Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-04-17
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ClTIZENS MUST HELP,

effort to Have North Dakota Proper
~ Represented Mt St. Louis.
VIII North Dakota be represented at
the worlds fair at St. Louis next year?
Ihls can only be authoritatively deter
mined by the legislature, which meets
next January, few months before the
opening of the st. Louis exposition. If
nothing is done to prepare for a state
exhibit until the legislature acts, 1t will
be an absolute impossibility for any
commission to do the state credit. The
Pan-American commission was APP
pointed by the legislature about forty
days before the exposition opened.
Ihere was not pound of material be-
forging to the state fro mwhich an ex-
h'bit could be made. 1t was only
through the kindness of people owning
private collections and the aid of the
agricultural college that we We're en-
abled to make a fair showing for our
state. 1t will no. do to depend upon
! tins means Of getting an exhibit for st.
Louis. 1t would be entirely inadequate
ana impossible. 1t is unjust to our state
and unfair to any commission to give
them forty or fifty days for preparation
and expect them to properly, or even
decently, represent the resources of q
great state at an exposition where ev-
cry state in the Union and all the ma
lions Of the earth are in competition
and friendly rivalry.
Most of the states have made appro
p1'atlons for st. Louis Illinois has
/, S250,OO0 and two years for preparation.
Minnesota has $4,000 and one year for
work. Other states have already taken
action. What is done in North Dakota
must be done voluntarily and because
-, OF pride in our state.
| Out of the $4,000 appropriated for the
Buffalo commission your committee
succeeded in bringing back to the state
an unexrended balance of about 81. 300.
We feel that the situation regarding
the st. Louis worlds fair justifies us in
using a portion Of this money towards
gathering what exhibits we can secure,
in order that the commissioners for st.
Louis, if any are appointed, may have
little something to start on.
A proper state exhibit should repre-.
sent the products from all sections of
the state. If this is to be accom-
pliShed, persons from every county
must take some interest in the matter
at once. To get good samples of any
products. special care must be taken in
! preparing the ground, seeding, cult
waiting and caring for the crop. This
must be done now. Next spring will
not do. 1t is from the coming crop sea-
son that we must depend for the St.
Louis exhibit. That there may be some
inducement and compensation for the
extra work necessary, we offer the fol-
lowing premiums, to be paid in cash:
For the best No. 1 hard wheat
Zone busheD. ....... ......... .$2500
For the best blue-stem wheat
Zone busheD.... .............. $500
For the best macaroni wheat
Zone busheD. &C.. ............ $500
For the best oats Zone busheD. $500
For the best flax (one-half bush
eD.. $1,000. ................ $500
For the best barley (one-halt
busheD. -. ............. 25OO
For the best millet (one-quarter
busheD. ................ 1000
For the best six-inch bundle of
wheat, in straw. ........ 1880
For the best six-inch bundle of
| oats, in straw. ........ lO0O
For the best siX-inch bundle of
flax, in straw. lOoO
For the best six-inch bundle Of
barley, in straw. ..... 1000
For the best six-inch bundle of
millet, in straw. ........... 5oO
For the best ten ears of corn. 25.OO
For the best bunch Of ten stalks
| with ears of tOrn.... ........ 25UO
For the best collection of cult
| waited grasseS.... $50. 25OO
For the best collection Of native
grasses. zo.Vo
The grain in straw should be pulled,
not cut, before it is ripe enough to shell
badly, and in quantity the bundles
should be about six inches in diameter.
Each sample should be plainly marked,
with the name of the article and the
name and address of the owner.
Committees will be organized in each
county for the collection of such a
county exhibit as the people thereof
may deem best. These committees will
have power to appoint subcommittee
in each town. end otherwise devise the
best methods of securing creditable
county exhibit. Any one desiring to
make private or special Individual ex-
hibits is at liberty to do so, and the
same will be entered in the competition
at the exposition for award, and the
exhibitor will receive whatever award
is made.
We wish every county in the state
would duplicate these premiums Tor
their county, thus making liberal
cash reward for all to strive for. Sew
eral counties have already made ap-
rropriations for exhibits. It is for the
credit of your state we ask you to take
an interest in this matter.
If further information is desired,