The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-09-28
rs OPENING Day
or CORN PALICE
CROU/DS COMING

, With . winged sun while at the side
are the hie.roglyphics of Egypt il
white corn set in Lebody butcher.
some lime representations. Al tn,
top is Il conventional design. aud JUS,
opposite In !: corner is Il Lotus flow.
, er in red. leaves and white center, sci
II! calico corn Eelow in n panel OF
red com ;rc two ssialic slaves
with their hands ard feet dashed to
II stake, showing the means OF tor
ture in those days. The figures are
made in white corn on Il red back
ground, alternating With red aud
white borner. This is taken from q
wall painting at Gizch in the time Of
The fourth dynasty
The balconies over the main cnt-
rance represents some fine work in
he art OF corn decorating. In the
top balcony on the rear wall is rep
resented the scene OF Pharaoah' S
daughter with three attendants, bear
ing to her trophies, with q slave fam
ming her and her armed guard. 1t
was taken from Il wall scene of funa-
rary offerings from Mastaba OF Ptah-
hoteD, in the time of the fifth dynas-
/ ty Separating the two balconies is
~ winged sun. On the lower bal
oony The wall is decorated, with a
scene ON the river Nile, designed from
a wall ing--Mastaba of Urkhun,
Gizeil, OF the fourth dynasty. The
great boat is made OF bloody butcher
corn, and the large sail cloth of white
corn, with the manipulation Of the
barge standing in the Prov, and three
figures in the boat
Below the balcony and ovcr the
entrance are placed two Hathor
heads AT each end. The com is
blended from each end with red,
bloody butcher i'm the form OF 81
white, in the center Of which is plac-
ed the year, 1911. Immediately oV-
el' nc entrance is placed II winged
sun made in yellow, dark rcd AND
bloody butcher, surrounded by an al
tefnnting border OF ye.l,.e :lnd red
corn, making - Very picturesque de
sign.
The southeast and northwest cor
ner towers are treated in the same
design, the t,ollical top OF which are
winged sun and serpent OF Uraeus,
{. symbol Of the God Ra On a fold
OF dark red, with indentations- of half
diamond points of yellow corn for a
border these figures rest, the wings
of the sun being made of lax heads,
while the serpent is in white corn. At
the top and bottom Of this design are
Lotus leaves, made Of white. yellow,
dark red and b'oodg butcher In the
middle al Tie towers IS y border Of
humorous camels. which arc OF yellow
corn in a background of dark red
corn, surrounded by Il straight Egyp-
ltian border of red and white corn.
Two wide borders Of rich design
.cncircie the entire two sides. the top
one being narrow with yellow and
bloody butchcrin the form Of a
Weave. The second border, which is
in the middle OF the building is of
Lotus flowers. The stem is of red
corn. leading up to the flower which
is of red, bloody butcher and yellow
corn, while the buds are of bloody
butcher. II is one OF the most strik-
ing decorations on the building. The
design is taken from the interior OF
the temple at Rur-el-medineh.
The fifteen or more colonnades
around the building are treated in
basket work, alternating in red,
yellow bloody butcher, white and red
stars. These colonnades stand out
from ihe building, and their decora
lions are brilliant and characteristic
of the period.
The balcony over the west side eX-
il represents two pictures of The
ancient Egyptian period. The one at
the top represents the archer in pul
suit of cranes with his bow drawn
taut, the design being taken at
the time Of the fifth dynasty. The
objects are made Of calico and light
red corn On the lower balcony the
rear wall shows Il bas relief taken
from one OF the stellea of s,chmcs ut
Tirrah in the eighteenth dynasty. 1t
represents the oxen. done in white
corn, drawing Il huge block of stone,
in yellow corn. for the erection OF
some great structure. Over the en-
trance is the winged sun and the SER
pent.
The masterpiece of the entire dec