Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-02

ton and he following opening.
Using to be gained from such shows.
he said to Tribune reporter:
II arrived in Bismarck Wednesday
from my trip through iowa with one
of the North Dakota exhibits sent out
by Commissioner Gilbreath.
"The first fair made was the state
fair at Des Moines, when the Mar
shall county fair at Marshaltown. the
Hardin county fair at Eldora and the
Interstate Live Stock fair at Sioux
City. They were all good fairs and
the North Dakota exhibit was one of
the attractions at each one of them.
MANY former as well as present
property owners In North Dakota
called, and after looking the exhibit
over expressed themselves as being
very we'll pleased with it and then
brought or sent their friends around
to see some particular feature that
they knew they were interested IN
or to get information.
"The case of alfalfa attracted great
attention. They seemed to be behind
us In it's cultivation. We had case
of corn on the ear that was afraid
would be ridiculed by those Iowa
corn growers, but on the contrary it
was we'll received and drew many
favorable comments. 1T Is only a few
years, ago that We considered North
western Iowa outside of the corn belt
and we heard many a middle aged
person remark, and here they are
growing corn way up in North Da-
kota.T'r =,
"The Iowans are much better posted
on North Dakota than the people OF
Wisconsin were when Mr.. Gilbreath
began his fair work there, but they
are thinking more of us now as con.
ditions have changed silence a decade
ago.
"The exhibit brought new IDEAS
of present development, especially
along the line Of diversified agricul.
ture, and this condition Is the one
that the Iowan of the present day
seems to want in the territory he
moves to.
eve met many persons who in.
quired for friends in North Dakota.
At Des Moines the interest was gen.
eral, but particularly in McHenry,
Towner, and Roletto counties, and
the people there. At Marshaltown
it was Foster and Eddy countiesl
At Eldora tn Slope seemed to stand
out more prominently and at Sioux
City it was Burleigh and Emmons
counties and Bismarck.
"This interest in different sections
seemed, when traced back, to be due
to some land agents having worked
the particular section in the inter
est of land companies owning land
in the different counties and the mi
grafton that naturally followed.
AT Marshalltown one Of the teach
ers in the city schools had the schol'
ars in her room gather what infor-
nation they could and write compo-
sitions on North Dakota. We after
wards learned that the teachers faith
er owned and operated large farm
near Darlington.
"The> Sioux City fair had Minnesota,
Nebraska and South Dakota days and
the people of those states came in
large numbers. They took lots of
interest in the exhibits. asked many
questions and expressed appreciation
OF the enterprise Of North Dakota
and regret that their respective states
had nothing Of the kind there.
"On South Dakota day many ter.
ritorial politicians came in and kept
me busy answering questions about
former fellow statesmen. Their part
ing words almost Invariably were,
North Dakota is going to make q
great state. You have a fine exhibit
her, and It will do a great amount
Of good s Z 81 '5
There was great interest in the
Standing Rock and Cheyenne reserva-
ton opening and the literature sent
out by the Bismarck Commercial ciup