The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-15

Splendid Showing Made by the State-Wl Resv in Many
Settlers Being Attracted 10 North Dakota

With less than six weeks of thefair
ieft, Executive Commissioner w. N.
Steele is preparing to make it, as far
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,
yet it is expected by the railroads as
well as the fair management that, the
harvest out of the way, they will flock
to the exposition in larger numbers
than ever. Executive Commissioner
Steele is planning for this invasion of
the real makers of our country's pros
perity and will make more strenu-
GUS effort than ever to attract them to
North Dakota and her fertile fields.
Elaborate plans have been made for
displaying the vegetables, fruits, ETC.,
that Capt. Main of Cando will arrive
with in 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
displayed there. He will send to Port
land several tons of the material and
it is expected that North Dakota's veg
etable 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 will be covered with the
products of North Dakotas 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 potatoes
cannot 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 fine
quality and size of her vegetables.
Most of the counties have received
their vegetables and the whole exhibit
from all OF the counties of the state
OF Oregon will not equal in size the
North Dakota exhibit. None of the
articles SO far displayed by the Ore
gon or Washington people are SO fine
in quality or large in size that they
cannot be excelled by North Dakota.
Executive Commissioner Steele is con-
fident 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
judges that will make the awards will
begin their labors. North Dakota had
made over $50 entries outside of the
vegetable entries and expects to re-
celve awards OH a large majority of
the entries. AT st. Louis last year
North Dakota established the excel
lency 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. 1t will probably be
about Oct. before the awards will be
announced, but Executive Commits.
sioner Steele is confident that the
state Will make as good or even bet
ter showing than she made at st.
Louis in the way of awards.
Farmer WaIIace's Good Work.
1t was most fortunate idea that
Gov. 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 the work, and there is no
boone" at the fair that has more en-
thusiasm than has Farmer Wallace.
There is probably no man in the state
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NORTH DAKOTA UP IN FRONT.