The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
WORLDS FAIR
South Dakota Building has Fine
Location

South Dakota Building has Fine
Location
Madison, S. D., Aug. 15,-
Secretary Geo. r. Farmer, of the
South Dakota worlds fair
mission, returned home from
St. Louis yesterday, where he
had been with missioner
Boucher, of Eureka, arranging
for the state building and exhibits.
A beautiful site has been selected.
The state buildings are all in the
southeastcOrne. of the exposition
grounds, near the main entrance,
aud at the termini of the trans
portation lines. This portion of
the grounds is brokenand uneven,
cut up with deep ravines and
hills, all thickly covered with a
splendid old oak forest. The
South Dakota building will be
within ten rods of the open air
mining exhibit, which will show
in actual operation mine
burrowed into a side hill, along
the ravine, and the various
processes cf reducing the ore to
bullion. Around the corper will
be the Colorado building. South
Dakotas site is at the forking
of three roads, a particularly fine
location near the main gate.
Seven thousand dollars will be
spent in the construction of the
building, and three architects are
now preparing plans. 1t is
planned to commence cOnstruc-
tion in the early winter months,
SO that the building can be ready
for decoration IN February.
The various South Dakota
state fairs this year, at Mitchell,
Huron, Sioux Falls, Yankton and
other places have agreed to turn
over their exhibits to the com mis-
sion. The best will be selected
for the state building.
There will be agricultural,
mining, dairy and educational
departme ents, each in charge of
competentpersons. Mr.. Warner,
of Forestburg, will probably
attend to the agricultural exhibit;
Mr.. Russell of the com mission to
the mining; Mr.. Sherwood, state
dairy com missioner, TO the dairy;
and superintendent Nash to the
educational work.
DOane Robinson has been
com missioned to prepare suit
able souvenir. presenting in neat
and attractive form historical
narrative of the state, and will
have a contributor to set forth
each of the departments outlined
above, showing the great and
varied resources. These pamph-
lets will be for general distribu-
tion, and will be printed in large
Quantities. In addition to other
attractive exhibits, there will be
a game and fish exhibit, covering
the indigenous fauna of the state.
There is vast deal of detail
work to all this, and Secretary
Farmer finds himself practically
deluged with correspondence
relating to the fair. He will go
to St. Louis again during the
early winter. and probably yremain
a good share Of the time until
spring.
Mr.. Farmer reports that this
is the biggist thing in the way of
a fair that the world has ever
seen. There will be great
Improvement in transportation
facilities, an intra- mural railway
carrying people to any buildingon
the grounds conveniently, and
an automobile line, so that the
sightseer will not be obliged to
, walk himself to death, as at other
, fairs.
A new hotel inside the grounds
was started just as Mr.. Farmer
left, the capacity of which will be
/ 5000 guests. Besides this there
are twentysix new hotels in
process of building, down town,
i. and a myriad of temporary
structures near and around the
: grounds.
Five Dollars for Township
Displays
The carnival committee will
pay FIVE dollars in cash to each
township committee preparing a
!, township float or booth. The
! money to be applied towards
a purchasing material for same.
r CARNIVAL COMMITTEE.
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There will be a special meet
o ing of Esther chapter, 0. b. S.,
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