The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-10-15
THE CORN PALACE
THE MITCHELL FESTIVAL THIS
YEAR SURPASSED ALL
PREDECESSORS
MANY OUTSIDERS ATTEND
EXHIBITS AND ATTRACTIONS OF
A KIND TO BRING RE.
SUITS LATER

Mitchell-When the corn raace
season closed in this city it ma. keG
he greatest period OF success since tn
inception Of the enterprise away ba 4
III 1892 Everything possible comb
ed 10 make the 1909 palace the gr>a
est ever. The musical attraction was
the United States marine band OF
Washington, ID. c., and it was the
most expensive attraction ever stcur
ed by the committee COS IN $500 10
he entire wek. 1t pro,eu srun.
winner, however, for there lie, e. wAr,
such crowds as filled the building da
after day and night alter night OH thls
occasion. President buns when he
presented Lieutenant Santelma n an d.
Mss Lee and Miss Lathrop, the Nocal
lists, with beautiful hJwers as t X ia
OF appreciation OF the citizens OF
Mitchell for their splendid WotA OF tntr
week, stated that all records in com
palace history had been broken b.
the present weeks clowus, bo.h in
sooaability and financially. Lieuten-
ant Santelmann stated that the corn
palace engagement was one Of the
most delightful engagements the band
had ever played, and that Ihe people
OF the west showed as ma d an app
probation Of the high Craze OF music
as the eastern audiences.
From the great crowds which WCr1
III attendance every day, the corn a
ace idea seems TO lave Incl eaSCd in
popularity, Tor The eXcurS. on trains
Whcn came from The same direction
three times i'll the week brOug 81
per cent Of the same people back a
third time. The corn palace hao com
to be recognized as a state in ton
proves the aid to the aArlcaltu a.
features OF the state, Mitchell viii
continue to hO.d the festival eacn year
The county Agricultural eXAib t. This
year presented a splendid array OF th
products of the state, and al this Pc
iOd Of the season it aft .rded a fin =
opportunity for their splay befJ. e
eastern people. There were thousands
OF people from Iowa, Hi nos and In
diana in the state during the week
looking over the country and a very
large proportion of them made heir
return trip by the way of Mitchell 10
attend the corn palace. TO them it
was new feature of ADVERT ing a
Cfa ln
products which were there di playel
in such fine condition. After viewing
the exhibits an Illinois man made the
statement that what he saw in the
corn palace was fully borne out in tn :
crops he has seen over the stale TO
him the corn was a marvel. 70 Re had
not expected to see such corn grown
outside Of Illinois. but he was free to
confess that South Dakota showed d
better corn crop than his state He
said he could not grasp the idea that
corn could be grown so far north an
escape the frost. He was informed
however, that frost had not caught
the corn in the central and southern
sections once in the past IL years.
Three Of the counties which exhib ted
III TIC COiL pdldCc, DAWSON, Hale OIi
and Clay, took their exhibits to Aber-
deem, where they will be shown in a
building to the crowds which go TO
that point to register Over 100 00)
people will have .-.e opportunity tc
see the crop display
The electrical display made by the
city this year was more beautiful than
ever. For a distance of six bio IS on
both sides of the street 5000 incan-
descent lights were strung with three
cOlors, which made pretty sight
while the corn palace was outline
with l ,0OJ electric lights
Both the Milwaukee and Omaha
roads run special trains, % in number
and with the II regular passelger
trains a day brought in thousands OF
people. The palace will be held on
the same dates in 1910