The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-10-14
THECORN 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 palace
season closed in this city it marked
the greatest period of success since the
inception Of the enterprise away back
in 1892. Everything possible comb n
ed to make the 1909 palace the great
est ever. The musical attraction was
the United States marine band of
Washington, d. Co., and 1t was the
most expensive attraction ever secur-
ed by the committee costing $1,000 foc
the entire week. 1t proved a strong
winner, however, for there never were
such crowds as filed the building day
after day and night after night on this
occasion. President Burns when he
presented Lieutenant Santelmann and
Miss Lee and Miss Lathrop, the vocal
lists, with beautiful flowers as a token
Of appreciation of the citizens Of
Mitchell for their splendid work of the
week, stated that all records in corn
palace history had been broken by
the present weeks crowds, both in
sociability and financially. Lieuten-
ant Santelmann stated that the corn
palace engagement was one of the
most delightful engagements the band
nad ever played, and that the people
Of the west showed as marked an APP
probation of the high grade of music
as the eastern audiences.
From the great crowds which were
in attendance every day, the corn Lal-
ace idea seems to have increased in
popularity, for the excursion trains
which came from the same direction
three times in the week brought so
per cent of the same people back a
third time. The corn palace has come
to be recognized as a state in2t.tut.on
and a state help, and as long as it
proves the aid TO the agricultural
features of the state, Mitchell will
continue to hold the festival each year.
The county agricultural exhibits this
year presented a splendid array of the
products of the state, and at this per-
Tod Of the season it afforded a fine
opportunity for their display before
eastern people. There were thousands
OF people from Iowa, ILLINOIS and In
diana in the state during the week
looking over the country and a very
large proportion of them made their
return trip by the way of Mitchell to
attend the corn palace. To them il
was a new feature of advertising a
state, and they marveled at the crop
products which were there displayed
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 the
crops he has seen over the state. re
him the corn was a marvel, for he haG
not expected to see such corn grown
outside of Illinois, but he was free tc
confess that South Dakota showed Z
better cor crop than his state. HI
said he could not grasp the idea tina
corn could be grown so far north an.
escape the frost. He was informed
however, that a frost had not caugh
the corn in the central and southern
sections once in the past IL years
Three of the counties which exbibiteC
in the corn palace, Dawson, Hanson
and Clay, took their exhibits to A5er
deem, where they will be shown in
building to the crowds which go t
that point to register. Over 100, 90
people will have IS opportunity I
see the crop display.
The electrical display made by tn
city this year was more beautiful tina
ever. Fer a distance of six blocks O
both sides of the street 5000 mean
descent lights were strung with thre
colors, which made a pretty SIGH
while the corn palace was outline
with 1000 electric lights.
Both the Milwaukee and Oman
roads run special trains. % In numbe
and with the IL regular passenge
trains a day brought in thousands
people. The palace will be held .
the same dates In 1910.