Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-10
EXPOSITION
AWARDS Will
Be WORTHY
Five Iuodred Dollars VIII
Awarded County With
Best Exhibit
Expo Building Being Remod.
eled to Provide Much
Needed Room
State Show VIII help p 10 10.
duCe More Settlers to
North Dakota

Five hundred dollars will be award
ed the county exhibiting the best col
lection of grains, grasses, seeds, veg
etables and other products OF North
Dakota soil at the second annual
North Dakota Industrial Exposition to
be held at Bismarck October l to IL,
inclusive. The second, third, fourth
and fifth prizes will be $4OO, $500,
5000 and 500, respectively. Eddy
county captured the first prize at the
1911 Industrial Exposition, and there
will be lively rivalry among the var
ious civil divisions Of the state to
wrest her honors from her.
Remodaang Exposition Building.
The court yard of the Industrial Ex-
position building is being enclosed,
and the building will be remodeled
TO conform to the requirements OF the
larger exposition. There will be 1000
additional square feet of floor space
this year, making total area of 67,-
900 square feet for display purposes
in the main building.
North Dakota Wants Settlers.
Hon. w. C. Gilbreath, commissioner
of agriculture, is general manager OF
the North Dakota Industrial Exp0sl-
ton. The mammoth land show Is
held for the purpose OF reaching pro.
spective settlers. In years gone by
the state sent many exhibits to cOun-
ty and sectional fairs In the eastern
states. This year the resources and
products of North Dakota will be ex-
plotted within her own boundaries
through the medium Of the Industrial
Exposition, and eastern people will
be invited to come to the Land OF the
Dakotas and see for themselves what
the fertile loan of the western prai-
ries may produce. The Industrial Ex-
position is statewide in scope, and
through it state officials hope to bring
hundreds of new settlers into the
commonwealth.
Many Special Days.
Thursday, October 3, has been des-
ignated as 500 Line Day. On this
occasion President Pennington and
many other officials Of the 500 rail.
way system will visit the big land
show. On Friday, October 4, native
sons and daughters Of Illinois and In
diana will gather in big home-com-
ing celebration and state reunion.
Saturday, October 5, will be Travel
ling Mems Day. Knights of the Grip
held a mass meeting recently and
formulated plans for their day. They
will have special bands and have ar
ranged for many special features OF
attraction. Northern Pacific Day is
Thursday, October ~. On that day
President Howard Elliott, accompan-
led by many noted railway officials
Of the northwest, will visit the In.
dustrial exposition. Saturday, Octo'
Der IL, the closing day, will be turn
ed over to merrymaking. It will be
a grand Harvest Festival and will
comprise one big celebration in honor
of the magnificent crop that is being
harvested this year. There will be
sports of various kinds during the al
ternoon and an elaborate display of
fireworks in the evening.
Many Amusements Secured.
Nearly every prominent musical or
ganization in the state will compete
in the band contest that will be held
during the exposition. Competent
judges have been secured, and the
bands that are voted the best in the
state will be awarded suitable and
valuable prizes. With the bands fur.
nishing music, a complete vaudeville
performance three times daily within
the Exposition buildings, and carni-
val company furnishing outside at
fractions, there will be no lack Of en-
tertainment and amusement lor ex.
position visitors.
New Features Added.
The exposition proper includes at
tractive displays Of grains, grasses,
vegetables seeds, and other products
Of North Dakota soil from every sec
ton of the state. Many counties have
already contracted for space, and 1t
is q question of but few more days
before each of the 76 exhibition
booths have been taken. In addition
to these displays the Industrial Elk.
position this year will comprise many
added features. Among these will be
dairy ard fat stock show, poultry
show, auto show, kennel show, ma.
cn4nery and farm implement exhibit,
and school Of instruction in domest-
ic science that will interest the wo-
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