Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14
Council Bluffs
.BLAlk hELCUMEo BUUSlLkS
Bluffs Corn Show Gets Big sendoff by
Auto Trip.
TWELVE BIG CARS ON JAUNT
erQ Holden OF Ames Gives Talk
Vfo the Farmers-BIair Enter
tains visitors in Fine
style.


What's the matter with Blalr7 Blair's
all rightl''
Whats the matter with Council BluffsY
It's all rightl"
Such was the greeting and the parting Of
the Blair, Neb., corn show and exposition
boosters when the Council Bluffs deIega-
lions representing the National Hortieul-
tural congress and the Missouri Valley Corn
Growers association arrived and departed
from the thrifty Nebraska town yesterday.
IT was tired bat thoroughly satisfied
crowd OF enthusiasts filling eleven big
automobiles. who climbed out OF their ma
chimes dusty but happy last evening after
they had motored from Council Bluffs TO
Blair and return TO hold joint conferences
with the executive committees OF both
associations and the Nebraska men who are
uniting 30 heartily in both enterprises,
especially the corn show.
The long string OF autos left Council
Bluffs at o'clock yesterday morning and
the occupants thoroughly enjoyed the trip
10 Blair and return. Renewed enthusiasm
and interest in the expedition was given by
the unexpected presence OF Prof. p. G.
Holden OF Ames the famous corn expert,
who snatched a day from his chautauqua
work and came to Council Bluffs on an
early train, wiring in advance that he was
coming TO make the Blair trip
When the visitors arrived at Blair they
found the town decorated and lot of
automobiles waiting at the city limits to
welcome them. The Council Bluffs men
were taken to the Home theater, where the
meeting was held,
Entertained at Dinner.
After inspecting the handsome structure,
which was beautifully decorated for the
occasion, the whole crowd was invited To
the Clifton house. where they became the
guests at dinner OF the Blair Young Men
Commercial club. A speech of welcome by
DR.. c. r. Mead, president of the club, was
responded 70 BY Postmaster Hazelton of
Council Bluffs.
After the dinner was over the visitors
were escorted to the theater which was
fliedANSh. a crowd representing the most
successful farmers OF washington county.
The first work done, was the formation OF
the Washington County section of the Mis-
souri, Valley Corn Growers association,
which represented one or more members
from every township In the county.
The next event showed that Prof. Holden
had been secretly preparing for his visit,
for he was soon surrounded by a string of
farmers with small boxes and paper pack
ages containing live, wriggling and fully
developed specimens Of every kind OF harm.
full worm and bug to be found in the corn
fields of Washington county which they
had captured and brought to him by re-
quest He used these harmful insects al
illustrations for an extended talk that was
filled with most valuable information ana
instruction. The Washington county corn
growers soon realized that this was worth
far more than It cost to catch the bugs.
Mincer Tells Has story.
c. p. Mincer OF Hamburg, the apple mar
who defied the DEGREES Of Jack E9oakr snnd
saved his full apple crop this season when
all OF his neighbors In Iowa and. Nebraska
lost theirs, told how he did 1t with his
firepots. Speeches were made by Walter
Hansen. p. C. Mooney, Roy Wilcox and
Ed Mcconnell OF Council Bluffs, telling
about the big combined exposition In No
vember and o. o. Buck of Treynor and
Charles q. Malone OF Atlelrtic and by Mr..
Aye and other Of Blair, who told Of the
spi9pdid corn crop Washington county was
gr0N AKag and of tho prizes e would win at
the exposition. The Council Bluffs party
reached home at o'clock. In addition To
the cars of Fred Merriam and others not
regularly assigned the following is the Off
cial roster Of the exposition:
Car 1-William Orr, Eugene Stupfell Will
liam CleaIy, Fras.z Haas
Car Troy f. Wilcox, Mrs. Roy F. Will
cox, A. 8: Hazelton, Prof p. G. Holden.
y. l.. Reed.
Car 43-Felix Setz. o. o. Buck, Mr..
Mooney, James Evans
Car E-Theodore 8. Davis, George w.
Reye, p. Wahlgreen, r. II. Hopping
Car 6--R. b. Wallace, George f. Ham
uton, ]. Chris Jensen, Ed Mcconnell
Car &C. J. Stillweli. w. s. Keeline, w.
@. Rich, w. c. Children.
Car led Hess, J. p. Hess, G. =. Mincer,
u. II. Doolittle.
Ger s-F, H Reyes. Walter Hansen, o.
L. fsrritt. g. 70. Malone.
49, ~. B. Long. j: o. Judge.
7 C2Nf l9-Wlliam Batchel, John Clark John
d. Woodward. T. C. Malone, r. Nitman.
Car Ia. l.. Hazelton, f. L. Reid, Frank
keelne. Frank Bacon.