The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-07-15
NOTES OF The
EXPOSITION

Some North Dakotans may think it
strange that the North Dakota Ex-
hibit at the Panama Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition did not receive any
medals or diplomas from the award
ing board. The reason is simple. The
secretary of the North Dakota Com
| mission recently wrote to the Inter-
national Award System asking if
North Dakota was to be allowed to
compete with the other states ex-
hibiting at the exposition. This ques-
ton was asked for the reason that
North Dakota houses her exhibits in
the North Dakota building, and has
not done like other states-placed the
exhibits in exhibit palaces. This was
done for an economical reason, on ac-
count of the small appropriation not
allowing for the upkeep of a building
at the exposition, and at the same
time participate in filling the exhibit
palaces. In answer to the secretary's
query we quote the following letter
from the Secretary of the Superior
jury:
Replying to your favor Of the 18th,
in which you inquire concerning the
possibility of award on display of
grains, ETC., in the North Dakota
Building, l am directed to inform you
that the International Jury Of Award
has not and will not consider any ex-
hibits other than those located in the
exhibit palaces, duly entered and quail
flied. Exhibits made in the State
buildings have not received and will
not receive an review by the Jury.
So North Dakota will have to get
along without the parchment and
bronze, but she will gain much by hav-
ing the exhibits fro the state in her
own exhibit palace, for nearly all the
visitors to the building remark on the
good sense displayed by the state in
having her exhibits in her own build
ing in place of scattering them all
claim that when the exhibits are scat
tered that the states are not given due
credit for their products, and conse-
quently do not attract new settlers as
North Dakota is sure to do.
The North Dakota building at the
San Francisco exposition last week
had a distinguished visitor in the per-
son Of Joseph T. Scott Of Couer d.
Alene, Idaho. The old settlers around
Dickinson, N. D., will remember Mr..
Scott as the man who started the
Dickinson Press in 1883, and published
that paper for several years. He was
at Dickinson at the time it was first
thought a superior article of potters'
clay was located in that vicinity, and
together with another mar spent $3.50
to send samples of the clay to Illinois
for analysis. Of course, it vas found
the clay was all right, but capital was
too timid to make the establishment
of a pottery possible at that time
Now THAT Dean Babcock has proven
conclusively North Dakota has as
good or better clay than any other
state in the Union the early efforts OF
Mr.. Scott will be more fully apprec-
lated. Mr.. Scott is still in the news
paper business.
Prof. and Mrs. B. F. Chapple of the
Bathgate School for the Blind, were
pleasant sallers at the North Dakota
building this week. They were glad
to see the School for the Blind had
such a prominent place for its exhib-
it in the North Dakota Building, and
promised to return later for a longer
visit. At present they are attending
a convention at Berkeley, which will
end the latter part of the week.
Elmer E. Picket of the North Dako.
ia University at Grand Forks, was an
arrival at the North Dakota building
the fore part of the week. He is con-
nected with the school Of Mines in the
capacity of teaching chemist, and will
be of great help to the demonstrators
in the creamery exhibit at the North