The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-08-06
SOUTH DAKOTA AT THE FAIR
She'll Have the Best Seat at the
Big Show.

Progress OF the Columbian Exposition
Work--Money Needed That the
states building May Be Fin
tshed by October.
MITCHELL, s. D., July 3o.-Oliver
Gibbs, jr., Of the worlds fair commits
sion, has made the rounds Of the vari-
GUS state associations ut their summer
meetings arranging plans for tho DIFF
ferent sections OF South Dakota's ex-
hibit at the worlds fair and during
this week, while attending the Corn
Belt Real Estate association, gavc
your correspondent the following
interesting report Of progress of the
work up to date:
Tho agricultural exhibit, including
the crops and complete specimens
showing the fora and entomology Of
the state. also exhibits OF soils and
waters and collection of fossils from
the Cheyenne river country and from
some OF the western counties, have
been assigned to the Brookings College
of Agriculture. with President Nc.
Louth acting as general chairman.
Professor Foster. director of the
experimental station, looking after
the agricultural products, and other
professors in their special lines
The experimental farm has already
very fine specimens OF all the valua BILE
grains and grasses and besides. these
collections from every
county in the state will be brought in.
The State Horticultural society,
under the direction Of President II. c.
Warner, of Sauborn county, will get
up the horticultural exhibit and will
make their first showing at the state
fair this fall whore they expect to have
over 100 varitics of apples grown in
South Dakota, and other fruits o show
the condition Of that industry in this
stnte.
A committee of the dairymen's asso-
ciatlon, under the Craftsmanship OF A.
h. Smedley, of Milbank, assisted by A.
L. Van Osdel, of Yankton. and Mrs.
Judge Bennett, of Clark, will make q
dairy exhibit ut tho state fair exem-
plifying to some extent what it will be
under their management at the
worlds fair. The wool growers
association furnish the wool and
will mike their exhibit at the
worlds fair. Colonel j. b. Geddes, of
Beadle county, having that matter In
charge Major L. L. Is Coffin, of Hu-
ron, will apply his thorough knows
edge of the artesinn and other water
systems of the state to showing of
ail our water supplies, including the
subject OF irrigation A meeting is
soon to be held wherein the officers
and professors of the school of mines,
the state university, tho denominations al
colleges. Representatives of our mining
and quarry companies. cement workS,
eto, will arrange by sections the gen
eral scheme OF bringing all the scien-
ti6c aud economic geology of tho state,
including grand showing of the
Black Hills metallurgy into tho exhi-
bit Arrangements have been made
for on extensive showing of the state
by systems of maps. photographs Rnd
sketches
The work OF collecting specimens is
already under way and in very short
time there will be n system OF county
agencies for cooperation with all the
chiefs of committees in charge OF the
different departments Of exhibits, and
every thing of interest in all the coun-
ties will be included, and a statement
will shortly be issued to the press of
the state calling upon the people for
loans and contributions of various ar
ticles that are wanted, asking them to
report to their county committees
whatever they have to offer
The money that has been pledged to
the use OF the commission is coming in
fast enough to keep the work of col
lecting exhibits going, but tho cxecu7
tive committee OF the commission is at
a standstill just now about putting the
state building in course of erection be-
cause thcre has not been mopcv
enough forwarded to the treas
urer to justify them IN making
contracts for the building,
Being business men themselves md
accustomed to business methods they
must have the money in hand or in
bankable shape within their reac.,
before they can make contract for
the erection OF the building. Archi.
tect w. L. Dow, Of Sioux falls, has
given them plans for state building,
two stories in height. containg 1900
feet OF floor space, with plenty Of OK.
hibit room and all the apartments
necessary for doing business at the
fair and to furnish the people OF the
state with convenient Headquarters,
The building has been designed in
form and finish to correspond with its
location and surroundings under the
advice OF the director general and the
chief reconstruction OF the fair, and
the plans have been approved by them.
1t is to be built Of lumber, surfaced
with Yankton cement, in imitation of
sut stone, and will cost, includ-
ing the foundations and plumbing,
and finished inside and out
Sl2, 900 and not any more. The com.
mission wished to limit the building to
$40, 600, but found that $4,000 more
must be added to make it satisfactory
and creditable to t state. The
South Dakotu building site is the most
prominent location and in every event
the most desirable location of any
state building at the fair. 1t is at the
first corner, ut the Fifty ty-seventh street
entrance, the first entrance in ap-
eroaching the fair from the Chicago
side. where it is said more people will
entcr the fair grounds than at nny
other point The building will
be fronted both to this entrance and
the park of art galleries on the oppo.
site side, where it will command q
vic v OF the frontage Of the entire state
building system.
It Is very important that this build.
Ing shall be completed at least on the
outside at the time OF the dedi.
cation of the fair buildings
on the 11th, 12th and 13th of next
October, when it is estimated from one
to two millions Of people will go there
for the inspection of the fair grounds
and tho buildings and to participate in
The ceremonies and the grand parade.
This cannot be done unless the press
Of the state and public spirited citizens
everywhere will take right hold at
once and see to it that the county
quotas OF money are forwarded to the
commission or placed in the shape OF
bankable guarantees so as to justify
the commission iii going to work at
once on the building, which will take
at least sixty days to get it In shape
to show the outside. All the com
mission is asking is S25. 900, to be used
before tho legislature meets next
winter, on tho building, the exhibits
and to pay the expenses of the COM