The Daily Missoulian., 1914-09-28
STATE FAIR DIRECTORS APPRECIATE
ATTENDANCE AND INTEREST Of PEOPLE

The following statement has been
issued by the Montana state fair di-
rectors. 1t is self-explanatory:
Greetings to the people of Montana!
| Salutations to the splendid citizenry
of the Treasure state!
| We are proudly appreciative of the
! fact that in the last analysis it has
| been the generous response of the
| broad gagged population of this state
| to the invitation to attend this great
! exposition and see concrete evidence
of Montana's vast and varied contri-
button to the wealth of the nation
| that has made this record breaking
fair possible. The directors and Off
GERS of the Montana State Fair asso-
citation therefore, desire, as the fair
closes, to extend their most heartfelt
thanks to every soldier in the grand
army of cooperation who has con-
/ iriDuted by attendance or otherwise
| to the success of this wonderful ex-
hibition. We have had conclusive
evidence this year that the fair,
epitomzing as it does the rich re-
sources of the state has the conf
dence and support Of all our people
and that they have it's interests close
at heart.
Our gratitude goes out inf ever
/ growing volume to the great agrcul-
tural interests who have here shown
on such a wonderful and comprehen-
| sjve scale the marvels of our soil pro-
| ductivity, which enables visitors to
| see and understand why our state in
the last few years has forged to the
very front rank of the great grain and
mixed farming states of the Union.
We wish to extend our thanks in
no less degree to the livestock inter-
ests, which, under the able direction
of experts who have given so freely
of their time and ability, has made
the livestock section one of the most
talked-of departments of any state
fair in the United States. Thanks are
due in just as cordial a spirit to the
individual exhibitors in this most i'm
portant Division of our general eXhibi-
ton whose painstaking efforts in the
care of the prize animals shown has
enabled Montana to lead the country
and carry off honors at other fairs
| with her wonderful blooded cattle.
| While realizing that a similar spirit
has prompted the people of every
town and hamlet in the state we wish
| to acknowledge the splendid public
| spirit that prompted the commercial
bodies of such cities as Anaconda,
| Great Falls and Mssoula to organize
| excursions which crowded to capacity
| trains from those municipalities to
| the fair and were large factors in
| enabling the fair to break all previous
| attendance records.
We also are deeply appreciative of
| the fact that, While passing through
a period of unprecedented stress in
i her history, Butte, the metropolis of
the state, has managed to maintain
her steadfast loyalty to the fair and
has sent her citizens by the thousands
to swell the total volume of attend
ance.
Nor do We wish to overlook the fact
that the mining and manufacturing
interests of Montana have been so
admirably represented this year. We
realize that while interest in agricul-
ture Is growing in leaps and bounds,
that there are thousands of people in
the state whose interests are primar-
tly hound II IN mir nd ,i,,i~
Those of them who have interested
themselves particularly in mining eX-
| hibits have seen to it that this great
| resource of the state has suffered
| none by comparison with the other
displays.
We wish particularly to voice our
appreciation of the great work of NJ.
l.. Dean, state horticulturst, in as
sembling, not only for this fair, but
for the great Panama Pacific exposi-
ton. the wonderful display of Mon
tana fruit which proved such a great
drawing card for the fair in the hand
some new horticultural building,
which, with most commendable enter
prise was practically completed by
the opening of the fair and housed
this great exhibit on splendid scale.
This message to the people of the
state would have failed in perhaps Its
| most important essential if by any
| chance it should overlook the press.
We desire, therefore, to extend our
especial and emphatic thanks to the
newspapers of every city and town of
this vast commonwealth who have
given SO unsparingiy of their space in
seeing that the fair received the full
measure of publicity 1t deserves. Up
to the very last day of the fair the
columns Of the Montana newspapers