The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-12-11
s.AIFALFA" MAN
ADVERTISES CITY
SisiiD AUTHORITY GIVES MON
TANANs IDEA OF CORN PAL
ACE CITY.

Daily Yellowstone journal, of
Miles City, Mont; Alfalfa Wheeler
No, IL is % ono OF the fanciful
Irrsoiagcs coming with the nix Tok
GMaii ~ on Monday night, but a red
Flesh and blood man who signs the
e aka, NV. A. Wheeler, Mitchell, S.
Mr.. Wheeler is d member of the
South Dakota Improved Seed Co.,
OK Mitchell, and among alfalfa men
his name is known from the T.win-
Cities to the Barbary Coast, as an
authority on seeds i'll general, and
;.lfalfn seed in particular. Say al
salfa to Wheeler and even il the skies
IRE dark he brighteiis up Il lot and
Will spellbind you ii you. like to hear
about alfalfa.
Wheeler and NJ. l.. Wilson, the
farm expert, sat in the Olive office
yesterday and talked with glowing
interest to each other, for hours,
about alfalfa. Tile regulations OF the
pllytonomns p~osticus aud other lar
vac, pupae, bugs and beetles received
severe castigation and Indictment at
their hands, their habits we're discuss
ed with minuteness and accuracy;
their tendency to rae suicide, or to-
wards the rearing OF large and inter
eating families who go forth and prey
upon the plant, that Wheeler and
Wilson love next to their kinfolk, was
taken up extensively and the dis-
course was highly diverting and cx-
cecdfngly amusing, even to those not
up IN the alfalfa cult.
Wien not %slandcring the phytono,
mus posticus and It's kindred and.
looking after tho seed business
Wheeler deyotes some time to the
Mitchell Corn Palace, OF which asso-
citation he is secretary.
The Corn Palace Is a sort of civic
institution with Mitchell like the
Round Up is with Miles City. and the
maize festival at Mitchell last fall
rounded out its twenty-first success
full year. Every summe the Mitchell
commercial club and the business
men, thaw out to the amount Of six
or seven thousand dollars to back the
corn festival. Sometimes 1t takes
quite a lot of this money ii the wea-
lther IL not feeling right towards the
South D%alkotaps. AT other times the
siincro flows plenty and free and the
Corn Palace association cashes out
allead. This year the show was some
five thousand dollars ahead of the
game and had the most successful
show iii itA history.
Along about the time the silk on
the corn grows brown, a force OF
South Dakota Hiawatlias is sent out
to the cor fields to gather in the
maize Then ct.me other person.
ages, high school lads largely, who
saw corn in half for the palace
decorations.
Meanwhile some South Dakotaa
with artistic Temperament has mount
ed q ladder and smeared the big
building over with designs In chalk.
Eight legged elephants, seven hump
ed dragons, hippo dragons, two head
cd dolpl1ins and other monsters from
the Jungle and deep soon grin at you
from every angle OF the structure
and scenes from the Elysian fields,
Moy Nell and other interesting plac-
es, much thought OF by the a~ncients,
stand out, In good reliable corn, to
the cdificatiOn OF the visitors. Thr-
oughout the week daily programs OF
a vaudeville and musical character
are presented.
Mr.. Wheeler states that the asso-
citation expects to erect Il concrete
palace the coming summer. This will
allow the heating of the structure
and will Danish the cold that has put
q damper on the exercises several
times IN years past.
5 The (tDrn p.llnnp has hear, "a hi.-
advertisement FOR the South Dakota
town and It's success spells a lesson
for the getting of a town In the pub
lie eye through the civic show, be
IT by Corn Palace. Round UP or what
not.