Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-01
THE LOCATION
IS FAVORABLE
Montana Fortunate In Securing Goos
Place for Her Building at the
Worlds Fair.
WILL ADVERTISE THE STATE
Hon. Paul Mccormick Thinks That the
Exhibit viii be Very Beneficial
to Our Commonwealth.


of Billings. secretary Of the ST. Louis
fair commission. says that the sue
cess Of the board depends almost en-
tirely upon the people of the state.
"The commission Is entirely harmon
ious," said Mr.. Mccormick in the
American National Bank, "and il is
thoroughly of the opinion that this
state should be well represented at
the great st. Louis exposition. We
are unanimous that unless creditable
showing can be made, 1t would be bet.
ter to make none at all. To do this
the commission must have the hearty
support of the people generally.
"In the first place, the commission
already realizes that 1t will be han.
dicapped by lack of funds. The
state OF North Dakota has appropriat.
ed as much for an exhibit from that
state as we have, and that states in
terestx. are not diversified as are ours.
North Dakota's exhibit must be. in the
nature of things, almost exclusively
of the products OF its farms. In Mon
tana, however, We have great vari-
ETY. of industries and all Of them must
be illustrated. As the people who will
visit the st. Louis fair-and there
will be millions of them-will compare
each state exhibit with the other, Il
is decidedly important that we should
make a creditable showing.
A Good Advertisement.
In no way can we advertise the
state better than by exhibiting what
1t can do. That Is practical way
of showing the world what kind of
place Montana is, and what are its
opportunities. Montana is still a new
state. There are better opportunities
for capital and for homeseekers here
than In any other state In the union,
and 1t should be our object to make
this fact plain to the people who visit
the st. Louis fair. No state in the
union has a greater variety of natur-
al resources than Montana. and this
Is fact that think we ourselves fail
to appreciate some times.
1T will be the intention of the COM
mission to treat all sections of the
state alike. No part of the state will
be advertised at the expense of an
other. We hope to CAL attention to
the opportunities In every section. it
Is state affair In the best sense of
the word. For this reason we want
everyone In the state to assist In the
work. I am sure that the commission
will appreciate the aid extended II.
Railroads Should Help.
I'VE hope that the railrods will lend
valuable aid. I understand that they
carried exhibits free to the Chicago
exposition. and II that Is the case !
imagine they will do so for the CON-
ing fair. That would be Of very nat.
ural aid to the work. and IL Is no
more than we might expect of the
railroads. These companies will de-
rive more benefits from the exhibits
at the fair than any other corporation
or individuals, and they should assist
the work all In their power. 1t is to
their advantage to develop the state,
for their business will increase as the
country Is developed. They are large
land owners, too, and that IL another
reason why they should take an in
terest In the exposition.
Montana is fortunate In securing
a desirable location for It's state build.
ing. To my notions 1t is the best In
the grounds. That was largely due to
the good friends we had at st. Louis.
We propose to have a good building.
and work will be pushed on II as soon
as possible. The architect to whom
the contract for the plans was let the
other day will soon leave for st. Louis.
We hope to get some bids In the near
future and to have the work commen'
ced,"