Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-12
HEAD OF EACH IS APPOINTED
Prominent Business Men Selected to
Manage Affairs.
BENSON PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT
Farmers of that Vicinity Join Hands
to Make it Success.
THIRTY OF THEM AT MEETING
samson Noucbsafes the Benign Ap.
provRI of the King who Adopts
Ear of Corn a. His
Emblem.

E"blems
Saturday was day OF results for the
National Corn Show to be established as
q permanent national institution in Omaha.
The Corn Show association announced the
organization OF its departments, twelve in
number with a prominent business man at
each head. and the farmers near Benson
met at the town hall of that town and
Joined hands with the promoters of this
great enterprise. Prof. j. Wilkes Jones
manager OF the corn show, addressed the
Benson farmers and a lively interest was
manifest.
Samson, lord high chamberlain to King
Ak-Sar-Ben. has adopted an ear of Ne
braska corn as the design for the official
emblem of his knights for the fall fes-
tivas of 1908.
This action OF the board of governors
was taken not only because the design is
appropriate for the great boosters organ
ization of Omaha but it will serve to keep
the National Corn exhibition which is to
be held in Omaha I'm December, constantly
before the people for several months be-
fore the great corn show opens.
When the full board of directors of the
National Corn association met Friday the
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warded to Samson, the same being done on
prickly-pear paper and hand-illuminated:
That the thanks of this association are
due to the board of governors of Ak-Sar-
| Ben for their handsome action in selecting
corn as an emblem for the 1903 Ak-Sar-
Ben button.
! We highly. appreciated, this cordial en-
dorsement of the Corn show and the fra
| ternal spirit indicated by this action, and
the thanks or the directors of the National
| Corn. show hereby extended to the
It is further resolved that a copy of these
resolutions be transmitted to Samson; Very
| Special Committeeman.
Heads of Departments.
Besides forwarding the card of thanks to
the Ak-Sar-Ben and ordering it published
everywhere, the directors named the heads
OF the twelve departments for the big corn
exhibition. Each of the chairmen will Sc
lect committees from the board Of directors,
which consists of business men of Omaha
South Omaha and Council Bluffs The
following are the chalrmen named:
| Premiums-F. L. Haller.
| Concessions and Admissions-T f. Stur-
CESS.
! Decorations-Rome Miller.
Pubicity-C G. Rosewater.
| Finance-C. F. McGrew.
! Amusements-C. NJ. Wilhelm
! Conventions-H II. Van Brunt.
| Live Stock Interests-BruCe McCulloch.
outside Organization-Victor Bender.
Buildings and Grounds-Emil Brandeis.
Fred Paffenrath having resigned as a
member of the executive committee of the
association, D. b. Fuller of the Byrne-
Hammer company, wholesale dry goods
dealers, was elected a member to fill the
vacancy.
| ]. Wilkes Jones, manager of the associa-
ton reported that he had just returned
from Ohio and Indiana. AS a result of a
meeting which he held with the Indiana
| Agricultural board, commissioners will be
named by the governor and Indiana will
have an exhibit when the show opens in
Omaha next December. Ohio will very
likely have a similar exhibit, though the
state board has not yet taken action.
Through the State Board of Agriculture
the state of Minnesota has applied for
space in which TO show the products of
that state and reservation has been made.
Benson Farmers Take Hold.
]. Wilkes Jones addressed a meeting of
farmers of Douglas county in the town
hall at Benson Saturday afternoon on the
subject of the Corn exposition He urged
upon the corn growers Of Douglas county
to prepare for the exposition.
''The purpose of the exposition Is not
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est among farmers 10 grow a little better
crops than were ever grown before, that
they might feel that there was something
about farm life we have never seen be-
fore" said Mr. Jones. I'VE must seek to
produce a few more bushels OF grain and
of a little better quality than we have
ever produced. None of the great corn
states produce any better corn than can
be produced right here i'm Douglas county
and over the river in Iowa. The soil and
climate about Omaha cannot be surpassed
for corn growing"
He spoke also of the production Of
wheat, oats and barley, and particularly
urgel the rotation Of crops for the pro-
duction OF the best results. Pottawattamio
county. Iowa, and Douglas county, Ne
braska, were the only two counties OF the
corn belt district that were TO be given
special space in the exposition. He asked
the farmers to visit the headquarters
Of the National Corn exposition in the
Bee building, as the association needed
and wanted their counsel and advice
Thirty Farmers Present.
} The meeting was attended by about
thirty farmers and was first called tc
! I order as the Douglas County Agriculture
society with President j. w. Shoemaker
as chairman and g. w Hervey as secre
tsry A motion carried that the
) Douglas County Agricultural society should
award a special premium Of $50 for corr
atthe Douglas county fair, and that the
same or duplicate exhibit should be showr
. at the National Corn exposition,
A committee consisting Of John McArdle
O. ]. Pickard and William key was ap.
r pointed 10 formulate plans as to how thii
$50 premium should be offered. This
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premium list. The Douglas County Agri
cultural society then adjourned. and
general meetiT Of the farmers was calleC
, with John McArdle as chairman and o
j.. Pickard as secretary
A general discussion upon the part tina
Douglas county should take in the Nationa
= Corn exposition was then gone into an,
the expediency OF organizing an association
Q auxiliary TO the Agricultural society 1,
d work IN harmony with il, This organiza
tion was finally effected, with Charlie