The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-06
sc GOOD EXHIBIT WORK.
/; Dakota Force at St Louis Dc
ing Goog Work.


'ushing writes from the st. Louis
.ir: BY actual count on several days
vc find the daily visitors to the two
,ooths in the agricultural building
veraged 5000, which is vastly mort
han other states can say; and while
he state exhibit does not seem to
lave favorably impressed the editorial
association, there seems to be some
hing about it that brings the people,
and I believe more good fer the state
GAS been accomplished than if half
the appropriation had been spent for
q state building and its maintenance.
Blu there is a great diversity of opin-
ion regarding state buildings. For in
stance, the prevailing idea is that
every state represented at the exDosi-
thirteen have none, every one of which
has a larger appropriation than North
Dakota, some of them having a hun
bred or two thousand more. Several
Of the buildings were built from pri-
vate subscriptions for that purpose or
by rich individuals, and while some Of
the states have fine buildings, they
have no exhibits in n of the exhibit
ton palaces. like OHIO, for instance.
And FOL states are Hot represented in
be seen that Il il 81 matter entirely OF
Judgment on the pat of the commits
sioners from the several states.
From the above it will be seen that
some of the newspaper boys We're mis-
taken when they said every state had
q building. While our newspaper men
were unhappy because North Dakota
had no building. the Minnesota editors
are roasting their commission because
they had put up such a poor one, and
costly than lots of others. The Mis-
commission is getting it where
the chicken got the IKE for the same
and the governor had to come
up to pour a barrel OF OF on the
waters. The commissioners
Of North Dakota have h consolation
Of knowing they are not o in being
into Il peak" by their home
people, and are trying to be happy in
the maxim that misery loves COM
A California flour and produce dealer
us the other day, and said his
had gotten a taste of North
Oakota's macaront flour and that some
had to be done to satisfy them;
hat the dealers had either to ship in
he wheat and grind it or buy the
lour, the latter probably being the
as he doubted whether their
would change their mills to
such grain. He was given the
Lddress of several North Dakota md
ers who make rnacaroni Hour, and
aid he would visit the state on his
way horne. Another dealer in Indian
polls had the same story to tell. n
vas given the addresses of the m;.lerss
nd several macarcni grain Eaisers.
he had been supplying eight
factories M, that city with
flour for making maearOni;
had imported the flour from Mar
allies, France, for them; that if Nc1th |
Dakota was producing the %ntaearoni
our, such as he saw exhibited; and
ested here, he could buy cheaper from !
IS and get better goods than by i'm |
He will visit North Dakota |
lillers before going nome These are
y, oF f1,o ,oc,,1fc ~; tho damon ct y,o - |
ion daily made in North Dakota f!ours.
;read- rolls. cakes. with North Da-
ota butter, are Sawed to all who
crne, together With I bite of macaroni,
reakfast food. and other ,lalicacies
aade from macaroni wheat. All WHO
praise the -four and like the
roducts. and in this way the state is
Ding its best to widen me market for
ur grain. Such wori1 is not done in
tate buildings.
A great deal of work is done daily
v the various members OF the force
Il explaining the resources of the state
o inquirers. d "ork in Which Gov.
and Commissioner Steele de-
'ote the entire day, n as y@t none of
he force has died of "annui."
We have no lack Of distinguished Wis
tors, as, thanks to the Kindly re.a-
ions existing between The North Da-
,ota push and our surrounding states. ,
most prominent People from those
tates are brought arouMf and intro
and shown the exhibits. Among
he latest guests We're the governors
# Colorado. Missouri. Wyoming. Min
Illinois, and the Hon. William
T. Bryan. Secretary liay visited US
when he was here, also Secretary Of
Treasury Shaw. On Ills return from
Texas Baron Ma~tsaidura. imperial rep /
'esentative of the emperor of japan, |
will visit us for the purpose of investi- |
rating our flour. more particularly the |
product. as he s::ys the laps
ire here to learn, as we'll as To show
heir stuff: that they mast import a
arge quantity of American food stuffs,
their preference was for the |
product.
Minnesota cleaned up the bunch in
he first official butter scoring. win !
hing first and second places VI the
creamery, first in print, and ;irst in
larry classes. Three of her cream