and the premiums
known on the articles in the domestic di-
visions.
Scores or MemberahIus.
The mails are still bringing to the desk
of Secretary j. Wilkes Jones of the Ma
| tional Corn Growers association scores OF
memberships to the association. AS only
| members are permitted TO enter exhibits
the number of new members reached into
| thousands before the entry books closed
| Saturday evening, but now hundreds are
joking who do not expect TO get exhibits
in and could not enter them If they so
desired The unusual interest in the work
of the association is responsible for the
many new members sending in applications
and it is predicted by the officers of the
association that almost 1900 new names
will be on their lists before the close OF
| the National Corn exposition In Omaha
Monday was given over to compilation of
the exhibits and booths, which will all be
in good condition by Wednesday morning
The materials and machinery for the ex-
hibits has all arrived and It is only a
matter of the exhibitors and their forces
getting the booths ready working, as they
must, with electricians, carpenters paint
ers, iron workers, decorators and the ex-
perts in charge of industrial exhibits.
Perfection the Motto.
| 1erleclloh Is the motto OF the manage
ment. That nothing will be permitted in
the buildings which in any way would i'm
ply carelessness is the constant care of
those In charge. This dialogue occurred in
the office of Manager ]. Wilkes Jones
during the day Monday. when the signs
were being put in place.
The manager of the concessions rushed
into the office with his glasses in his hands
and his clothes disarranged. Fifteen men
were trying to talk to Manager Jones.
purdue university has put up a sign ."
said the concession man. beg your par
don' l must tell you about the sign. They
have fine sign, an artistic sign, but they
have spelled agricultural" wrong. They
have 1t "ef' on the sign and we cannot
permit anything here not in accordance
with the spelling book"
The manager OF the exposition said "no''
to five and yes" to ten people standing
about his desk and answered the telephone
El.' eh? Wen, what do you think OF
thatT"
Cannot have 1T. can WEI" persisted the
concession manager.
We'll, IT depends on what Purdue uni
versity thinks about it. Perhaps Il has a
spelling book OF its own which permits
spelling the word Agricultural Some OF
those eastern universities have long ago
quit paying any attention TO Webster and
the old spelling books"
That's the Purdue Way.
After consultation with those in charge
OF the Purdue exhibit 1t was learned that
the university has adopted that way OF
spelling agricultural and to take the matter
up might involve President Roosevelt and
his Three Hundred Best Words" SO the
Corn exposition management allowed the
sign 10 stand.
The incident serves to show how mlnutely
details are being looked after and how
careful the exposition is being put together.
IL has even been suggested that Assistant
Secretary OF Agriculture Hays employ
someone TO be at the denatured alcohol still
to tell those who make remarks about Il