The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-09-28

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beauty of it's Colonial ARCHITECT
ture, in every way worthy of the
fifth state in the Union; in truth
worthy of any state. The wonder-
full pallorama spread out before
the gaze of an observer upon it's
broad, shady porches constitute a
picture unsurpassed in American
marine views. In the right fore
ground are the splendid govern
ment piers each 1900 feet long, 200
feet wide, enclosing forty acres of
water in their great arms, re-
splendent by day in their gorge
Gus %coloring, dazzling by night
in their electrical Examinations,
in the center and extending far to
the right and left will ride in the
| majesty the assembled navies of
the world while cruising about
among these grim floating fortress
ses in their holiday attire, the
white winged sailing craft and the
mosquito feet will ply their devil
Gus errands. In the background
loom the frowning ramparts of
Fort Monroe and Fort Wool, the
domes and spires of Hampton,
the great red caravansary of old
Point Comfort. while far to the left
across a glorious expanse Of water
rises the city of Newport News.
On the extreme right of the picture
the sand spit called "Willoughby"
thrusts it's long digit into the sea,
it's club houses and dwelling form
ing a skyline of picturesque
beauty. The whole is tinted in
the marvellous pigments of nature,
a rainbow picture, a masterpiece
of God.
This glorious spectacle is in it
self a sight worth crossing the
continent to see and the people of
the "Show Me" state will be shown
from their own threshold what will
seem to them the loveliest scene
on earth outside of course, of their
own Ozark hills and their broad,
fertile valleys.
On Wednesday, September 10,
with elaborate ceremonies, ground
was broken for the erection of the
Missouri building. In the absence
of Missouri's commission and
Gov. Folk, Mrs. John R. Walker,
of Kansas City, vice-president
general of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, stood spon-
sor for her great state, while two
Virginia maids, Miss Jennie Sher-
wood and Miss Lucrece Goodwin,
respectively, broke the sod and
raised the Missouri state flag and
Hon. Barton Myers, governor of
exploitation, of the exposition,
made the principal speech in which
he warmly complimented Mis-
souri, and Missourians.
What is this state of Missouri
and what will she have to show at
the jamestown Exposition?
All the world knows of St. Louis
of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, of Kansas City aud it's
packing plants, of Jasper county
and it's zinc aelds, but there are
things yet to be told.
Missouri is number five in rank
among the United States in popu-
lation and wealth and number one
in potential resources. She is an
agricultural, mining, timber, man
u%facturing and commercial state
all in one, and outside of her three
great cities only 7-6 per cent of
the people live in towns of over
1000 population; therefore her
farms are the basis of her wealth.
Within two hundred and fifty
miles of the state capital, Jeffer-
son City, is the center of farm
values of the United States; the
center of the total number of
farms; the center of corn and of
oats production; the center of
wheat production: the center OF
gross farm income; the center of
production of the six leading SER
ials.
Missouri grows one-tenth of all
the corn in the world, and while
the per capita of corn production
in the United States is less than
eleven bushels, the Missouri per