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a remarkable one when tits. ecn.
sidered that the mineral resourc.
ESQ., your state are practically I'M
developed. Every other state that
has an exhibit in this building has
had an opportunity to procure
private collections and has :hean
able to draw extensively FROM
mining and manufacturing cons4
Germs for it's exhibit. This display
will probably do more to bring
capital into your state than VIII
other exhibits in the building do
for their respective states. ; IN
The display of pottery made
from the excellent clays in your
state has excited the admiration.
of all who have seen it. 1 under.
stand that several pottery men
are surprised at the wonderful
purity of the clay. The cement
and brick clays, in which your
state is rich, are shown in a very
effective manner, and, while but
a small amount Of local capital
had undertaken to rdeyelap il
enough has been done to demon.
strate that you have a wide field
in this product for commercial
activity.
I believe that the Ignite coal,
which lies in your state in mex.
haustable beds, is very difficult
to exhibit in the raw condition,
but the charts showing the loce,
ton and size of numerous large
veins, the chemical composition 81
the coal, and it's comparative fuel
value, show more than anything 1
know of what immense wealth
lies in the western part of your
state. The briquettes which are
shown, demonstrate clearly that
it is only a question of few years
before the entire Northwest will
be using your coal.
Your exhibit in the educational
building is the equal of any III the
quality of the work shown. It is
of such high character that no one
can fail to be impressed with the
excellence of your course OF
study. ..'
Many people, of the south and
east especially, open their eyes in
astonishment when they see the
wonderful strides which North
Dakota has made in the educa.
tional line. I did not realize, un.
til I visited your state, that the
territory which but few years
ago was a lonely expanse Of
prairie, is now dotted in every
section with school houses that
compare favorably with the
school houses of any of the older
and more thiskly populated
states.
The work in your exhibit from
the engineering departments of
the state university and agricult-
urtl college shows clearly that
your institutions Of higher learn,
ms are remarkably well equipped
Many of your state high
schools have exceptionally fine
exhibits. I believe you have very
few cities and towns in your
state that can boast more than
5000 inhabitants, yet the exhi'
bits from practically all the high
schools show as high a quality of
work and as extensive equipment
as most Of the high schools in the
east, located in cities of treble
the Inhabitants.
In this connection / want to
say, as chief Of the department
Of the exposition directly con-
cerned with the state exhibits,
that I aim greatly pleased with
the public spirit shown by North
Dakota in providing so literally
for representation at this exposj:
ton, and with the effective man
ner in which the appropr:at ons
seems to have been expendeG..
AS / remember it North Dakota's'
exhibits here are much larger
than at GhicaoO in 1902 TD,o1,