Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-09

in judging the butter exhibits. There
IRE t~wenty-one tubs of creamery but.
ter entered and six Jars Of dairy
butter. There were no cheese ex.
hibits this year. The 40 little Jars
Of schol SRI butter sent by the Rich
land county people 10 the object OF
much interest. Tho girls averaged
twelve years In age. 1t Is one OF the
big boosts for Richland county.
Mrs. Buffers Pictures.
The exhibit Of, pictures OF the But
Ter Studio Ia q most attractive one
and Is much visited. 1t Is on the
third floor. o.
Missouri Slope Booth.
j. q. SlOsson has charge OF the
Missouri Slope Development League
booth on the third floor and is meet
ing all Corners, catch weights. 1t is
a place often visited by the many
friends of Mr.. S~losson.
Theron Ellison and Family.
Theron Ellison and wife and
daughter. Mary Elizabeth, were de-
lighted visitors to the exposition.
They are from Cleveland, and they
saw much that Ia worth while. The
Ellisons come from north eastern
Missouri where orn Is really king.
We raise some fine corr down that
way" said Mr.. Ellison, "but ! wish
that some OF the people down there
could see what North Dakota Is do
ing as O corn state. ] never was as
much surprised az | was when ! look
ed over the wide variety Of exhibits"
Liked Il.
Among the Mott bosters who found
delight in the exposition was Guy
Germany, who Is connected with the
Spotlight. He wants to come again.
An Eioin Elk.
Roy Davenport, the big Elk of Ell
gin, is here to look the show over and
keep on Dragging on Morton county.
When he saw what there was up there
in the big building he almost decided
to vote against county division be-
cause he felt like it would be hard
to break away from a county with
such great and deserved fame.
Stark 10 Strong. 5.s..
Among the Stark county represent.
atives here today are e. A. Lilllbridge,
president of the Slope Development
League for Starke county; George
Senior, the tall banker Of Dickinson,
and C. ID. Litch. They are after some.
thing, and show signs of being on a
still hunt. That combination ought
! win out anywhere. Mr.. Lillibridge
was the mar who came down here
and made such a fine fight for Starke
county land owners and got a ten per-
cent reduction of taxes tor the people
down there. Few men are able to &C.
complish what. Mr.. Lillibridge has
done. 49,, 0t rr: 49,.
Not Thompson, But Taylor.
That handsome gentleman who is
doing things with the Richland coun.
~ exhibit, in company with F. H.
sHankin, is A. D. Taylor, instead of
A. d. Thompson. There are SO many
fhom1sons among the good farmers
in evidence that the Tribune called
him Thompson from force Of habit.
He says that he never went under the
name of Thompson In his life, not
even in his former life in Minnesota.
Mr.. Taylor Is the man who grew the
sxalnuts. Richland county can show
good men rs we'll AZ good crops.
A Real Pioneer.
Prominent among the piOneers Of
this county. who are in attendance at
the exposition today celebrating old
settlers day is D., j. Bailey, Of Moi.
let. Mr.. Bailey was uOrn 81 years
ago, and came to Burleigh county in
1883, from near Madison, Wis.,, and
today is farming with his son, F. Il.
Bailey, near Moffat. The wife of his
brother, j. B., was the second white
woman in Bismarck. Mr.. Bailey had
suffered reverses Of many kinds in
the years before coming here, and for
ten years after arriving here endured
tn hardships of pioneer life. together
with the serious reverses OF farming
in a country with which he was un.
acquainted; but he stuck 1t out and
has lived to sec the better days which
followed. For nearly thirty years Mr..
Bailey has read the Tribune, and to-
day he came in to make the force a
visit. He is one Of quite a number
of the old timers in this community
who belong to the Tribune family,
and they are indeed welcome.
Those Baked Potatoes.
Those baked potatoes which Mrs.
Becker has been serving with splendid
Adams county butter in that delight.
full booth. draw the big crowds now.
Messrs. Dresser, Stanley, Slosson,
Taylor, Hoskins and Hankin have a
'sbit of filing the room and making
the visitors believe that all their
weight is due to the Adams county
potatoes, but 1t requires men like Col.
MI. Etherington, George Ho.