Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-02-04
KING CORN ON SHOW
Great National Exposition Full
of Striking Features.
A MAZE OF ATTRACTIONS.
"Government Still" or Denatured Al
cohoi Plant an Exhibit Of Much
Observation-Disclosures Implements
For Corn Growers-Exhibit Covers
Nearly Three Square Blocks.

Besides 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
esting features, covering nearly three
square blocks of space.
The exhibits We're sent not only from
all parts of the United States, but from
distant corners of the earth. Among the
many features there are q big model
kitchen section to show the modern
and correct way of cooking; an indus
trial section, showing the making of
various coru and grain products; Il
manufacturers section, With nipple
ment exhibits from all parts of the
country; a small grain section, exhibit
ing oats, barley, wheat, rye and other
varieties of useful grain aside from
the great King Corn; a 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 flour
for cooking purposes, with Il baking
kitchen in connection TO show the proc
ess from the rough grain to 4 snowy
loaf of bread; q number of interesting
concessions, including the famous
Corn Show Mermaid Illusion" and
last, but not least, the best program Of
oratorical entertainment ever furnish
ed in Omaha.
To enumcrate the details Of the va
riouS entertainments furnished the pa
irons OF the show would be to count
the sands OF The seashore OF leave; of
the forest.
~ the main entrance, at fifteenth
and Howard streets, there are several
big arches with turnstiles and a 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 al
electric bulb, says the Omaha World
Herald. There are nearly Il thousand
Of these bulbs in place on the arches,
and tifty-four bushels of corn We're
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 searchliehts
used for feature purposes.
The Fifteenth street annex or prone.
made incloseS the Nebraska and lowe
eXhibits-NebraSka OF the east, Iowa
on the west. Here are the various in
dustrial and special concession exhibits
Of Omaha and Nebraska merchants
and farmers as we'll as those of the
Iowans. At the south end of the prom.
enade is a big lunch room, elegantly
furnished, and directly across or west
from it is the Corn Show Mermaid H.
lusion." one of the most beautiful mys-
teries ever presented in Omaha.
Passing out through the west gate,
at the end of the mex, is the meet.
ing hall, where the immense program
arranged by the management for eact
hour of each day Of the show will be
gone through. The big temporary au
ditorium lies just east of the Rome
hotel and has an enormous seating ca
pacity.
East of the meeting hall is the TEN,
porary building. just south of the
Omaha Auditorium, which harbors the
manufacturers section" Therein are
shown all of the most modern anC
marvellous farm implements and equip
ment, which, yer to the layman, mus
be Of great interest. For instance
there is the newest corn planter
which guarantees to plant three ker
nels to Il hill n%inety-nine times out OF
a hundred or forfeit Il handsome sum
There cal be seen a new husker, which
shoots the corn into Il wagon anG
barn as if by human volition. and a bis
gang plow which gives as much pow
er with three horses as is usually ac
complished by four.
The permanent brick building ha.
been secured by the management O:
the corn show for use in the industrial
section. The second floor is used fol
Tue LABORATORY ana demonstration WORE
Of the model kitchen, in charge of Miss
Katherine Besack, II of the most &C
complished young women in this line
of work in the world. Equipment i.
installed for fifty students, who will
work under Miss Besack, and there
Mrs. Housekeeper and Mr.. Man-Who
Loves-Good-Cooking can see the very
latest, most approved work in tina,
line. There will be cooking by cleo
tricity, gas, range and every othel
known form Of heat, and the flour 70,
see ground from rough grain in othe,
parts of the show will there be trans
formed into the daintiest table delica
cies. All branches Of cooking will b,
demonstrated and lectures delivered
explaining the methods, not only b.
Miss Besack, but by other we'll known
authorities. For this purpose a lecture
hall is also built on the second floor.
This second floor, in charge Of Mis-.
Besack, is connected with the stag,
of the main Auditorium, just north, b.
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