Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-07-24
SOUTH DAKOTA
TO HAVE BUILDING
THIS STATE TO HAVE SUITABLE
BUILDING AT EXPOSITION
COST Will Be $4,000
SPECIAL COMMISSION HELD Meeting
At PIERRE. TUESDAY TO
DISCUSS PLANS, ETC.

VlNCUNS fLANS, EIC.
Pierre, 8. D july "a: 1t was decided
Tuesday at a meeting of the special
commission appointed by the Governor
that South Dakota would be represent.
ed at the Panama Pacific Exposition at
San Francisco next year with suit.
able building and an exhibit. It is
necessary that the money to pay for
this building and exhibit be provided
by private subscriptions by the people
Of South Dakota and the commission
made an earnest appeal to the citizens
aid newspaper of the State to cooper.
ate In securing the necessary funds.
1t was decided that the building and
exhibit would require the expenditure
Of approximately $4,000.
All members Of the commission,
appointed by the Governor, we're pre-.
ssnt. The commission consists of
w. q. Cook, of Sioux Falls, j. w.
Campbell, OF Huron, W. o. Lusk, of
Ysnkton, Roswell Bottum, of Aber.
deem, w. r. Ronald, Of Mitchell, j. A.
Stanley, Of Hot Springs, and Mayor
Howard, Of Lead. The commission
organized by eleoting Mr.. Cook, chair.
man, and Mr.. Chas. McCaffree, State
Commissioner of Immigration as
temporary secretary.
The question of whether or not the
safe should have an exhibit and
whether or not the necessary funds
could be obtained was first considered.
After fall discussion it vas declared
BY unanim GUS vote to be the sense of
the commission that the state should
be represented at the Exposition and
that the sum Of approximately $4,000,
would be necessary to finance it.
The folloYing Resolution directed to
the people bf South Dakota was adopt.
ed:
Whereas, It was proposed to the
Legislature at it's session q year ago
that an appropriation should be made
for state building and an exhibit at
the Panama-Pacific Exposition and
Whereas, This appropriation did not
come to vote in either house and
Whereas, the Governor of the State
has seen At to appoint this commission
~ q result Of numerous and urgent
suggestions by citizens and commercial
clubs of South Dakota and
Whereas. all the States surrounding
South Dakota are to be represented at
the Panama-Psciflc Exposition with
large and impressive buildings and
exhibits, and
Whereas, Q number of these States
are paying for their buildings and OK.
htoitsPy private and voluntary sub.
scriptions, and
Whereas, It is the sense of this com.
mission that the State of South Dakota
would be placed in an uneuvisble
p'sition IL 1t were not represented
whom the surrounding states were,
Therefore Be It Resolved, That this
commission call upon all the citizens
OF South Dakota to cooperate in rsis.
ing the necessary funds requiring as
they do only email amount per capita
aud particularly solicit the active cup.
port and assistance Of the newspapers
and commercial clubs in South Dakota
to give publicity and assistance to all
efforts Of raising money and securing
exhibits for South Dakota at the
ma-Paciflc Exposition and express
Ia advance the appreciation By this
commission Of all such patriotic efforts
by the citizens Of this state.
Various methods of raising money
were considered and the necessary
cps we're taken to obtain the required
Information for carrying ont these
p Ans. It wss the sense of the meeting
that some form OF souvenir should be
Obtained and offered to the people Of
. nth Dakota for sale at price that
would realize considerable money for
tie exhibit. It was found that the
ssats OF Montana is using q dollar
souvenir In the form of Q coin csrrxin inc
tne State Seal on one side and the
Exposition Seal on the other. or
these O'O0o have been disposed of al.
ready and an additional 10000 have
b'en ordered. It Was believed that
lssmuch % the state Of Montana ia
MT as thickly populated or % wealthy
a the akaEA 0f 9onkh n.L.A. ~