Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-03-25
1HHIc|I|ZENS MUST HELP
Commissioner r. J.. Turner Calls Upon
citizens.of the State to Help
for St. Louis.
Prizes that will be offered by the State
to- Stimulate Interest IN the
Display.
County Committees will be Organized
and Asked to Assist the State
Commissi%4aers

Will North Dakota be represented
at the Worlds Fair at st. Louis next
year? This can only be authoritatively
determined by the legislature which
meets next January, a few months be-
fore the opening OF the st. Louis expo
sition. If nothing is done to prepare
for state exhibit until the legislature
acts. il will be an absolute impossi-
bility for any commission to do the
state credit. The Pan-American COM
mission was appointed by the legisla-
t,lre about forty days before the ex-
position opened. There was not a
pound of material belonging to the
state from which an exhibit could be
made. 1t was only through the kind
ness of persons owning private col
lections and the aid of the agricultural
college that we were enabled to make
a fair showing for our state 1t will
not do to depend upon this means of
getting an exhibit for ST.. Louis. 1t
would be entirely Inadequate and i'm
possible. 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
great state at an exposition where
every state in the union and all the
nations of the earth are in competition
and friendly rivalry.
Most of the states have made ,appro-
priations for St. Louis. Illinois has
$250,00O, and two years for prepara-
ton. Minnesota has $4,000. and one
year for work. either states have al
ready 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 exposition your commits
sion succeeded in bringing back to
the state an unexpended bal
ance of about $1,000 We feel that the
situation regarding the st. Louis
Worlds Fair justifies us in using a
portion of this money towards gather
ing what exhibits we can secure with
out much expense. in order that the
commissioners for st. Louis. if any are
appointed, may have a little something
to start on. >AE-
A proper state exhibit should rep
resent the products from all sections
OF the state. If this is to be accom-
plished persons in 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, culti-
waiting and caring for the crop. This
must be done now. Next spring will
not do. It is from the coming crop
season 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 following premiums to be
paid in cash:
For the best No. / hard wheat
Cone busheD So. .... S q. 90
For the best bluestem wheat e.
Zone busheD =. %. 90
For the best macaroni wheat
Cone busheD ..... 25. 90
For the best oats cone bu-
sLeI) -EE.s.5.2... 1890. % 90
For the best flax (one-half
} DuSnel) ....5.. ...z... ..s.... p. 90
For the best barley (one-half
DuSnel) ...g..E. ...-.. %. 90
For the best millet (one-quar-
ter bushel 1O. 90
For the best six-inch bundle
OF wheat in straw. ...s.... 10.OOI
For the best six-inch bundle
/ OF oats in straw 10. 90
For the best six-inch bundle
OF flax in straw c. ...... 1O. .OOl
For the best six-inch bundle
OF barley in straw. 600
For 20 the best six-inch bundle
of millet in straw !. \. 5.OOl
For the best ten ears Of corn %. 90
Fer the best bunch of ten
4 stalks with ears of corn. $500
For# the best collection cul-
tivated grasses $500
s' For the best collection OF ma
tive grasses ]. !. 4. y. I. %. 90
The grain IN straw should be pulled,
not cut before IT is ripe enough to 4
shell badly, and in quantity the bund-