The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-07-15
NORTH DAKOTA NOTES
OF THE BIG EXPOSITION

competing against the traf1lc cOIl-
panies of the world, the Great North
ern railway company has just been
awarded gold medal for it's display
at the Panama-Pacific International
exposition. In making its decision the
judges took into consideration, in adj
dition to the display, the handling of
passengers, the industrial and immigra.
ton bureau, the handling of tariffs,
the fast freight traffic methods, the
distribution of literature, and the daily
lectures describing the territory ira
versed. The company's display, which
is located at the junction of the Ave
nue. of Progress and the Marina, is de-
voted exclusively to the exhibits of
products grown along the Great North
ern line, and North Dakota furnishes
a great amount of the material for this
comprehensive exhibit. The exhibit
has been arranged with the prime idea
of conveying to the observer an ac-
curate idea of the possibilities of the
land in the states traversed by the
Great Northern. The opportunities
for new settlers particularly have been
set forth by means Of tie display and
motion picture lectures. Artistic dec
orations have nc. -: I'd in any
way, although they have been made
secondary to the wig Of crops. It
is but fair to say IT,. tie gent. 2..--len
in charge Of the Great Northern build
ing and exhibit are doing all in t-eir
power to advertise North Dakota,
without undue favoritism toward the
state in preference to the other states
through which it's lines pass.
Hon. w. S. Jones, one of the pub
fishers of the Minneapolis Journal,
was caller at the North Dakota
building the first of the week. He
was more than enthusiastic over the
grand showing being made by North
Dakota at the exposition, and said
that the state would gain greatly by
it's participation in the big fair in
years to come.
Letters are being sent out by the
secretary of the commission to every
commercial club in the state of North
Dakota urging them to make up and
send to the North Dakota building this
fall exhibits of vegetables grown in
their immediate localities. 1t is hoped
that the response to these letters will
be more than generous, and that long
before the exposition closes that Wis
itors to the building will be thorough
ly convinced that North Dakota raises
the biggest and best vegetables in the
world.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Lynch, formerly
of Casselton, N. D., were welcome
visitors at the North Dakota building
the other day. Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch
now make their home at San Diego,
CAL, where Mr.. Lynch has large lum-
Der interests, but they will never for
get dear old North Dakota, the scene
Of their true start in life.
The man of war row off the exposition
is assuming larger proportions of late.
The renowned Oregon has now the
company of three gunboats and four
armored cruisers. North Dakota visi-
tors to the exposition are taking the
opportunity of visiting these warships
every day, and it is really rare priv
ilege for the denizens of prairie state
to 60 on board them.
Ensign o. o. Hagen, of the United
States navy, was welcome caller at
the North Dakota building this week.
Mr.. Haugen registered from Grand
Forks and was very anxious to meet
some of the people from that city. Mr..
Haken is taking the examination for
the rank of lieutenant, and as soon as
he gets his papers for the post will be
transferred to the South Dakota, that
is now lying off from the North Dakota
building here at the exposition.
The Reason for It.
Some North Dakotans may think it
strange that the North Dakota exhibit
at the Panama Pacific International
exposition did not receive any medals
or diplomas from the awarding board.
The reason is simple. The secretary
of the North Dakota commission re-
Gently wrote to the international
award system asking If North Dako-
ia was to be allowed to compete with
the other states exhibiting at the ex-
position. This question was asked for
the reason that North Dakota houses
her exhibits in the North Dakota build
ing, and has not done like the other
states placed the exhibits in the ex-
hibit palaces This. was done for an
economical reason, on account Of the
small appropriation not allowing for
the upkeep of a building at the expOsi-