The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-31
This STATE At OMAHA
An Illustrated Article on Mon
tana's Exhibits at the Fair.
IS A HANDSOME SHOWING
The Omaha Bee Devotes Three Inter-
esting Columns to the Agricultural
n Mineral Rooms in the Mon
lana Building.

In an article which occupies two or
three columns of the Omaha Bee. that
newspaper prints IN interesting de-
scription Of the Montana building;
Montana's agricultural exhibit and the
mineral exhibit. The article is finely
illustrated with splendid cuts taken
from photographs.
With reference to the Montana state
building. the Bee says: go '
The Montana state building is a
permanent fri eture. built VIII, the
view Of being used as a dwelling ana
advertisement of the treasure state
for years after the exposition. 1t is
not large, but its silver tower glistens
above many Of the surrounding build
ings. The rooms inside are elegantly
decorated and furnished. and on the
walls are hung a grand array of paint
ings by Montana artists and portraits
of prominent Montana citizens. The
art work of c.. M. Russell, the cowboy
artist. inc c. r. Paxson, Mrs. Welt
Clark. Ida NJ. Coats, Robert Swain.
Mrs. Mcneil Martin and Mrs. Jurgins
k~leinschmidt, are gems of which Mon
tanans are justly proud and every Wis.,
itor should see them"
MUCH space Is utNOttu 10 liluStTdtiOnS
showing in detail the splendid agricul-
tural exhibit sent to the exposition
from this state. In describing the ag-
ricultural exhibit. the Bee says:
This exhibit is a grand showing OF
the agricultural products OF the state
and a surprising revelation to the thou
sands of visitors who " a the
impression that nothing could be grown
in that region. The great pyramids
OF wheat, barley. oats and grasses at
once impress one of the possibilities of
crop raising. and a closer examination
which people are attracted to make
shows astounding facts in regard to the
enormous yields per acre. At first n
is inclined to doubt the statements of
h magnificent results. but on seeing
the long. bright. strong straws, the
large. full heads. and the beautiful.
plump grains. nothing is doubted. There
are over 500 farmers of Montana rep
resented I'm these pyramids, n the fg-
ures on the tags of the samples show
that the fields of grain in which the
same was grown averaged fully eight
acres each. The barley Is OF h two
road variety, such as is most desirable
for mailing purposes. and there 10 M
disputing the fact that this grain is
much sought by brewers. Not alone is
II in favor among the large brewers of
New York and other Eastern states,
but ship loads of II are annually mar
keted in Germany. where II IL used In
The manufacture OF h best class OF
malt drinks. The wheat shows con-
clusively it's superior excellence. No
state in the union produces a superior
quality and nowhere are there 50 many
bushels raised to the acre. and the ex-
hibit shows that the wheat area In not
confined to one locality. but that wher-
ever there Is agricultural and in Mon
tana these enormous crops are raised.
The oats pyramid evidences the fact
hat Montana Is the peer Of any other
state in the production of this cereal.
OF the many exhibitors a majority pro-
duced In the season of 1897 above 20
bushels of oats per acre. while q num-
Der report yields exceeding 100 bushels.