Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-02
BUSY DAY At
EXPOSITION AS
| EXHIBITS ARRIVE
Constant Stream of Boxes Pours
Into Show Build
ing
DIRECTORS PAY VISIT
TO MANDAN FAIR
Automobile Race Program An
nounced Hill Climbing
Contest Added

- ""SS Wy "eS SSoNSA~"J ~ SAAS
Exposition building. And also busy
day for the dray men. There was a
constant stream of boxes, big and
little, pouring into the big hail.
II the avalanche continues today
the building will be packed to the
roof by midnight. There is every in.
dication that it will continue. In fact
the management expects that it will
be much accentuated.
Tonight Big Night.
Several county fairs closed last
night; tonight the Mandan fair ends.
The best OF the exhibits suown at
these exhibitions are coming to Bis.
marck and should arrive today. Pains
have made. the roads almost impas.
sable up to yesterday. All of this
will tend to make this afternoon and
tonight the big time for the arrival
and installation of tie exhibits.
Many of the industrial displays are
in place. The Cass county entries,
however, have not arrived. The
Fargo Commercial club has reserved
two booths and will show the chief
industries or Ln8C CITY.
Local Firm Reinstate Exhibits.
Bismarck firms have taken k0er.
ally of space and all of the leading
ones. will be represented. they will
show thu latest monographs. pianos.
kitchen !abor.saving devices, specia:
foods, lr.to-date styles in mems and
w0men's wear and numerous other
<h;noc ~ {nforoot IN oil
A delegation from the Exposition,
headed by President l. P. Baker.
went to Mandan on the. special yes.
terday morning. The directors visit.
ed the Missouri Slope fair, talked
with the chief exhibitors and inspect.
ed all departments. Mandan appre.
GATES the assistance Bismarck has
given in making its fair, despite the
rain, success and is ready to pitch
in and reciprocate for the next two
weeks by helping make the great
North Dakota State Exposition the
most successful Of any ever held.
Morton county will send over at the
close Of the fair tonight and exhibit
consisting of it's best vegetables and
grain.
Youth Out in Force.
The boy and girl farmers will be
cut in force They have a class of
their own for the first time this year
and they have been quick to take ad-
vantage of it. This display will dem.
onstrate the value of the acre-yield
club work which the Better Farming
section of the state Experiment sta
ton has been carrying on. 1t shows
the new attitude which the young
people are taking towards the farm.
Instead of trying to get away from it
they are putting forth all their efforts
with the utmost enthusiasm to make
the farm yield more profits and bet
ter place in which to live.
The success of the clubs in all
parts of the country, but especially
in the Northwest has made them one
of the most talked of institutions in
the country today. The best maga'
zines in the country have forgotten
war and politics and in many in
stances made their leading articles
the way the youth Of the country is
leading the way in the better farm.
ing movement.
Liberal Prizes for Juniors.
The members of these clubs are
really proving the best agricultural
demonstrators. They are quick to
grasp every new idea that may in.
crease their yield, because the rival
ry is keen and often pound or two
more means victory. But these samc
boys and girls have made some re-
markable profits. The girl who won
the pig contest last year made more
than 5000 on her litter, exclusive off
labor and interest on investment. A
p:ofit of more than $50 was the rule.
The directors of the Exposition
have recognized the Importance OF
this movement by liberal prizes and
the boys and girls will be allowed to
compete with their dads in the
open contests for sweepstakes. AT
the Minnesota State Fair this year
the judges pronounced the ten ears
of corn shown by boy under 1S the
best but under the rules he could not
show for the sweepstakes: + is more
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