Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-11
STATE In MINIATURE.
Something About South Dakota's
Proposed Display at the
Worlds Fair.
1t Will BE a Comprehensive
Exhibit and WOrthy
of the State.
All That is Now Needed is the
Money to Finish the
Building.

Va AN 1iipto NtdOt dSSbNIdIIoIlS Il
their summer meetings, arrangin
plans for the different sections {
South Dakota exhibits at the world
fair, and gave the following Interest
ing report of progress of the work u
to date:
The agricultural exhibit, includin
the crops and complete specimen
showing the fora and entomology o
the state, also exhibits of soils AM
waters and a collection of fossils from
the Cheyenne river country and from
some of the western counties, hayl
been assigned to the Brookings Col
lege of Agriculture, with Presiden
McLouth acting as general chairman
Prof. Foster, director of the expert
mental station, looking after thu
agricultural products, and other pro
fessors in their special lines. The
experimental farm has already very
fine specimens of all the valuabl,
grains and grasses, and, besides these
representative collections from every
county in the state will he brought
In. The state horticultural society
under the direction of President III
G. Warner, of Sanborn county, will
get up the horticultural exhibit and
viii make their first showing at the
state fair this fall, where they expect
to have over 100 varieties of apples
grown in South Dakota, and other
fruits, to show the condition of that
industry in this state.
\ committee of the Dairymen's
Association under the Craftsmanship
of A. b. Smedley, of Milbank,
assisted by A. L. Van Osdel, of Yank-
ton, and Mrs. Judge Bennett, of Clark,
will make a dairy exhibit at the state
fair, exemplifying to some extent
what it will be under their manage
ment at the worlds fair. The Wool
Growers association will furnish the
wool and will make their exhibit at
the worlds fair, Col. j. b. Geddes, of
Beadle county, having that matter in
charge. Maj. +. +. b. Coffin, of
Huron, will apply his thorough
knowledge OF the artesian and other
water systems of the state to a show
ing of all our water supplies, includ-
ing the subject of irrigation. A
meeting is soon to be held wherein
the officers and professors of the
school of mines, the state university,
the UNCONVENTIONAL colleges, repre-
sentatiyes of our mining and quarry
ing companies, cement works, etc,
will arrange by sections the general
scheme of bringing all the scientific
and economic geology of the state,
including a grand showing of the
Black Hills metallurgy, into the
exhibit. Arrangements have been
made for an extensive showing of
the state by systems of maps, photo
graphs and sketches.
The work of collecting specimens is
already under way and in a very short
time there will be a system of county
agencies for cooperation with all the
chiefs of committees in charge of the
different departments of exhibits, so
that everything of interest in all the
counties will be included, and a state
ment will shortly be issued to the
press of the state calling upon the
for loans and contributions
Of various articles that are wanted,
them to report to their county
whatever they have to
offer.
The money that has been pledged
to the use of the commission is COM
ing in fast enough to keep the work
collecting exhibits going, but the
executive committee of the commits
sion is at a standstill just now about
putting the state building in course
Of erection because there has not been
money enough forwarded to the treas
nrer to justify them in making con-
tracts for the building. Being bust
ness men themselves, and accustomed
10 business methods, they must have
Jhe money in hand or i'm bankable
shape within their reach before they
AN make a contract for the erection
IF the building. Architect w. L.
Dow, of Sioux Falls, has given them
plans for a state building, two stories
height, containing 1900 feet of
ioor space. 1t will cost, finished
inside and out, $4,000 and not any
The commission wished to
init the building to $40 1000, but
'ound that $1,000 mere must be added
make it satisfactory to the state.
It is very important that this build
ng shall be completed, at least on
he outside, at the time of the dedi-
alton of the main buildings on the
It'll, 18th and 18th of next October,
when it is estimated from 1000, 900 to
1000, GOO people will come there for
he inspection of the fair grounds and
he buildings and to participate in
.he ceremonies and the parade. This
annot be done unless the press of the
tate and public spirited citizens
everywhere will take right hold at
nee and see to it that the county
quotas of money are TO. warded to the
commission or placed in the shape of
,ankable guarantees so as to justify
he commission in going to work at
on the building, which will take
t least 60 days to get it in shape.
III the commission is asking is 49,
to be used before the legislature
meets next winter on the building,
he exhibits and to pay the expenses
# the commission.
Tie slowest counties in the state
raise the money are the ones that
never have had any trouble about
heir crops and there seems to be
,ome hitch between the business men
n the towns and the farmers. The
'ormer are a little inclined to inti-
nate that the farmers are not willing
% contribute their share, but
1t uthe same time the farmers say
hey are opposing nothing whatever
what they call some Illegal
methods of raising money, and are
to contribute as literally as
the business men in proportion to
heir means. Ii the business men in
lhe towns will start the subscriptions