Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-07

Acre Corn contest OF Auubon county,
who enjoyed visit at Chicago rec
emily where with a number of other
boys of the state he attended the
International Live Stock Show, has
written the Commercial Club the
following interesting letter:
January 10, 1918
Commercial Club,
Audubon, Iowa.
Dear Sirs:
l wish to thank you for the prize
offered by you which made it pos
sible for me, as the winner of First
in the corn growing contest of the
county. to take the splendid trip to
Chicago, for which it provided and
paid the expense.
left here for Ames on November
30th, and arrived there at noon on
the same day. We registered i'm
mediately upon our arrival and in
the afternoon one of the college boys
showed us about the buildings and
grounds. The buildings and grounds
are very fine and large. During the
afternoon we were able to go over
only about half of the buildings and
grounds. On Saturday afternoon the
group of boys had their picture taxi
en- and were free to look about as
they saw fit. At noon we started
for Chicago. We did not see much
of the country on the way as we were
having too good time to pay much
attention. We. arrived in Chicago
about eleven o'clock Saturday night
and were taken Immediately to the
y. M. c. A. by Mr.. Bishop, where
we got our suppers and made our
headquarters while in the city. Chi
cago is a large place and after we
had walked twenty-five blocks We
began to realize it somewhat. In all
Of our trips special policeman was
with us and helped to direct and to
guide us. On Sunday morning we
went to church and in the afternoon
we visited Lincoln Park. In the park
we saw all kinds of living animals
dreamed existed.
On Monday the party went to the
International Stock Show, spending
the whole day there. We saw the
finest stock of all kinds from every
part of the world. The Baby Beef
Exhibit was of especial interest. In
the evening we stayed for the show
also. 1t consisted practically of fine
driving horses, trick horses, etc.
On Tuesday we visited Swift's big
packing plant in South Chicago. We
arrived there just before dinner and
were given our dinner by the Com
pany at the plant. We visited all
parts of the plant that the govern
ment allows to be visited, and then
returned to the Stock show for the
remainder of the afternoon and later
visited the Art Studio.
Wednesday we went to Milwaukee
and were met at the train by rep.
resentative of the Vocational School
| fho conducted us to the school in
| two special street cars. They gave
us our dinners at the school. In this
school all kinds of vocational work
is taught We visited a few of the
rooms and then went to the Museum
where we saw a large number of va
rieties of stuffed animals and all
kinds of old relics. From there we
went to Smith & Co., where suppers
were furnished to us free. We re-
turned that night to Chicago by
steamboat. We enjoyed the trip Oh
the water very much. On our way
to Milwaukee we stopped at Fort
Sheridan and the naval training sta
ton. When we stopped at the naval
training station the band met us and
escorted us to the station where we
were permitted to go through the
entire station.
Thursday morning we settled VI
atsthe Y. NJ. c. A. and prepared fol
the return trip. l arrived home or
Friday morning feeling that / had
had the best time of my life. l am
going in for the Corn Contest nexi
year and hope to win another prize
Yours very truly,
Lyle Graves
Winner OF the Corn Contest of Au