Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-09-19
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'|.!|||| 4 ! EXHIBIT 1
WATERFOWL; WIS, MINES GIVES
"A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION or
~. GILBREATsH's SHOW.
IA SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
THE PRODUCTS or asSTATEs
WE'LL PRESENTED

WE'LL PRESENTED
q WATERFOWL Times: If you should
call at the North Dakota exhibit. pre-
pared and arranged by mmissioner
Gilbreath of the department of ag-
riculture. and labor of that state, at
the Inter-County fair, and see sam
pies Of the agricultural, mineral and
other resources Of that big state,
you would get a better idea of the
reasons for the immense immigra-
ton to that state. and for the pros
perity and contentment of the peo-I
pie. who have found homes. and for-t
tunes in North Dakota. s55.,
You might sit down. beside a hand.
some ffreplce built of North Dakota
brick, as fine pressed and fire brick
as there is to be seen in any building
in the country, and see the cheerful
glow through the screen. The per-
sons in charge of the exhibit will
show YOU North Dakota Ignite coal,
of which there are billions of tons in
the state;S an assurance of cheap and
abundant fuel for all time to come,
mines Of which many a farmer finds
on his own land. You would see ar
tistic and handsome specimens Of the
spotter's art, made into all kinds of
vases, vessels and receptacles, prov
ing that North Dakota has pottery
clay unsurpassed in the whole conn-
try. You would see cases of wild
fowls, splendid samples Of the taxi
dermist's art, showing the grouse,
prairie chicken, ducks, geese and 9TH
or birds that abound in North Dako-
ia. And, above everything else, you
would see samples Of grains and
grasses that are not to be surpassed
in any country where grain is grown.
Commissioner Gilbreath has done a
great work in preparing these exhib-
its and dispatching them to the va
rious fairs in the middle west for the
enlightment of visitors as to the pro-
ducts of his state His motto has
been Zone glimpse is worth pages of
description" And SO he has brought
glimpses Of North Dakota here for
the benefit Of the visitor OF the fair.
An immense state is North Dakota
and its products are as varied as the
reasons Mr.. Gilbreath advances for
the immigration of farmers to its
acres. Great sheaves of fife and
durum wheat show the visitor why
North Dakota is called 1.-THE Bread
Basket Of the World . There are
oats, flax. rye, barley and all OF the
grains that are produced in temper
ate regions, and the yield of them is
heavy and brings millions Of dollars
into the pockets of the farmers OF
the state annually. Bronze grass,
cover, speltz.s and other products
show the material on which the live
stock grow fat and hardy, bringing
the highest prices in the markets.
There are fine specimens of all these
products and the visitor no longer
wonders after seeing them M that
North Dakota is growing by leap
land bounds and its lands are being
taken up rapidly. s:
There are opportunities in North
Dakota that cannot be described in
| the space of short article. There
are new towns springing up every
where new railroads are being built
new empires Of ifedtile land beipe
opened The population of the state
has doubled within the past ten: years
and will In another decade be doubl
led again. The finest climate in the
world, pure air, clear water, fertile
lard, plenty Of sunshine a hracins
and exhilirating winter season and a
/ moderate summer with cool nights
and delightful Indian summer the
state has every natural blessing.
Added to this fertility of the soil
the splendid crops, the spirit of de
mocracy and independ ence that
thrives in such conditions, splendid
educational and religious institutions
a state debt SO small as to be almost
Insignificant, low tax rates, and en-.
dowment of land that will in a few
years maintain the schools OF thu
| state, almost without taxation, liber-