The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-09-29
James ]. Hill Made the
Opening Address at
The Corn Palace.
BIG CROWD HERE

Ideal in Weather For
The Ohening.
For the twelfth time Mitchell open
ed her corn palace Monday p. m. at
o'clock and extended a welcome t.
people Of the state and of the north
west to come and view the record
4 made by South Dakota. as shown b.
the agricultural exhibits. during tn.
present year.
The finishing touches were put OF
the building this morning, the delay
4 being occastoned by the Indictment
weather. whic hprevented the men
from working outside the full time
The interior presented q wonderful
picture Of corn, which is cen every
where in the way OF decoration.
COnway's Band Arrives.
This morning at an early hour Pat
Conway and his band reached the
city IN . special train over the Chi
sHSscago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad,
coming from Manila on the special.
Accompanying the band was the Chi
cago Lyric Sextette. which is to ap-
pear on the program in conjunction
with the band each afternoon and ev-
ening. The DeMont trio of acrobats
and Donal dand Carson, the vaude-
Vile artists. reached the city during
the day. ready to begin their en-
gagsment in the corn palace.
Crowds Begin to Arrive.
With the arrival OF the morning
excursion trains the crowds on the
street began to increase. Excursion
trains were runshere from Aberdeen,
Chamberlain and Canton, and not
withstanding the threatening and
chilly weather good crowds came In
on each train. The Omaha passenger
train from the east also brought In q
very large delegation from that d.
Section. The Letc1er and Spence
banda came In during the morning
and made the streets livelier with
their music. playing at dicerent
points on the street.
Arrival - Mr.. HILL. 800.
James y. Hill reached the city this
morninr III q special train over the
Omaha road ct 10 O'Clock. A recep-
stion COMMITTEES consistinly Of Z. ].
WEIGH, Robert Burns, s.. e. Morris
and W, N. Smith went ove to Spen-
Ger on the morning train to meet
M. Hill and accompany him to the
city. At the train he was greeted
~ President Kerfoot, Of the Univer-
sity. and Mayor Hitchcock.
The Hour Of Opening.
Before the hour Of i o'clock many
people wendell their way to the Corn
palace building, and took advantage
of the opportunity to inspect the In
terror decorations, look briefly at the
county agricultural exhibits and see
the display on the second floor.
Previous to the addresses Conway
and His band played q selection while
the people were securing their seats,
and the great building was half full
OF visitors and citizens Of the city.
It was = little after 4 o'clock when
MI. Hill and party reached the
building and took their places on the
platform.
President WEIGH, Of the Corn Pal
I committee, called the assembled
crowd together. President kerfoot.
or the University, delivered the In
vocation. In . brief speech, MI.
WEIGH announced the opening Of the
palace. He thanked the people OF
the city for the hearty Coz operation
which had been manifested through
ont the season approaching the
completion Of te Corn Palace enter
prize. Mr.. WEIGH then turned the
building over to Mayor Hitchcock,
who delivered the following welcom-
in9 address to the people and at its
conclusion INTRODUCED James j. Hill,
president OF the Great Northern rail-
road, Of st. Paul:
Members Of the Corn Palace Com
mittee: :.
IA behalf Of the city OF Mitchell,
III take lust pride In accepting the
Corn Palace creation and equipment
Of 1910. !,
This hour, the citizens of Mitchell
have anticipated for many months
The days Of seed time, the period Of
growth depending on rainfall and
sunshine, the final stage of matur.
ity whom King Corn and Jack Frost
made their race v er the home
stretch. have been watched with an
8xfety. The generous hand of Kind
Providence In bestowing upon this
section OF the state, q bountiful har.
vest of corn. has made it possible fol
your eRorts to be crowned with sue
cess. n abundant measure.
Beautiful and worthy have been
the palace Of former years but
sthereSW room for advancement.
The Committee has fully taken adj
vantage 81 every opportunity. The
beauty and artistic a%ttractio Of the
decorations, the excellence Of the
exhibits and high standard Of the
entertainments to be offered, place
this Festival In rank among the
best.
Your services rendered under
many disbursements and at great
S@sacrinco Z business interests are
heartily apprsciated. AZ compensa-