The pioneer express., 1912-08-16
EXPOSITION PLANS.
LAND SHOW At BISMARCK IN
FALL WILL REFLECT COMMON.
WEALTH's PROSPERITY.
THE DATE NOW SETTLED
October to 12-Every Product Of
the State to be Displayed
At its Best to Show
Wealth OF Soil.

Btsmarck.-W. c. Gilbreath, gen.
eral manager Of the second annual
North Dakota Industrial exposition,
and his corps Of assistants are work
ing night and day in an effort to make
North Dakota's big land show this
year an unqualified success. The
exposition will be held at Bismarck.
Governor Bruke will deliver the OPEN
ing address Oct. 1. From that hour
until midnight Saturday Oct IL. there
will not be dull moment.
Grains, grasses. seeds. vegetables
and other products of North Dakota
soil will be attractively displayed. Al
ready many counties and sections of
the state have contracted for exhibi-
tion booths and others are being heard
from daily. There are several new
features that will add materially to
the interest of the visitors. These
include dairy and fat stock show,
poultry show. kennel show, auto show,
domestic science school of instruction
for farmers wives and a machinery
and farm implement exhibit. Nothing
that relates to active farm life has
been omitted.
Dairy Commissioner R. F. Flint will
supervise the construction of two con.
crete silos to stimulate interest in
silo building and in the feeding of en-.
silage. One will be completed before
the land show opens and will be filled
with ensilage. The other will be
creted during the exposition, so that
visitors may watch the work of con.
struction.
A herd Of pedigreed dairy stock will
be exhibited and they will be fed ensi-
lage from the silo. They will also be
quartered in model dairy barn, and
milked twice each day. Dairy experts,
both state and federal will have
charge of this department. They will
extract the cream from the milk and
convert it into butter before the eyes
Of visitors. The department hopes in
this manner to arouse greater interest
In the dairy industry.
The Burleigh County Automobile as.
sociation has charge of the auto show
and has secured the armory for the
event. Many northwestern distribu-
ters of cars will be represented. The
Bismarck Poultry association will con-
duct the poultry exhibit. and has been
assigned suitable quarters in the dairy
building. Eggs from the poultry de-
partment, and milk, cream and but
ter from the dairy department will be
donated to the domestic science in
structors for use in their school of in.
struction.
Every day will be special day.
Thursday, Oct. 3. will be 500 Line day.
when President Pennington and many
of his officers will be in attendance.
Friday. Oct. 4. will he Indiana and
Illinois day. and native sons of these
eastern states will gather in big
homecoming celebration. The travel
ing men of North Dakota have been
given Saturday. Oct and will have
one of the biggest and hest days of
the exposition. Thursday. Oct 10, will
be Northern Pacific day. when Presi-
dent Elliott. and many other railway
officials will visit the show. Satnr.
udy, OcI. 10, Will W. 6idnu hdis
festival turned over to everyone for a
celebration in honor Of the magnifi-
cent crop that has been harvested.
The sum of $500 will be given the
county that makes the best display Of
grains, grasses. seeds. vegetables and
other products of North Dakota soil:
$4OO, $500. 5000, and 500 will be
awarded the winners of the second.
third, fourth and fifth prizes for coun-
ty exhibits. respectively. The display
from Eddy county won the first prize
at the 1911 show. There will be over
1900 awards made this year. the pre-
MUM list being over Is per cent larger
than one year ago.