The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-07

day on the ground floor of the new First
National bank building. There were
present when the meeting was called to
order in the morning: S. De Wolfe,
president; j. G. Ramsay, secretary; ID.
G.. Browne, treasurer; W. NJ. Bickford,
executive commissioner; l.. II. Hersh-
field, DR.. A. II. Mitchell and Il. f. Col
Inns, national committeeman; and =.
Lowell, II. o. Chowen, Geo. W. Morse,
All j. Stephens, A. X. Yerkes, w, II.
Sutherlin, George M. Hays, members for
the several counties.
A communication from Mrs. Susan G..
Cook, secretary OF the lady board OF
managers of the Worlds Columbian Elk
position, relating to the construction of
a suitable building for children and
women visiting the fair, was read by the
secretary ond referred to the lady board
of managers I r Montana.
The committee on building and build
ing material submitted the following re-
port:
To the president and members of the
board Of worlds fair managers for the
state of Montana -Gentlcmen: Your
committee on building and building ma
terial beg leave to report as follows: Bids
for the construction of the Montana
state building at Chicago have been adj
vertised for according to resolution, but
only one bid has been received. and that
for a sum in excess Of Sl5.OOO, hence it is
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through Architects Galbraith a. Fuller
from Chicago parties. The committee,
after carefully looking INTO the matter,
beg leave to make the following recon
mendations: That DIR. A. III. Mitchell of
this committee be authorized and en-
powered to proceed TO Chicago
at once and let the contract for
the erection Of the Montana state
building according to the accepted plans
at a cost not to exceed $1,000. And
that DR.. A. II. Mitchell is also author
ized:and empowered to close up any and
all contracts for the erection of the Mon
tana state building at Chicago at a sum
not to exceed the above.
ISigncd.l A. X. IERKEs.
The report OF the committee was
thoroughly distressed and after IA fruit
less effort to refer il back it was finally
adopted. The following resolution was
then passed:
ResO[red, That in addition to the
powers already conferred upon DIR. A. II.
Mitchell by the report of the building
committee he is empowered to curtail
the plans SD as to bring the expenses OF
the building within the limit of $1,000
and il, in his judgment, it is best to in.
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hereby empowered to increase the same
That $500 or as much thereof as may be
necessary is hereby appropriated to pay
the expenses of Dir. Mitchell. That he
make full report Of his proceedings and
acts to the board, if in session, or to the
executive committee if not in session.
A motion to strike out the clause in
creasing tn" appropriation to SlG.OU was
lost. The resolution was then adopted
The board then adjourned for dinner,
The report Of the treasurer, David c.
Browne, was presented in the afternoon
showing Il balance on hand of sS,409.G.
of the $4,000 originally set aside
, Referred to the auditing com
mittee. A resolution to tn,
effect that the $500 appropriated t.
cover DR.. Mitchells expenses while il
Chicago be made available immediatel,
y was carried. The committee On agricul
ture presented the following repor
U which was read, acc, pied and adopted
To the Honorable President OF thu
L Montana Board OF Managers OF thu
Worlds Columbian Exposition:
Your committee on agricultural doe
not deem it desirable to submit an elab
: crate report ut this time. Much of tn
'' seeding has been done, and the earl
summer crops are coming forth, well in
dicating thus far a highly favorable out
= look for the production of cereal crop
. suitable for exhibition at the Columbia
o Exposition next year. Since making
our former report information has bee
received frCm the director general to tn
. effect that there will be admitted fo
exhibition the vegetables and fruits dun
ing the month Of September, 1893. Thi
! will enable us to make a fair exhibit Of
great variety of vegetables and hard
fruits adopted to our climate and fc
which Montana is famous,to be grown j
1893.
The list Of products which are bcin
= grown and which your committee wi
undertake to exhibit is as follows:
Corn-Nativc corn. common field cor
% New England Flint and two varieties
sweet corn.
u Whcat-F Fail and Spring wheat, liar
y, Scotch Fife, Red Mediterranean. Viii,
Australian and Canada Club.
Barlcy-Rcgular Two row Brewer
u Chcyalier, Three row and Black barlc
rye. etc, buckwhcat, br' ON corn, SO
u ghum cane, a%rtichokcs and native bite
root.
y. Oats White Russian, Black, Side an
Iiulless.
Grasses Timothy, two varieties ltanI
n and Wild; Orchard grass, Redtop, Blu
y Joint. Marsbland, Millet, johnson grat
|, and Blue grass, Bunch grass in tw