The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-01
THE NORTH DAKOTA SHOW.

THE NORTH DAKOTA SHOW.
TT ATTRACTS THE VISITORS AT
~ THE WORLDS FAIR.
superb EXHIBITS to which Women
Have Contributed the Lions share
The Red River Cart Not ADrecia-
ted-A Wonderful Exhibit.
Jackson Park, Chicago, Special Cor.
rtspondence,, June 14.-North Dakota
day has been postponed from June 20
to some day in October, to be named
later, on account of the busy season of
the year. The exposition is nov practi-
cally complete IN all is parts, and Norta
Dakota shows at its best, but a later date
is surely better for the interests of the
state to make its demonstration.
Some days ago the fair authorities or
dered removed the OK and cart which
stands in front of the North Dakota
building on the grounds that it was not
in harmony with, the general surround
ings. Executive Manager Dickey re-
sponded that the cart represented an era
in the history of North Dakota. The
cart with all its .trappings We're used by
the Hudson Bay company and was tns
only means of transportation north ana
west of st. Paul previous to 1871. Ihe
brands OH the side and horns OF the OK
show that he, too, did duty as a trans,
wagon roads in what is now the bread
basket Of the world. 1t is the property
of the first white settler in what IS now
Ncrth Dakota, and to whom was born
the first white child in North Dakota
Charles Cavalier-and to remove tnat
thing in the state exhibit, and he would
not remove it until these facts We're
taken into consideration by the fair au-
thorities. They consented to its remain
ing OH exhibition in view OF these e1-
plantations. The cart ought to nave
Nothing could have been presented more
The North Dakota building continues
to be one of the most interesting Things
OH the ground in the way Of state ex-
hibits. The structure is 5Ox7O feet with
Office and reception rooms above E ana nna,x an
ed with a display of grain and grasses
and products of the soil, accompanied by
works of art and mechanical skill, repre-
sensations of animals and birds, fruits
and flowers, clays and minerals, wood
and coal, Indian curios, old time rehcs'
etc. -. mn
The total appropriation for the building
was S12.5O @ and for other purposes
about $4,000. This has been supple
mented by about $500 raised through
the ladies' auxiliary board. VI the late
ter sum $500 was raised by the iadles OF
ladies' reception room. Among the arti
cles Of furniture is a Persian rug cost
ing Sis. The colors are blue and gold.
piano aas sY Sas see Sia ass!!sd 4 b sHS One sAe of the thenez-
hibitors. The ladies' sitting room was
furnished by the ladies Of Pemh'na coun-
i IN &C color in IS electric Blue. The draping
is sill, satin and lace, The. sentlemen,s
reception room was furnished by the
ladies of Grand Forks at an expense OF
S125. The chairs and lounge are OF Rus
STA leather. A fine Milton rug adorns the
floor and the draping is in SILK ana lace ace.
nished by the ladies of Jamestown at
an expense of 500. The
Good Sense and Discretion
of these excellent ladies is shown in
.verv article purchased. This room Is III
Brussels and velvet and the draplng Ill
silk md satin. The press room was
furnished by the ladies' of Lewis Lake NJ
an expense OF $2SU anu the committee
room Nv the lauies OF Walsh county at
am expense OF $3.50. Darlington ladies
pense of $2UU, LakOta ladies' u hanu-
somely engrossed national tag OF SILK
costing S2UU, Buxton ladies q case tor
woman's work costing 900, Burieagh
county ladies' handsome banners repre-
senting the coal, cattle, sheep and agrl-
work of Mrs. w. B. Watson; st. lhom.
as ladies furnish the tuil-rigged Red
river cart mentioned elsewhere, and Nor
ton county ladies a model of an Indian
tepee, handsomely wrought. IN leather
and %porcupine pulls by an Indian won-
an for this exhibit, and many other In
dian curios. The boys from the agricult-
ural college and the ladies of Lakota also
furnish hne cases for the display of fancy
work. And in these cases VIII be found
al endless display of such work, gener-
ally by the ladies of North Dakota. In
one Of the cases is a piece which attracts
universal attention. 1t is u quilt, the
work of Mary, queen Of Scots, when in
prison. She left it uncompleted when she
went to the scaffold and gave it to her
maid of honor, an ancestor of Senator
Bldlake of North Dakota, by whom it
was loaned for exhibition purposes. The
work is on satin and in silk, and is dingy
with age. The pattern was drawn in
pencil, instead of being stamped, as now,
but the figures are remarkably regular.
At the head Of the stairway is a paint
ing OF a scene on the Hellendale farm
in Richland county by a celebrated
French artist, for which the government
pose of this exhibition. 1t shows gangs
of teams at work harvesting and plow-
ing, and is generally supposed to be q
scene on the Dalrymple farm. There are
many other things deserving special men
ton, but to go through the list would be
imp impossible. Sergeant Way of
Workmanship, valued at $1,000. They
bar the sergeant now in their contests,
ppt Als fame will live through contests
already won. -
The Cereal Decorations
in the North Dakota building attract
more attention than those of other states.
In others they are more elaborate but
these are more attractive. They are all
before the eye and can be taken in their
tistically blended. Wheat and grass rise
IN pyramids, or are woven into pictures
that can scarcely be distinguished from
oil painting, and in the case of the birds
it requires the sense of touch to dis
tinguish them from the natural subjects.
These decorations cover the wall and the
North Dakota grown wheat, $50 varieties
of grass and represent more than a
thousand days of labor, much of it con-
tributed by the people of the state. The
labor of the prisoners in the penitentiary
stripping the grain and preparing the
exhibit. The work of decoration was all
done by North Dakota people under the
superintendance of j. H. Lopez of that
state.
Is AS great apd satisfactory as the dis
play is at the state building it is much
greater and far more satisfactory at the
state booth in the Agricultural building.
Here are shown miniature fields of wheat
and bundles of grain, bright and fresh as
from the fields in August. There are