Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02
S MORE OF
PORTLAND Nd EXT POSITION
Something About the GOOD Work Commissioner
Steele, Farmer Wallace and others
Are n0ng
North Dakota We'll Represented at the irrigation and
Trans Mississippi Congresses

Portland, Ore, Sept. with but
about six weeks of the fair period
left, Executive Commissioner w. N.
Steele Is preparing to make it, as far
as North Dakota is concerned, the
most successful period Of the fair.
While there have been great numbers
of farmers from all over the country
visiting the fair during the summer
vet it is expected by the railroads as
well as fair management, that, the
harvest out OF the way, they Will
fiocks to the exposition in larger num-
beers than ever. Executive Commits
sioner Steele is planning for this In
vasion OF the real makers Of our coun.
|try's prosperity and will make more
strenuous effort than ever to attract
them to North Dakota and her fertile
fields. b y%3 -
Elaborate plans have been made for
displaying the vegetables, fruits, ETC.,
that Capt. Main of Cando will arrive
with in a few days Capt. Main has
been getting a line on all of the best
material in the state for the past six
weeks and has spent the past week at
the state fair at Grand Forks where he
could get all Of the best material dis
played there. He will send to Port
land several tons of the material and
1t is expected that North Dakota's
vegetable display will be the largest
and best in the building. 1t Is likely
that an immense pyramid will be
built along the entire center OF the
space and that It win be covered with
the products Of North Dakota's fields
and gardens. In fact the vegetable
display will be made the feature of the
North Dakota display for the closing
weeks Of the fair. North Dakota pota-
toes can not be excelled by any state
In the union, and the same can be said
OF practically all vegetables raised in
the state. Oregon has been making
her boasts all summer concerning the
fne quality and sizes of her vegetables.
Most OF the counties have received
their vegetables and the whole ex-
h1bit from all of the counties in the
state OF Oregon will not equal in size
the North Dakota exhibit. None of
me articles SO far displayed by the
oregon or Washington people are so
fine in quality or large in size that
they can not be excelled by North
Dakota. Executive Commissioner
Steele is confident that North Dakota
can make the banner vegetable exhibit
at the fair, at least she can show the
growers on the coast and visitors from
the east that she is to be reckoned
with in the vegetable world.
!. On the first Of the month the various
juries that will make the awards will
begin their labors. North Dakota
has made over $50 entries outside of
the vegetable entries and expects to
receive awards on a large majority
OF the entries. At st. Louis last year
North Dakota established the excel.
l leIy OF her grasses and grains and
It has now become known that grains
and grasses from North Dakota are
nine times out of ten entitled to the
highest awards. It will probably be
about the first of October before the
awards will be announced but Execu-
tive Commissioner Steele is confident
that the state will make as good or
even better showing than she made at
st Louis in the way OF awards.
Farmer Wallace's Good Work.
It was most fortunate idea that
Governor Sarles conceived when he
decided to send Farmer Wallace OF
Bismarck to Portland and have him
assist at the North Dakota exhibit.
His heart and soul is in his work and
there Is no boomer at the fair that has
more enthusiasm than has Farmer
Wallace, There is probably no man
In the state who could come out here
and DO the work that Farmer Wallace
Is doing He has i faculty Of reaching
people that the Average man does not
possess and his early experience in the
state have hlied him with information
and facts concerning the state that