The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-10-05

lntiring efforts to bring thu palace
% such a fine success. aud believed
Inc people of the city would unitcdly
accord them a world of praise, for
that is about all they gel for their
work cf the season. Mr.. Herbert
also extended thanks and some fine
words of commentator to Mr.. lIllcIy
and his band end his director. di
Girolamo, for their untiring efforts
to entertain the people as they have
during the week. The county eX-
hibitCrs were thanked very sincerely
for bringing their display to the
palace. which is one of the big
features of the week, and while the
Icountics have been helped in tie
advertising they have received, ct
these exhibits are, in q great meas
urc, the very things which 90 to
make the corn palace Il success. Mr..
Herbert believed the week had been
full Of instruction along the various
lines, and that all would receive
some benefit from what the have
heard.
Mr.. lIllcry spike fer a few NOM
ents and expressed his pleasure at
having played throughout the week
of the palace, and assured the
people that himself and his band
would carry away nothing but the
most pleasant memories of their
visit to Mitchell. Mr.. Ellery stated
that by the middle of October the
band would sail for England for a
trip CT two or three years in travel
ing over the continent.
The closing number of the
evenings program was the selection
of "1S12", written by Tschaikowsky,
and conceded to be one of the most
brilliant selections ever played by a
band. 1t describes the scenes of a
battle of the Frcnch-Russian war.
During the progress of the selection
the national hymns of each country
were frequently played, the rich
music Of the Marscillaise sounding
beautiful, With the Russian anthem
closing with the victory. The grand
ensemble of the band was al its best
nth eselcction, and the power at
times was great. 1t was u fitting
close for tho great music of the
week.
With this selection being conclud-
ed the members CT the band rose
and played The Star Spangled Ban
ner' to the intense enthusiasm OF
the audience as the people applaud
ed and cheered the presentation Of
the national anthem of this country.
The vaudeville act closed the per-
Torrance and the curtain for the
corn palace of 1911 was rung down.
Popularity Not Waning.
The corn palace idea received a
strong test as to its popularity this
year when there was so much bad
"e"ehet w uelIdcl from the people
coming. In spite of the rain, which
came W days of tho week. together
with w days that threatened rain.
the people came, and one day es-
pecially, they left home in the rain
TO encounter it when they reached
Mitchell. Coming to the corn palace
III the face OF such weather strongly
emphasizes the idea that The enter
prise has not lost Its popularity i'm
the least. The people of the state
seem to set aside in their minds the
corn palace dates and resolve al all
hazards to devote IL part of the week
to seeing what Michel has provided.
The crop season has not been tho
best during the summer, and this.
II was thought, would operate
against the crowds, and make the
financial end o. the enterprise a
failure. 1t was just the opposite.
Both the Milwaukee and Omaha
roads provided a fine special train
system for the week, and they
brought in thousands OF people.
Auto owners were handicapped to
a large degree by the weather, and
had it been any way pleasant the
crowds would have been increased to
a vast extent in this way, for people
living within Il radius Of so or 60
miles would have driven to the city.
Crowds Well Handled.
The police department is to be
congratulated on the manner in
which the crowds of the week were
handled. Right at the beginning
the officers took hold OF the PROPOSE
tian to get the upperhand of that
element which comes to prey upon
the others and they were successful,
and the arrests Oh this charge were
very few. The number of DRINKS
were limited to a small number, and
the general department of the vast