Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-05-05

the Esquimau village. The appropriation
made BY the state for the Columbian ex-
was cut down to the minimum by
the legislature, and consequently the efforts
OF the state board of managers have been
toward a comprehensive
exhibit within this building rather than to
an elaborate display in each of the de
partments in which the state is entitled to
enter its many and varied products. Even
with this North Dakota is represented by
separate and distinct exhibits.
The Record goes on to interview
Manager Dickey with regard to the ex-
hlbit. with gratifying results. That
gentleman unbosoms himself to the
correspondent, and the North Dakota
exhibit is thoroughly aired. MI.
Dickey says:
Our intention is to impress the visitor
with the idea, first that we are Ian agricul-
tural state, and that wheat-an1 famous
l hard. at THAT'S our principal pro-
duct. In 1891 North Dakota produced
more than 6O.9o0.O0o bushels Of this cereal,
and our state Is rapidly becoming q factor
in the development of various branches of
the animal industry. We present here
different animals In still life. The head of
that ponderous bull Is an exact reproduce
ton Of the study Of q shOrthorn animal
carrying the b!oodlines OF the Prince of
Wolverton and Countess Julia, a cross in
satisfactory results to our cattlebreeders,
while the facsimile of the shorthorn COW
on the other wall is from q painting of a
Aaron of F0irview and Clara Duchess
cross, also meeting favor among II cattle
men. These, you will observe, are con-
structed upon the walls entirely of pro-
ducts of the soil. And this style of decora-
this floor of the building.
In different positions in the Don are
other exhibits Of II products. We show
here a very comprehensive line of eighty
different species of grasses grown in North
Dakota, although we produce some thirty
hve other classes of native animal food
coming under the head of sages: The
this work are all North DakOtans. and a
number of them are now preparing
pennels made exclusively of gram to be
used in blending the colOrings and shad-
ings in this room
Mr.. Dickey further in his discourse
give an interesting description of the
state building, and the arrangement of
the several exhibits. He speakes of the
ladies' work, the exhibit of manufactures
and the liberal arts, dairying-in fact of
everything which goes to make up
North Dakota's share. In closing he
speaks Of the taxidermic specimens and
the farming industry, and says:
At our state building we display a fine
collection of the game of our state, properly
vnn.prtnA hi toVsNnvrrsko o,~4h -. l,o.
moose, elk, buffalo and antelope, while the
scenes over the arches in the bow windows
represent SOM OF the feathered game of
North Dakota. You will notice that these
latter scenes are all worked III in the
products of the soil and are somewhat
llfelike in appearance, both in themselves
and their surroundings.
The attractive feature of our state build
ing will be the famous Paris exposition
painting of Carl Gutherz. 1t is a canvas
81 by 1S feet, and represents a scene on
OF the bonanza wheat farms in the
famous Red River valley of North Dakota.
The sketches and data for this painting
were gathered in the early '8O's and the
picture completed and exhibited by the
artist at the Paris exposition. Here it at
tracted wide attention and was ultimately
purchased by the United States govern
ment and placed in the agricultural de-
Dartment al Washington. Our state was
fortunate enough to secure this canvas
portrayal OF our greatest industry for this
occasion, and with its surroundings of our
actual products in this line at this time we
belieye it will receive almost as much at
tention as it did at the Paris exposition.
As a state, of course, you know we are bnt
in our intancy-Only three years old. Our
products in the last two years, exclusive of
the different branches of the animal in
dustry, brought us something ike 800 OOO,-
600, with al accredited population of 1872
600 people in 1890. We have 10000 600
acres of fertile lands to give away to the
people under the general government
homestead laws.
Uncle Hiram Loses Some buds.
The usual small audience assembled
at the Atheneum last Monday to witness
the performance of "Uncle Hiram" by
A. 81. Woodruff and company. The