Great Falls tribune., 1888-09-12
THE MON7'1NA EXHIBIT.

i Minneapolis, where 1t was awarded the
gold medal, reflects credit on the mineral
display from Great Falls, which formed
a prominent part in the collection. The
award also does honor to the fine display
Of wheat and grasses, which Great Falls
contributed to the fair. As these speci-
mems represent actual crops, raised with
out irrigation, on bench lands, they must
interest closely the thousands of young
| farmers who look westward for home
steads such as their fathers formed in the
Lone Star state at q time when railroad
communication was scanty and the home
market was small.
This success should be followed by
other methods for making known the
: mineral and agricultural wealth of Mon
tana. We would like to see large collec-
| tions on view in cities such st. Paul, Chi
: cago, st. Louis, Boston, New York and
Philadelphia. Such exhibits when ac-
! companied with statistical and other in
formation would stimulate inquiry and
! would result in directing serious atten-
ton to the broad field which Montana af-
fords for industrious and enterprising
men Like exhibits might be displayed
with advantage in cities such as Man
chester and Paris, where they would be
of service in directing the current of i'm
migration to Montana, as we'll as in pro
noting the investment of capital here.
Grand displays might likewise
be made with profit at the exhibitions or
fairs in Georgia, Missouri, Ohio and Ill
inois. In this respect Oregon and Cali
fornia set us a good example. Of their
display at Columbus, Ohio, we read that
"around the room have been arranged
Photographic views of the beautiful nat
ural scenery for which California is so
famed, while on the floor Of the hall are
fruits, cereals, big melons, big pumpkins,
bark OF big trees and wood of the big red
wood trees, worked into beautiful furnit-
ure. A stereopticon exhibit is given ev-
cry evening. The views show pic
torial tour through through the finest and
most interesting scenery in the state.
The big tree groves unequaled beauties
of the Yosemite valley, picturesque old
Spanish missions and monstrous orchards
with fruit laden trees, vineyards, orange
crowned Mount Shasta and the bleak
submits of the Sierras,. the beautiful
Lake Tahoe, the Lick observatory with its
great telescope and the beginning of the
Stanford university and score of other
California wonders, The map Of the
state is shown, in which has been placed
the New England states, New York,
New Jersey, Delaware and OHIO,
yet California holds 400 square
miles left" Montana is in a
position to make corresponding display
inscenery and to accompany it with miner
al exhibits that would interest miners and
manufacturers more than the fruits and
redwood trees of Oregon and California.
In due course the railroad car might
be used to make known the greatness Of |
Montana in towns and districts remote
from the large cities. A car we'll provid-
ed with specimens of our cereals and |
minerals would serve to instruct the ris-
ing generation on the inducements which |
Montana holds forth to young men who
have their fortunes to make.
1t is high time for Montana to come to
the front and make known her merits,
The facilities for so doing were never bet
ter; the reward never greater The west
ward movement is increasing yearly and
should be turned TO account.