The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-10-26
WORKMEN ARE BUSY
MAKING READY FOR
annual corn show
Most Of Exhibits For North 0a.
kota Event Expected Here
BY Tuesday Night

Workmen were busy Monday pre-
the stage for the ninth annual
North Dakota State Corn Show,
which will open in the World War
Memorial building here Wednesday
and continue through Saturday.
Exhibits for the show began arrly-
ing in the Capital City over the week
end and most of the entries are ex-
pected here by Tuesday evening, &C.
cording to H. p. Goddard, secretary.
A comprehensive free entertain.
ment program has been arranged for
the show, with Archer Gilfillan, Buff
falo, 8. D., humorist who wrote
Sheep, and Prof. Mckee, Of the
Montana state agricultural college,
the principal speakers.
Free moving pictures, 1.-THE Virgin
ian" and welcome Danger, featur-
Ing Harold Lloyd, will be shown In
the city auditorium in connection
with the show.
To Show Corn Pictures
Another group of instructive motion
pictures will be shown In the dining
room Of the Memorial building while
the show Is in progress. These are
Growing the Corn Crop, Harvest
ing the Corn Crop, Testing Every
Ear of Seed Corn, and Gather Seed
Corn Early.
In addition, on the free program
will be skits staged by girls from the
U. s. Indian school here.
Corn Show officials expect at least
as many entries this year as In 1880
when 500 farmers displayed their best
corn In competition for awards, God
dard said.
Emmons county. seeking its fourth,
| successive state corn championship, i
expected to present one Of its finest
exhibits. Emmons farmers, worried
by the possibility Of losing the title
because Of the marked increased in
terest In corn in other counties as
evidenced by many local corn shows
have mustered their best corn exhib-
its to answer the threats from other
districts.
Missouri Slope counties In particu-
lar are expected to display noteworthy
exhibits.
E. M. Granlund, Of Ransom coun-
ty, is expected to have an exhibit
| here In defense of his 1890 individual
state championship. .. G. Crimmins
Emmons corn king who did not ex-
hibit last year, is expected to be
among the leading challengers for
Granlund,s crown.
Ro~mu>h Ys u1~NvA~ht
The annual corn show banquet, one
of the highlights on the program,
will be given in the Memorial build
ing at $50 o'clock Thursday evening
Gilfillan and Mckee will be the prin-
cipal speakers. Bismarck's service
clubs r expected to attend in a body
| The banquet will be free to exhibit
ors. Special music has been arranged
for the banquet.
Football fans attending the corn
show will see Bismarck and Fargo
high schools battle at Hughes Field
Friday evening.
A score Of Bismarck business firms
have arranged to display their goods
in the corn palace, more than 20
having secured space for booths and
exhibits, Goddard said.
One of the features Of the show
will be the display on Saturday OF
chickens grown by junior poultry club
members. The junior members in
! the Bismarck district secured IS baby
chicks each from the Bismarck Asso-
citation Of Commerce last spring. They
| will complete payment to the associ-
alton by returning six chickens each
which will be OF display. The youth
full poultry growers may r%epurchase
the chickens they give In payment to
the association II they desire.