The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-02-24
WILL GET The COLLEGE
At the Corn Palace Banquet Thurs
day Night Proposition Of Adj
ventists was Accepted.

OF any That has yet been held. 1t
demonstrates quite a unanimity of
feeling and spirit when SO many of
the business men and citizens will
come together to boost on the corn
palace idea-for such was the occas-
ion on which the men we're called
together. Caterer Mccarthy had an
appetizing menu to serve the guests.
President Upton. of the CONNER
cial Club. called the assemblage to
order and expressed his great pleas
ure on the presence Of SO many men.
He introduced President Burns, Of
the corn palace committee, who re-
ferred to the successes OF past years.
and thought that such an attendance
at the luncheon augured we'll for the
success of the palace for 1910. Mr..
Burns said that he believed the corn
palace would be popular with the
home people and with the friends
over the state. just as long as Mitchell
continued to keep her word with her
friends in always presenting some
thing good and satisfactory. Last
year," said MI. Burns, was the ban
ner year of any. We all thought that
the limit vas reached when President
Taft came to Mitchell, the crowd was
larger in 1903 than in 1908. If the
business men of Mitchell believe the
corn palace to be a good advertising
feature for the town and over the
northwest, and if they feel that it
will be a success then it should be
maintained, and | believe that from
their presence this evening they feel
that way"
Two of the strong booster speeches
were made by H. c. Preston and Geo.
A. Silsby, both of whom spoke of the
oldtime history OF. Mitchell and paid.
a fine tribute to the growth and de-
velopment of the city. They each
felt that the corn palace had been
practically the strongest factor in
this development and that it would
not do under any circumstances to.
let it fall. THE moment that Mitch
ell lets the corr palace idea drop,
said M: Preston, some other rival
city will only too willingly pick it up.
1t is too big a thing for Mitchell to
let go and l hope to see the business
men get behind the proposition VITA
greater enthusiasm than ever"
Treasurer Morrow, of the corr pal
ace committee, read his annual re-
port, and the good showing was APP
plauded.
Mayor Hitchcock, H. G.. Preston
and Geo. A. Silsby were appointed a
committee to arrange for the pres
entation of the names of men who
were to be endorsed as the officials
for the corn palace this year.. Mr..
Hitchcock presented the following re-
port:
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the question of nominating a
committee to act as the Board of
Directors for the Corn Palace Asso-
citation for the year 1910, respect
fully unanimously reports as follows:
L. We heartily recommend the
holding of a Corn Palace Carnival in
1910, at the dates heretofore fixed
by the Corn Palace Association.
2. We recommend that the nom
~ination and election of a Corn Pal
ace Committee to act for 1910 be de-
ferred till a date during the last
week of April, 1910, at which time
we recommend that a banquet be
held in this hall similar to this, for
the special purpose of considering
the Corn Palace committee and other
subjects pertaining to this enterprise.
8. We further recommend that
Secretary L. L. Ness act as a Central
Secretary Of the Corn Palace project
till such time as another committee
is selected. and enters upon the dis
charge of its duties, and at approp-
rate time Secretary Ness correspond
with the various counties in Mitch
ellis territory for the purpose Of call
ing the attention to the county fall
exhibits.
We further recommend that Mr..
John Michels, during this period
elapsing before the corn palace COM
mittee is elected, act as custodian Of
the corn palace building, and that he
also be requested to arrange for the
planting Of grains and corn required
for decoration Of the building.
Respectfully submitted.
A. E. Hitchcock,
] Geo. silsby,
H. G. Preston,
Committee.