Griggs courier., 1898-07-22

On4ht to interfere with candidateffor
any county Office, If the man is cap
abee. ask your votes and interest.
j. e. CHM.
The North Dakota Exhibit at the
1rans.Mississippi Exposition.
An idea prevails some what,ex-
tensively that North Dakota has
no exhibit at the great Trans
Mississippi Exposition at Omaha.
Neb. but this is a. mistake.
Through the active work Of the
state, commission, consisting of
ColcCA A.. .Lounsberry, Col. C. a.
Little andHon. j. B. Power, ias-
sisted byW. w. Barrett of the
Department of Irrigation, For
estnay and Fish, our state has
beent7enabled to install most
creditable display in the Agri
cultural building samples Of all
the varieties of grain of our state
are well,and tastefully displayed
in glass pyramids, jars, bottles
and show cases, and sections of
trees, :,seeds and other forest
products are exhibited. also fish
put lp:in alcohol, minerals stand
grains and in sheaves; ETC., etc.
In addition, there is a fine col,
lection .ofpictures of a high grade
relating to North Dakota, repre-
senting farm views, school build
ings, historical scenes and per-
sons. The.exhibit contains man y
original, attractive and instruct
i've features, such as the SYM
metrical, wheat pyramid, placed
upon the top of the platform sup
porting in. glass jars other variet-
les of grain from our state; the
North Dakota Rustic Oaken
Chair, much admired and used,
by sight-seers; sections of native
woods, showing bark intact and
cuttings of material in such a
way as to show heart and sap,
wood by four planes, transverse.
radical, obligue and tangential;
fishreserved in alcohol; the Sylvia
ton Diploma, being a steel en-
craving upon parchment; pic
lures of our North Dakota fish;
a large mass of standing grain
from the Bed River valley, etc.,
etc. Among the pictures may
be mentioned the noted oil paint
ing of large dimension, known
Farming in the West" execut-
ed by the celebrated artist, Carl
Gutherz, which painting repre-
sents scenes ON. a farm in Rich
land county, N. d. 1t, without
doubt, is one of the finest pieces
of art work to be found in tn en-
tire exposition, and it is much
admired by the people thronging
the building. It cost the U. S.
government, to whom it belongs,
it is claimed. the sum of six
thousand dollars.
The management ef;the exhibit
|:industriously engagediin the dis
tribution of Literature treating
of the resources, development
and advantages of North Dakota
and is constantly posting the in
quirers as to where good govern
ment and other cheap lands can
be secured in our state.
AS the state made no appropri-
alton for the exhibiI, there is
pressing need of funds to pay the
current expenses of managing
the affair, and it is to be hoped
the counties Of the state will
furnish the money, so the practi
cal advantages Of the exhibit may
be continued. Cass county has
made a good appropriation ($250)
and it is expected other counties
will soon take action in the mat
ter. II funds cannot be made
available it seems evident the
exhibit must be abandoned.
There are but two persons in
charge of the exhibit, Mr.. Bar,
rett who makes no charge for his
services. and Miss II. p. Ford,
stenographer and secretary,
Both Of these individuals are con.