Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-03-17
An Interesting Letter From Chicago
on Various Worlds Fair
Matters,
Including Description of the North
Dakota Building as It Will
Appear.
United States Court Adjourned Until
Misunderstanding Commenced
in Our County.
Interesting Letter From Chicago

ant Governor Alfred Dickey executive
manager Of the North Dakota Worlds
Fair board, is here, stopping at the
Jackson Park hotel. a hostelry conducted
by North Dakota's National Worlds
Fair Commissioner Hon. Martin Ryan.
From indications it would appear that
Manager Dickey has come to Chicago to
remain at least until the exhibits of your
state have been placed in position in
your state building and the different de-
partment buildings in which it will enter
displays for contest aid exhibition pur-
poses during the exposition. Manager
Dickey says some three to five carloads
of grains, grasses and other specimens
OF North Dakota's resources are now on
their way here, and that these will be
placed IN position as fast as they arrive.
The walls of the lower floor room of
your state building have not been CON-
pleted as yet. This room is 35x7O feet,
and is to be devoted entirely to the
states general exhibit. The specimens
of grains and grasses intended to be
placed on exhibition in this room will be
woven into the walls and held in posi-
ton by the material used for ceiling, and
will thus be very artistically and perma-
nently held in place. North Dakota's
building is certainly a very handsome
structure.
"How very much this building resem-
bles the White house at Washington" is
the remark Of almost every one when
viewing the handsome and attractive
building situated between the state
headquarters of Nebraska and Kansas,
just north of Fi~fty-seventh street. 1t is
North Dakota's state building; two
stories in height, IS feet in width, and
70 feet IN length. The exterior view is
certainly very slightly and attractive,
constructed as it is in that peculiar and
appropriate style of architecture which
gives much lroom for t%helspace allotted,
afording great convenience and supply
ing the varied demands required. The
building is arranged with spacious YER
andas. both front and rear, and French
windows and q double circular stairway.
Its entire exterior in coated with the new
building material known as staff, and
from the rear balcony a fine view is af-
forded of n Of the many refreshing Ia
Roons that here and there dot the expo
sition grounds; while from the upper
balcony on the front of the building, can
clearly be distinguished a number of the
imposing exposition buildings.
The entire lower story of tho building
is devoted to n spacious room. In
this will be displayed a comprehensive
and attractive exhibit of the products OF
the soil, woman's work, educational de-
partment, forestry specimens, and a
number of pieces, prepared in the high
est style of taxidermy, representing the
native game beasts and birds Of the
state. The walls of this spacious room
will be beautifully adorned by handsome
oil paintings, illustrating the history and
evolution of the state of North Dakota.
b first of these illustrations will be a
painting of an American Indian chief.
tain, attired in his native costume, Dor.
traylng, through the artists brush, q
noble specimen of this almost extinct
race of savage beings while engaged in
the wild and exciting pleasures of a
buffalo hunt. The second will represent
one OF the early pioneers coming into
North Dakota in what is known as q
"prairie schooner" being nothing more
or less than a large farm wagon covered
with canvas, followed by the trailing
animals and members Of the prospector's
family.
The next of these illustrations will be
a sod shack, the style and character OF
which is intended to represent the pio-
neer home of many of North Dakota's
earliest settlers. Adjoining this paint
ing will be one OF a prairie scene, which
will give the visitor some faint idea OF
the v~astness of North Dakota's bound.
less prairies. Then will com an accur-
ate portrayal of a scene on one of the
states numerous sheep ranches, while
following this illustration will be found
n rejecting life and character on an
open horse and cattle ranch in the west.
ern part of the state. The next illus.
tration will be that of one of the states
commodious and modern school houses,
and the last painting in this galaxy Of
illustrations, intended to give some faint
idea OF the progress of the state Of
North Dakota in the past few years, will
be that of the present method of travel
nov almost universal in the states vast
domain, an elegant palace coach.
The spaces upon the walls between
these illustrations, and above and below
them, will be handsomely decorated
with photographs of actual farm scenes,
and beautiful and appropriate designs
woven from native grains and grasses,
demonstrating North Dakota's ability to