Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-03

nd then it was only for a few hours.
at the Exposition. ra..
An Exposition Of Plenty.
A few exhibits will not be placed
when the doors open tomorrow at
8 a. m, but they will be few and
those only the ones that have been
held up by the postponement of many
fairs on account of the wet weather.
The rains in the early part of the
week delayed the sending of many
exhibits and this has made an un.
usual amount of activity at the Elk.
position building during the last two
days. ,...
No one can doubt after visiting this
great exposition tnat North Dakota
Is really in the midst OF an era Of
prosperity. The whole building ex-
hales plenty.
Individual Farmers in Force. a
Burleigh county is going to we'll
represented agriculturally and indus
trially by the exhibit being placed
by Wilbert Field. An interesting feat.
ure Of this is the display ofthemir-
eral resources.
The management is more than sat
isfied with the way the farmers have
responded to the requests for exhib.
its which made POSSIBLE a more ex.
tensive display than ever before. The
quality is far superior and it is no
wonder that it should be with the
best crop ever harvested to select
from. n~
Special Prizes for overlands. =
The Overland people have arranged
for special Overland day. The date
is still undecided but it will probably
be Saturday, Oct. 9. The Lahr Motor
Company, local representative, offer
$3.50 in prizes to users of their cars
and will give without charge two
tickets to the Exposition to every
owner who drives a car in the Over.
land parade which will open the day.
The following prizes are offered,
entries limited to Overland cars:
Best decorated car, auto that comes
the longest distance, oldest model
car and the best kept 1913.car.
Big Auto Show Surprise.
The motor company has arranged
to have 500 feet of movies made of
the parade. These films will be
shown in every town in this territory
during the winter months.
Interest in the automobile show is
increasing daily. When it was first
announced: as one of the big things
of the Exposition, many of the deal.
ers looked at it askance. They fear.
ed that it would be impossible to get
out sufficient cars to make the exhib-
it worth while. But they were for
getting the unusual financial c0ndi-
tions that. in North Dakota has made
the automobile the center of interest.
Before they knew they had thirty
five cars booked, the capacity of the
show ROOM,
Auto Road Race.
Some of the makes of cars entered
are: Ford, S:udebaker, Paige, .Cadil.,
lac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Maxwell; ;
REQ, Dodge, Chalmers, Buick and
Overland.
The first automobile road race Will
be held Saturday, Oct. 8. 1t will be
over Luc tWcllIy-tWO IuIlc COuIoS duu
entry will be limited to cars with en-
gines under 25C cubic inches dis.
placement. The free.for.ail will be
held on the following Tuesday. The
hill.climbing contest will be Friday,
Oct. Is, the course being over Faux.
ners hill, mile long and IS percent
grade. ~
All of the events will start at 10
a. IN. No special equipment will be
permitted, but regular equipment
must be carried. The cars must have
a number of sufficient size to be cas-.
lily read. They will be started one
minute apart and the prizes will go
to the cars negotiating the twenty.
two mile loop in the shortest time.
Moving Picture Machine Here.
Everyone expects some speedy and
exciting contests. There IS consider
able boasting on the part of owners
regarding the racing ability of their
various cars and there isn't going to
be any "hipprodroming.' The men
are out for blood and they are going
to let their cars out to the very limit
every foot of the way.
The moving picture machine loan
ed without expense by the Agricul'
tural college, Fargo, arrived yester.
day. 1t is the very latest model and
IN na0o fo0rl