Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-22
CORN SHOW SPECIAL DAYS
First Will Be for Governors of vari.
Gus States.
MANY OF THEM WILL BE HERE
schools, Live stock and Press VIII
Have their Days and Ak-sAr-Ben
VIII Put on the Finish
ing Touches.

Several days OF the National Corn EXPOSE
ton were announced Wednesday, and Ak
sar-Ben. South Omaha and Council Bluffs
are TO have special days.
The exposition opens December 9, and
this will be Governors day. No less than
half a dozen governors will be in Omaha
on that date. Including Cummins Of Iowa,
Sheldon OF Nebraska. Hoch OF Kansas.
Brooks Of Wyoming. Johnson OF Mime
sofa, Crawford Of South Dakota, with a
possibility Of Buchtel Of Colorado. Haskell
OF Oklahoma and Hanley % Indiana. Many
Of the governors viii speak in the EXPOSE
ton at. the auditorium.
school day will he the second Of the
exposition when hundreds of school child
rem from all parts Of the state will be In
Omaha attending the meetings o. the Ne
brasKa Boys agriculture society and the
Nebraska Girls Domestic Science a~ssocfa-
ton. School children OF Omaha, Council
Bluffs and South Omaha will also attend
the exposition on this day and special fea-
lures have been arranged for the enter
tainmeut Of the school children.
In special trains from Lincoln, Ames. Ia;
Brookings, s. D.; Lawrence, Kan, and st.
Paul. MINI. the students from agricultural
colleges will come to Omaha Friday,
December II. which is to be college and
High School day"
The live stock interests are to have their
inning on the fourth day OF the show, when
the Live Stock exchanges of South Omaha,
Sioux City. Chicago, and Kansas City VIII
be represented and visit the exposition.
sacreo sunday.
Not even Sunday. December 10. will be
without a special feature. lectures and a
sacred concert will be given that day to
entertain those who wish to 60 to the
buildings on that day.
Monday morning will open as the special
day OF Council Bluffs and South Omaha.
Omaha having resigned a special day that
Ak-sar-Ben might visit the corn show
later. 80,
Grain Dealers and Railroads day" will
be given Tuesday, December To- ana on
this day the visitors from the grain eX-
changes Of the country VIII come 10
Omaha. These exchanges are deeplS m
terested in the National Corn exposition
Chicago Kansas city. st. Paul. Duluth,
~. worth. st. Louis. Peoria and Milwaukee
will be among the grain markets when VIII
have specIal representatives in the tlelos
of prizc corn at the corn show.
ImnIement dealers viii be In session II
Omaha Tuesday. Wednesday and THURSDAY
of the second week of the Corn snow ou'
wednesday and Thursday Will be specia
davs FOR them. No one class Of business
men have done more to make the Ma
tionaI corn Exposition the success 1t prom
ises to be than the implement dealers Wh'
with the manufacturers have contributed
a large share OF the special and resula'
nreniums. They will be given all the rop'
nossihle while in the city and very specla
features have been arranged for their en-
tertainment.
Country and Press.
Friday will he the special day OF TN
Federal Country Life commission and TN
press. Members of the country life com
mission have promised to visit Omah'
during the exposition. They will be pan
quoted and given an opportunity to NEE
farmers from an sections of tho country
as well as editors of the agricultural, coun
try and city press. The editors OF ayr
cultural papers will be special guests at
number Of interesting meetings.
knights of Ak-Sar-Ben will BRING IN
exposition to a fitting close Saturday nigh
December 10. in ceremonial style, a chorus
chanting in company with the band must
the Ak-Sar-Ben owed to corn:
A song for the plant OF my own native lanc
Where Nature and Freedom reside;
BY plenty still crowned and by peace eve
70 the corn, green corn Of her pridel
In climes of the east has the olive bee
sung -.
Though bright. ever beautiful maize.