Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-16
Council Bluffs
MORE SPACE FOR CORN SHOW
Addition TO Auditorium is Now Nearly
Completed.
DEMAND FROM EXHIBITORS LARGE
decreased Reservations Coming IN
from Fruit Men from Afsr-
Rivalry strong from south
and West.

The addition TO the main Auditorium
building to be used for the Corn show Is
nearly completed and will be fully incosed
when the doors and windows are put in
place. The addition IL located on the east
end OF the main building and Is 35xil2 feet
IN size with an eighteen-foot ceiling. This
will give the Missouri Valley Corn Grow
ers association $3.50 square feet OF floor
space and an enormous wall area to dis
play the exhibits. The building is Of
most substantial character and will be
heated by the steam plant in the main
building.
The work Of constructing the temporary
buildings will follow the completion Of this
addition. The temporary structure will be
twice as large as that Of last year. It
Will begin at the extreme east end Of the
Auditorium, including the thirty five foot
addition, and extend forty feet into Wash
ington avenue and thence along the north
side Of the building to a point in Bryant
street sixty feet from the northwest cor
ner OF the Auditorium and will then be
continued south on Bryant street 215 feet
crossing the bridge, with a south entrance
on Bryant street at about the same point
where It was located last year. This will
give the temporary building an extreme
length OF 246 feet on Washington avenue
and 2ib feet on Bryant. with a width on
Washington avenue Of forty feet and sixty
feet on Bryant street This will give place
az the disposal Of the exposition manage
ment OF nearly 5000 square feet OF floor
area and, altogether. more than twice the
area required for the big exposition last
year.
Great Demand for space.
The additional space has been demanded
hW the in0raa ad %
exhibitors. At the present time only few
states In the union remain unrepresented
In the list OF exhibitors. Reservations OF
space were yesterday made by the Grand
Junction (Colo) Fruit Growers associa-
ton for carload OF fruit. Idaho reserva-
lions include room for three cars, and
space for one car OF fruit has been taken
By the Hood River men. California is TO
be represented by county exhibits and a
number OF the leading fruit producing
counties are to be represented Butte
county yesterday made a reservation for
its space.
This year, more than ever before. will
there be a strong rivalry between the fruit
growers of the south and west. Texas and
Florida will have larger exhibits than ever.
The Ozark Fruit Growers association, en-
bracing orchards aggregating 10, 900 fruit
loads and want room for six. Louisiana.
Alabama, North and South Carolina all have
made reservations. II was decided yester-
day to have New Orleans day" on Tues
day, November 10. Governor Jared Y.
Sanders Mayor Behman OF New Orleans
and the officers OF the New Orleans Pan
anna Exposition company will be among
the Louisiana visitors 1t has also been
decided to make that day a sort of gov
ernors' day. The governors Of a number
Of states have signlfed their willingness
TO attend. and invitations viii be extended
to others and also to members of con-
gress The decision was also reached yes
terday to have Governor Carroll open the
exposition on Thursday, November 10
Membership Campaign.
The campaign for membership in the Ma.
tional Horticultural congress by the mem
bership committee will begin next Tuesday
Robert b. Wallace chairman Of the com,
mittee said yesterday:
I'VE have set $500 members as our goa
for boil, and we must reach II for several
reasons The congress. while a national
affair means much 20 Council Bluffs and
southwestern lowe. This territory mus
necessarily furnish the great bulk of tn,
members. The cost OF a years membership
is so low 81, that no one can refuse to jolr
on that account We have u new feature
this year, as each membership card has at.
tsehed 20 Il coupon emitting the member
to admission to the exposition IN Novem
Der This has never been done before anc
should be OF great assistance I'm obtaininl
members. II Is no more than fair to give
without charge, to each member one fire.,
admission.
The exposition will be bigger and better
than ever this year, Every indication
points to successful show, and our owl
people viii surely realize that this means
big thing for Council Bluffs.
The committee will appreciate all tn,
help II can get in this campaign. Everl
citizen will be asked TO Join and IL vii
take work and time to cover the city. Any
one who can join In this work will be addeS
10 the committee by reporting TO the chair
man."