Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-09-22

products. These will come mainly
from the counties of Cascade, Gallatin,
Missoula, Madison and Yellowstone,
and comprise wheat, oats, barley, rye,
fruits and grasses. The exhibit OF
grains will comprise sheaves OF the
various grains and about half a bushel
of the threshed grain with statistics as
to the crop and the locality from
which they come.
The fruit exhibit will be a very fine
one, comprising apples, peaches, pears,
cherries, damsons, prunes and various
other small fruits.
The exhibition OF native grasses will
be collected under the supervision OF
DIR. Kelsey, OF Helena, and will consist
not only of punches OF native dried
grasses, but pots OF buffalo grass,
bunch grass, and other native grasses
| growing in pots and trimmed in orna-
mental ways which will be used TO
decorate the space used for the agri-
cultural exhibit and will also servethe
purpose OF letting visitors see how our
famous range grasses look when grow
ing on the range. Mr.. Kelsey will also
make a collection OF the flora of the
state for the scientific exhibit.
| In the mines and mining building
Montana has been assigned one OF the
best spaces in the entire building. 1t
consists of 2 900 square feet OF floor
space at the right hand side OF the
north entrance to the building. This
is q space that everyone who enters
the building is bound to see, and pre-
parations have been made to make
! the exhibit worthy OF the prominent
position assigned to the state. Solar
as the precious metals 60 Montana's
exhibit will be second to none in the
, country.
, Arrangements have been made for
the construction OF statue OF heroic
size made OF solid FURNISHED silver
, moulded by the best workmen. The
figure will be eight feet high, and repre-
, sent a woman bearing in her right
, hand drawn sword with the legend
"free silver" while in her left is held a
} scroll bearing the incription "free
speech" The figure will stand on a
, pedestal representing a globe three
) feet in diameter, and also composed
} OF solid coin silver on which will be en-
} graved the words "One Country! One
, Dollarl" At the foot OF the gigantic
I, silver statue will lie gold brick from
/, the Spotted Horse mine weighing 900
pounds and valued at S235, 900.
Northern Montana will have very
fine exhibit ofminerals at the Worlds
4 Fair. 1t will compare very fayorably
r with that from any other portion oil
= the state, and much credit Is due to
A Professor Morrison for this fact. He
!, is an invaluable man for the COM
mittee, knows Just what is wanted and
goes to work energetically to secureit.
The Montana building was COM
pleted last Saturday noon, and it is a
very handsome building for the money
it cost, S14,645. 1t was designed by
Galbraith & Fuller, formerly OF Mis-
soula, now of Livingston, Mont, and
y the building was erected by Harter IL
Sons, of Chicago.
Professor Morrison was seen by the
Leader reporter in regard to the ex-
lhibit from this section of the state.
He stated that he had now at his
house three tons of mineral specimens
from Wolf creek, Yogo, and Sage creek
and including specimens of ores ofgoldi
q silver, copper, bismuth lead, anti
" mony, iron (specular magnetic, red
n and brown hematite and bog Iron,)
white marble from Dry Wolf and var
ious forms of crystals not yet classl-
fed for the scientific exhibit.
20 To this will be added coal from Sand
70 Coulee, Belt, Arlington, Lewistown,
3 Sun River and Sweet Grass.
The Marble company at Sweet Grass
Hills is now engaged in getting out nu'
merous samples OF their marble oi
Is various hues and qualities for exhibit
Is A very full and complete exhibit o
the fire clays of Cascade county vii
be made together with samples OF th'
manufactures OF this material iron
DO the new fire clay factory, including fir
30 brick, tile, paving brick, sewer pipe
no ETC., etc.
~ Prof. Morrison has made arrange
ments to have the specimens from Ne!
hart and Barker sent here before the.
go to Helena and q room will be oh
tanned somewhere in town where tn
complete exhibit of this section OF tn
% country will be displayed before 1t
shipped to the Worlds Fair.
o5 The agricultural exhibits are comm
90 in better lately, Prof. Morrison havin
5S been assured of some twenty-five spe'
4s imens of grain, principally wheat ar
oats coming from all sections OF tn
n country. The Sun River valley col
tribution to this department will /
an especially fine one. Renchme
should assist in this work as much 8
possible as it will be especially vail
~ ~ able to northern Montana to have
creditable agricultural exhibit.
so Prot. Morrison starts tomorrow fC
Maiden to collect more specimen
When completed the whole miner
exhibit including the coal will weiG
about ten tons.