The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-31
The MONTANA BUILDING.
About a Dozen Designs Will Be SUBJ
mitted for the Structure at
the Big Fair.
Belief That the Appropriation for
the States Display Win not
Be Large Enough.
Building, Salaries and Expenses Will
Take $40. OOO-The Mineral and
Agricultural Display.

When the board of managers of th,
Worlds fair for Montana meet next Mon
day, it will have nearly a dozen design
from which to select a plan for the buildin,
Montana will put up in Chicago. Their,
will be two designs from Butte architects
one from a Missoula Arm, II one from
Anaconda. Helena will compete through
Messrs. Wallace d Thornburgh. G. S
Appleton. Paulsen Il Lavslle. j. l.. IL
Driere, Mcconnell, and possibly one other
j.. J. Palmer, of Chicago, will also send de-
signs for a building. At the last meeting
of the board $4,000 was set aside for tn,
structure, and the designs submitted mus
be for a building not to exceed that sum IL
cost. At the session which begins Monday
that matter will undoubtedly be dis
posed of.
Besides, the work for the year will be
laid out and Executive Commissions Bick-
ford and Secretary Ramsey will make their
reports. There seems to be an idea that
the appropriation of $4,000 made for Mon
tana's exhit will not be enough to enable
the state to do itself justice. 1t is realized
that the fair will be the greatest opportu-
nifty Montana has ever had or will have
again lOI Iuduy years., w 6AOW UAc WOIlO
how vast and varied are her resources, and
that the money spent in making a complete
display will return many fold. In a recent
issue Of the "World's Fair Notes. publ
cation of the bureau of promotion of the
Worlds fair, COMMISSIONS Hershfeld is
credited with having asked Director Cen
eral Davis to reserve from 200 to 800 feet of
space for Montana. The report continues:
HE (Hershfeld) said that 100000 would
be spent on the building alone. and that
the state contemplated constructing a
mountain to illustrate placer mining, min
ers' camps, geysers, waterfalls and other
adjuncts of mining regions"
The salaries of the officers will take q
large part of the original appropriation as
follows: Secretary, two years, at $4,000 a
year, $4,000; executive commissioner, two
years, at $1,000 year, s $1,000; president, two
years, at $1,000 a year, $4,000; treasurer.
two years, at 5000 a year, 81, 200; total for
salaries, $13, 200. Then the commissioner are
allowed S. per day for every day they are
in attendance at a meeting of the board.
There arc sixteen of these, making $50 a
day, or about $3.50 for each session, as they
generally are in session about three
s sessions a year, or eight meetings
before their labors are ended, and
this will take another $4,000. making S15,-
600. Printing, stationery, postage. office
rent and other expenses will easily take
another $1,000. This makes $4,000. and
added to the $751; 900 for the building, a
total of $4,000. Then the question arises.
can Montana collect a full exhibit and
place it in position at Chicago for 5000?
This is another matter the commissioners
will undoubtedly consider next week.
Tho circular sent by Secretary Ramsey to
the miners and agriculturists Of the state
are being quite generally answered, though
Neihart has SO far shown the most interest
among the mineral producing sections and
Missoula among the farmers. FL. G. Kleuze,
writing from Great Falls. says he will do
all he can to assist in getting a first-class
mineral display.for his section of the coun-
try. including Neihart, Snow Greek, Barker
and the Wolf Greek country.
Postmaster John G.. Lilly, of Clendenin.
also agrees to do all no can to have the Bar
ker district represented. Emmett r. Car
roll will work for a display from the Yoqo
country, as will Houston & johnson from
the Neihart district. All of these people
desire to know something about what is
needed and how and when it is to be sent.
These details the commissioners will have
to arrange at tho coming meeting. 1t has
been suggested that a central point be fixed
In each mining district, On the railroad if
possible, where the ore to be sent to the
fair be deposited until such time as it NAV
be necessary to forward it to Chicago.
Mlssoula county has sent to Secretary
Ramsey samples of apples as fine cooking
and as delightful to the taste as the best
in Michigan. That other counties
will do as well in the various kinds of fruits.
grains and vegetables there is no question.
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