The Dickinson press., 1912-09-07
vRaES COOPERATION
q. EVERYBODY help EXHIBIT

S., EvEkyB0DY help EXHIBIT
To Whom 1t May Concern:
It should be understood by all readers
tof this paper that Stark county is-pfe-
pairing to exhibit specimens of the prod
ucts of her soil at the Industrial Expo
.sition to be held at Bismarck October
list to 18th i~nclu sive.
The county commissioners have lev
lied a tax acco riding to law for the pur:-
pose of meeting the necessary expense
of maintaining this exhibit and they
have secured the services of G. S. Ctyl,e
ito install and supervise it. Mi. Csyne
acted in this capacity for the count y
committee that was appointed to super
wise last years exhibit.
The commissioners earnestly solicit
liberal contributions of grains and
Grasses from various parts of the county
and hope to have every precinct repre-
scented rather than as a few formerly.
The plan on which this exhibit is
gotten up is to decorate the interior of
a booth at the exposition with repre-
'%sentatives of every grain, grass and
vegetable grown in the county. contrib
'uted from people over the whole county.
Each contribution of grain in the
straw, for instance. will be numbered
and a bulletin will tell who made the
contribution ; a specimen of the shelled
grain will be exhibited in q small in
verified bottle, numbered the same: the
name of the grain, when sown. when
harvested, and the legal description of
the land on which the product was
raised. will complete the history of
the specimen. The same will be done
with vegetables and grasses. The inter-
ior Of the booth will contain a number
of plate glass cases, containing some of
the most noticeable and excellent of
the contributions and the indigenous
O native grasses which 80 opportunity
attained a degree of excellence in
growth and perfection this year. rarely
attained hitherto in the history of the
county.
This bulletin will show who donated
and when and where the contents of the
booth were obtained, and it is believed
that the publishing of this bulletin in
poster and pamphlet form for distribution
throughout other states will conduce to
the mutual profit and general interest of
all concerned.
The pamphlet will also contain much
general information along lines not
generally used heretofore in publicity
publications. A direct interest will be
attempted in the furnishing of the botan-
ical names of every one of the native
grasses shown and the value of each.
This feature will attract. it is hoped,
people in the east and elsewhere. who
see every day the common grains and
grasses, but who are utter strangers to
the finest products of the soil that q
beneficent providence has given to
mankind for his benefit. Even the old
est inhabitant has not yet fully come to
understand the value of these native
grasses and only when a careful analy-
sis is made comparing them with tame
or cultivated grasses. does he really
awake to the importance of natures
gift.
In conclusion l shall say that the ex-
:hibit is the county of Stark's exhibit,
not the commissioners nor the mana
gers, but the whole peoples and it is
to q certain extent in the hands of the
people to see that their money that will
be spent is of value to them because
of the varied interest shown in the ma
terial contributed.
Now in conclusion I will call atten-
tion to the great interest shown by the
people of Taylor in this matter. The
business men of that enterprising town
have believed that an offer of prizes
for grains. Grasses and vegetables
would bring to them the finest products
-obtainable. So, with this in view. q
day has has been appointed when these
prizes will be paid for the best speci-
mems and these contributions will make
a part of the county exhibit. Now how
about the other towns doing likewise7
The greater the interest aroused the
greater the profit accruding to the in
habitants of the county and especially
to the contributors and those that view
them I'M competition with all parts of
the great state of North Dakota.
Very respectfully yours.
G. S. CRYNE,
Mgr. of Stark Co.'S. Agri. Exhibit.
Few, if any, medicines have met with