Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-25
EXPOSITION BUILDING
Will SOON Be READY
MAMMOTH PROJECT WELL UN DER WAY AND WORK IS PRO-
CROSSING RAPIDLY-sUT MONTH REMAINS IN WHICH
TO COMPLETE

other show attractions will be offer
ed. Theatre chairs will be provided
and this room will be the chief amuse-
ment centre. Just back of this audi
forum is another room about 2Ox60
which will be converted into display
room for attractive exhibits.
And then comes the basement. This
portion of the building with cement
floors, white walls and lighted by
many windows will furnish mag
nificent place for the eavier products,
such as native coal, stone, brick, tile,
pittery and briquette. The display OF
these products by oNrth Dakota
will prove a revelation to her own
citizens who have little conception
of their magnitude and worth.
Every floor is bountifully supplied
with heating apparatus, electric lights
and water which will insure comfort
and care.
Big electric signs are being con-
structed which will soon illuminate
the whole west side of the building,
presenting the words in letters of fire
Exposition Building, Industrial Show,
Sept. 26 to Oct. 16, 1911, Bismarck,
North Dakota" This mammoth cleo
trio sign may be read for miles by the
passengers entering or passing
through the city over the railways.
And the premiums. The trophies
to be awarded at the big show are al
ready arriving and when all arrive
here that have been donated their
will be enough to fill Lall. And they
will be we'll worth viewing, too. They
consist of samples of the best manu-
featured in the way Of commodities
on sale in the state. And there are
many trophy cups, medals and other
emblems to be given as testimonials for
the most successful endeavors. These
are being received and safely stored,
but they will find a place of display
in the big building which is to hold
so much of the marvellous and almost
magic.
Taken all in all the Exposition build
ing for North Dakota could not have
been much better designed had it been
erected especially for show purposes.
And it comes to the state through the
generosity of the Northern Pacific
railway company to be used for many
years to come for exposition purposes.
And another advantage is the favor
able location. Within a step Of the
Northern Pacific passenger station,
two squares from the 500 depot and
only one square from all the leading
hotels. Visitors will have no street
car, hack fare or other expenses in
reaching the big show place and very
little walki- G to do.
Excursion trains run into the city
will unload their passengers right at
the very door of the Exposition build
ing. There will be hotel accommoda-
tons for all who come with no ad-
vanced rates on account Of the &C.
casion. 1t seems almost incredible
that all the work Of preparation for
the biggest exposition ever given west
Of the Twin Cities has been accomp-
lished in three months time and to
Supt. Gilbreath and his able depart
ment assistants must 60 all the credit.
The catalogue containing the list Of
prizes and setting forth the list of
attractions is just coming from the
press and will be ready for distribu-
ton in few days. Big posters are
being put up for display all over the
state, advertising the big show, a spe-
cial publication, the State Bulletin,
has been issued for q number of
weeks containing many columns of
choice reading on the subject and
with all this many thousands of let
fors had tn no u,rjff.on pivino enooio1
information.
But with it all, Supt. Gilbreath has
had the hearty cooperation of the en-
tire press of the state. The patriotic
publishers were quick to discover
that the exposition was no local at.
fair but a state institution, and one
which means for the advancement
of the commonwealth. Columns have
been devoted to the enterprise and