Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-12-28
The Land Show


the exhibits fr III each state were not
quite completed hut were far enough
along so that some Iaea could he had
of what the exhibit would be. The
first day was given over To tie Public
and paruchial srhJUl children. of
which there we've about 30, 900 in al
tendance. with their teachers and IL
reminded one of a hive Of bees.
The KalispeIl District OF Montana
a advertised that every school pupil that
At ended the land how on opening
dsy, would be given an apple at The
door when leaving the building, but
this terminated in a great d,sat point
ment TO most of the children tor the
reason that the gentleman dill not fig
ure correctly. He had 6. 200 ,pbies !
give away and you can imagIne wba'
6, 600 apples would amount 70 in a
crowd of so ne 30, 600 BOYS aud girls.
Before he had z 'irly hegun he Xxi :
had swamped him aud uauy of them
took his apples by tne ! x and seat.
tered them oct. or little fellow
found he hqd gotten nJld Of 4 rotten
appi- aad he let 60 aud took the fellow
right b-tw eu = ~ yes with his ap IL.
The Kalis1el IAN said - hti not b
ured on srch 4 turnout and II he bad
90 furnish applies tor such a crowd 1t
could bankrupt him
- III.
about . 900 paid admissions. TIE tx
hibits are all on a largs sc lie and tie
greatest trouble is that there is too
much exhibit for the mount Of space
and this of curse mak thu passage
ways very narrow.
Monday the 18Th was South AID
North Dakota Day and the latter state
was well represented by a good num
er of its citizens bat South Dakotans
we're more noticeable hy their at
seuce. However. there were quite 4
number from different parts of the
state. about tvo-thirds of the crowd
in the afternoon and evening were
provided with bi, ges which they were
all pleased to wear and which were
quite an ad for the two states. Gov
error Burke and Governor Wesley
spoke in the afternoon to large crowds
at the show. Commissioner Deets
spoke also upon the subject of corn.
In the evening Commissioner Deets
gave nm illustrated lecture in the lee
ture room of tue Auditorium building
and the pictures upon the canvas
showed up fields, homes and scenes in
different parts of the state and a very
large audience was present and en-
joyed it very much.
The South Dakota exhibit Is receiv-
ing as much attention by visitors as
any of them. Mr. Deets is somewhat
disappointed in not receiving the APP
pies ana vegetables promised him
from Berisford. he had a very nice
display of these at Chicago but they
spoiled and were not fit t. bring back
to st. Paul and when he received his
supply from Berisford it amounted to
only a little box that could be carried
under his arm, hence you can imagine
his disappointment.
i am pleased to state that if it was
not for the Day county vegetables sent
down by the Commercial Club there
would be no vegetables in the South
Dakota exhibit. The Day county sill.
YER trophies have a very prominent
place in our exhibit and they certainly
are receiving their due share CT recog-
milton by the many visitors and in
fact are the most attractive feature of
the South Dakota exhibit.
II Day county Is the only one that has
a personal representative here in the
state exhibit and they are in constant
attendance n get pretty tired by the
time the show closes every evening at
1890.
Governor Wesley returned hoae
Monday night after his long trip
with the Governors Special. He in
formed your correspondent that he re-
lieved much good would come from
the tout of the Governors Special.
Montana has th. largest and most
attractive exhibit Of any Of THE states
consisting Of grains. fruits. vegeta.
bles. grasses. etc. The st. Paul pa
pers are not giving the individual
state exhibits the write-up they are
entitled to and wish to mention espec-
tally that you readers obsei We the diff
erence in the st. Paul and Minneapol-
is Daily papers when ID comes Mime
sofa Day. which Will be Friday. The
reporters were around, however, each
day enquiring il there wss anything
special and they are willing to give as
a write up providing we give them a
quarter page ad.
II Commissioner Deetz had half the
appropriation that some OF the other
states have he would be In position to
do a great deal more than he is IN po-
sition TO do with the available funds