Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-02-11
MONTANA EXHIBITS.
A Few Products in Which the State Cannot
Be Excelled
TGreat Falls Tribune.l !

1t is not saying too much that no
state in the union can make such a
varied exhibit OF natural resources as
Montana can make. Look them all
over from the east to the west, from
the north to the south. and then com.
pare notes. One state may excel in
its exhibit of manufactures; another
in its display of skilled handiwork
another in its fruits aad wines, and
another in one or two other special
articles. But where is the state that
can excel or even equal Montana in
an exhibit of wealth of raw material.
Let us mention few OF the exhibits
the state can make at the world S
fair.
Among them are gold ores, silver
ores, copper ores, lead ores, iron ores
and precious stones, coal, gypsum,
fire clay, brick clay, mineral paints
red and yellow-building stone of al.
most every shade, limestone and
marble. 1t may not be generally
known that the largest marble quarry
in the world is in the Sweet Grass
hills. Pure white, variegated and
black marble are found there. Hot
and tepid mineral waters and mineral
mud. In woods we have spruce,
white and yellow pine, bull or bird S
eye pine, hoary-branched pine, Doug
las fir, Englemann spruce, black
spruce, white spruce. hemlock (rare), f,
subalpine fir, red cedar, sabine juni-
per, common juniper, running juniper,
arbor vitae, balsam poplar, balm OF
gilead, narrow Ieaved balsam poplar,
Columbia poplar, cottonwood, Amer
lean aspen. black, shining, mountain
and diamond willow, western birch,
box elder, mountain mahogany,
mountain maple, and mountain and
smooth alder. The pines, spruces and
frs make excellent lumber and tim
bers.
Among the wild fruits are red cherry
(rare), choke cherry, plum, service
berry, red, white and black currant,
gooseberry, bear berry, strawberry,
wolf berry, blueberry, bunch berry
buffalo berry and low cranberry. No
state in the union equals Montana in
the luxuriance, sweetness and keeping
and fattening qualities OF it's famous
bunch, buffalo and other native
grasses. It's agricultural lands are
deep and extremely productive.
These are among the henatural resources
of the state which may be exhibited.
Among the products OF the soil
which will not suffer by comparison
with those of any other state are
wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, pota-
toes, and all other vegetables grown
in the north temperate zone between
the 45th and 49th parallels OF lati-
tude. Apples, pears, plums, cherries,
domesticated Strawberries, currants
and other cultivated berries. Among
the animal products are wool, furs,
beef and mutton. A collection of
stuffed wild animals and fowls would
add interest to the exhibit.
Now where is the state in the union
that can exhibit so many native re-
sources, so much raw material to en-
gage capital and enterprise; such min
eral wealth to invite investments, and
soil products to make glad the heart
of the lumberman and home seeker?
There is not one in these United
States. Montana can make an ex-
hibit at the worlds fair which would
astonish the visitor and attract an
attention among capitalists, farmers
and others looking for new fields for
investment and enterprise that would
be followed by an influx of very desir-
able Immigrants. Will Montana make
such an exhibit? Or will it be salts
fled with few specimens OF minerals
and woods and fruits, merely counter
parts of those in Idaho, Utah and
Colorado? The commissioners have
the magnificent sum of $4,000 to col
lect, forward and maintain the ex-
hibit of the state. How far will that
money go?