The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-03
DISGRACE TO THE STATE.


What CsmmsderN Power Has - nav II
Regard n ths Msntspa Eshtbit.
Commodore Power 10 thoroughly dis
guslsd With The Montana end q The WOzld'a
fair and II not Al al slow In sxpssssiaR his
views. He returned from The ssse yssseE-
day. and talking Of Shs Worlds tsis said:
''The exhibit 10 . disgrace 10 the ssaes.
For IN expenditure Of 100000 We havs .
ga. 900 show. and II makes a Montana naan
sorry 10 sss H.. ! don't know whore sh:
blame lies, but I think that the people Of
the state should have shown more intsfess
in The matter. Jadas BickfO4d 10 . nice
fellow aud has done The best he eonld, Dss
u was impossible to make ~ exhibit VIA
out the cooperation Of the people OF Mos
tsns: There has been s!soassaes too mush
provision for the exhibit ~ u should have.
The exhibit Of minerals 10 fairly good. bus
II makes q Montanian acquainted with our
tired TO look 1T she rest. Think.
for instance, Of the coal mines OF this state.
Al e 'h u, ,a 70, !, sh's n = the oo. '. y, . .: : 'n N =.
large a. your head. The largest piece Of
coal there comes from Washington. while
tho PennsylvaniG and Wyoming exhibits
nrs magnificent. Then again 70 think that
with all our splendid granite and sandstone
not o:so : piece so Sa. either s,.s sHn b 20 f e. . a. GAi !.
found than that Of Montana and W no one
would ever know u from the Montana sx-
hibit at the Worlds fair. The agricultural
exhibit 10 tucked away in . side alley AWAY
from all notice and very Looy whom you see
u. Ths Montana building 10 worth abopt
$1,000. You can ind II on the grounds BY
looking fov the most insigni6oant state
building in the poorest location. Tho fact
Of the matter. Is that No have been outRen-
eralled at all points by the other states.
two-thirds of them having smaller appro-
priasions thar Montana. They beat US In
state buildings and exhibits. but what u
n near. I'I nsiahbosr.. Washington. n Sse:sA Idaho he.
Utah and the Dakotas. It's, however. BY
no means too late to make the Montana
exhibit worthy Of ptaiss. Tho people Of
the state ought now to spare no Efforts to
send to Chicago evidence Of our resources
in all forms. Great Falls 10 going
should do the same. Within four miles Of
our city We have magnificent Quarries Of
tho finest granite. Onr boarda~of trade
should send an exhibit OF this atuhR with
several of the monuments cut from ".
The railroads would certainly help us, and
very unsatisfactory showing at the exposi-
tion. Montanians are great people whom
aroused, and ! sincerely hope that thsir
patriotism will netve them TO the point OF
making an exhibit OF which they will moi
be wholly ashamed. The tremendous value
Of the opportunities afforded for advertis-
Ing the state do not seem to have bssn ap-
prscintcd. even to q small degree. Let us
try 10 do something now TO show the world
that Montana Is one Of the states In this
union"
Concerning tho fair itself the commodore
aaid: ~ IL grand beyond comprehension.
No language Of mine can describe tho i'm
| n tMacinN m oAA hv n NnFa0Pv OiAnNA AT the
grounds and buildings. / never apprect-
ated the extent and wealth of its exhibits
until I undertook to see q very small part.
Every M%ontanian ought to visit the fair.
II is an education. and worth many timsa
more than the investment for expsnsss."