Rock Island Argus., 1908-12-26
KING CORN ON SHOW.
Great National Exposition Full of
Striking Features.


Resides the Auditorium in Omaha,
where the second annual National
Corn exposition was recently opened,
there are three other immense tempo
rary buildings sheltering equally inter
eating features, covering nearly three
square blocks of space.
The exhibits were sent not only from
all parts of the United States, but from
distant corners OF the earth Among the
many features there are a big model
kitchen section to show the modern
and correct way OF cooking; an indus
trial section, showing the making Of
various corn and grain products: a
manufacturers section, with imple-
ment exhibits from all parts of the
country; small grain section, exhibit
Ing oats, barley, wheat, rye and other
varieties of useful grain aside from
the great King Corn; II moving picture
section, showing animated representa-
ton of farm life and situations not
only in Omaha. Nebraska and the Unit.
ed States, but of practically the whole
world; q milling contest~by which it
will be positively demonstrated just
which grain will produce the best tlou1
for cooking purposes. with a baking
kitchen in connection to show the proc
| css from the rough grain 10 Il snowy
| loaf of bread; number of interesting
| concessions, including the famous
| Corn Show. Mermaid Illusion" and
| last, but not least, the bestprogram Of
| oratorical entertainment ever furnish
| ed in Omaha.
To enumerate the details of the va
Tious entertainments furnished the pa
irons Of the show would be to count
| the sands of the seashore or leaves of
| the forest.
| At the main entrance, at Fifteenth
| and Howard streets. there are several
| big arches with turnstiles and Il small
| army Of officials to take care of visit
ors. The arches are decorated with
rows Of cross sections of corn ears. and
| between each circular. section is an
| electric bulb. says the Omaha World
| Herald. There are nearly thousand
of these bulbs In place on the arches,
and flfty-four bushels OF corn were
sawed up for the additional decora-
| ton. AS q matter of fact. the whole
show. with all its temporary structure.
is a veritable blaze OF light, over 5000
bulbs being used aside from the regu-
lar Auditorium and street lighting and
the various spot lights and searchlights
used for feature purposes.
The Fifteenth street annex or prone
made incloses the Nebraska and Iowa
exhibits Nebraska on the east, Iowa
on the west. Here are the various in.
dustrial and special concession exhibits
of Omaha and Nebraska merchants
and farmers as well as those of the
Iowans. At the south end of the prom
cnade is a big lunch room. elegantly
furnished, and directly across or west
from It Is the Corn Show Mermaid II
lusion." one of the most beautiful mys
teries ever presented in, Omaha.
Passing out through the west gate
at the end of the annex, is the meet
ing hall, where the immense program
arranged by the management for eaci
hour of each day of the show will b,
J gone through. The big temporary au
ditorium lies just east of the Rom,
} hotel and has an enormous seating ca
!. pacity
East Of the meeting hall is the tenn
I porary building, just south Of tn,
; Omaha Auditorium, which harbors tn
manufacturers section" Therein ar
, shown all of the most modern ant
{ marvellous farm implements and equip
nent, which, even to the layman, mus
be Of great interest. For instance
2 there Is the newest corn planter,
) which guarantees to plant three keI
3 nels to hill ninety-nine times out o
a hundred or forfeit handsome sun
There can be seen new husker, whic
shoots the corn Into a wagon an
blows the husks and blades into th
barn as il by human volition, and a bi
z / gang plow which gives as much pow
er with three horses as is usually az
complished by four.
3 The permanent brick building ha
!, been secured. by. the management G