The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-10

wares. j. II. DOOOS, VINO represents
the Dodds & Struthers Co., manufac-
turers of lightning rods, also had an
exhibit in this booth. In fact, no item
entering into the construction of build
ings, was overlooked by those who
had arranged exhibits in this booth.
F. A. Ganser, local manager of the
Bovey-Shute yards, was in general
charge
Perhaps no feature of the entire
Fair attracted more attention than did
the exhibits of manual training, draw
ing, writing and paper-work by the
ing exhibit occupied an entire booth
and consisted of bookcase, two H.
brary tables, tabouret, stand and
several library lamps, all the work of
pupils of the Minot schools. The ar
ticles mentioned were all highly finish
ed and in design and workmanship
as handsome as can be found any
where. The display of school work
proper occupied both sides of the i'm
mense partition separating the audi
forum from the main floor.
The Union National Bank had a
booth in which were displayed posters
calling attention to the phenomenal
|
sortment Of pamphlets containing in
formation regarding the dairy indus
try, and other details pertaining to
farming were distributed to callers.
Several easy chairs and table made
this booth attractive to visitors in
need of few moments rest.
The Scofield Implement Co.'S booth
came next George State. was in
,l or~o horo nj oyo1 oroopo CON-
arator was in operation continuously.
An Oliver plow and an Oliver cult
vator, given as a prize by the Sco-
field Implement Co., a cou pie of Mo-
gul engines, Lindsay power driven
washing machine, Bowser feed mill
and display of heavy work harness
completely filled all the available
space of this booth. Palmer Mediums,
; who represents the DeLaval people in
: North Dakota, was actively engaged
in explaining the operation as we'll as
the merits of their separator to visit
ors attracted to this booth.
The Minot Shoe Hospital had an
exhibit Of auto tires in the adjoining
:; booth. Mr.. Ring, the proprietor, who
owns a special machine for repairing
worn out auto tires, was kept busy
, booking orders for repairing tires.
The Nilsson Farm Tractor had a rep
resentative stationed at this booth,
, who distributed literature regarding
the Nilsson Tractor at the warehouse
: of the Minot Implement Co. This con-
2 Germ has booked an average of one
: tractor each day of the Fair so far.
The Granville Commercial Club had
an exhibit of corn attractively arrang-
! ed in large show case and this claim
ed the attention of practically every
, visitor, whether farmer or not. The
a corn displayed was from the 1914
: crop and fully matured. This exhibit
won the Blue Ribbon in the corn dis.
played, and the verdict of the iudges
was amply justified.
bottlneau county came in for q
large share of praise for their fine az.
n hlblt of corn. This exhibit was in con.
. nectlon with the splendid display OF
grams and grasses by the Better
e farmlng Department. This display
IS the same one that called forth 81
many favorable comments from visit.
$ ors at the Panama-Pacifc Expositio,
at San francisco the past summer anf
= is IN truth, handsome one. w. A
feck and his assistant, G.. C. Edwards
: were IN charge at this booth. r. r
Waldron, superintendent of the Dick.
Il inson experiment Station, was ais,
!, at tn1s booth when Representative o4
u the independent called. All were bus.
ny engaged in explaining the details
= pertaining to crop conditions and soil.
Wnlle we were viewing the exhibits
e here. 0'>i'''''' I
! The Minot Implement Co.'s booth
contained cream SeparatOrs, an En-
pre- milking machine, a model silo
: and sets of heavy work harness. Req.
- resentatlves of the Avery Tracto,
:, were at this booth with literature de-
% scrlptlve of those machines. The Mi
= not Implement Company were givine
. demonstrations at their place of bust
!, ness near the Russell-Miller plant ane
= many of the visitors to the Fair made
: this place their headquarters while IL
:, the city.
= An attractive assortment of grains
. were on exhibition at the Robinson
h Elevator Company's booth. A. A
: Robinson was in immediate charge
and he and his assistants were kert
= busy booking orders for Grimm's al
: falfa and other seeds which are handl
= ed by this popular firm.
. The Champlin Implement Co. haC
= an excellent exhibit of farming mach
c inery, including P. & O. plows, Emer
t. son gang >plows, Primrose cream sep
e arators and other articles for use or
v the farm. The booth was in immediate
! charge of Manager Dierdorff, assisted
e by Robert Schatz Of Minot and Ed
q ward Schatz of Harvey, two capable
2 statesmen who represent the above
a mentioned plow companies in this sec.
: ton.
i In the Equity booth, Walter Bond
:, representing the Association of Com,
merce, was busily engaged in solicit,
e ing stock in the proposed Equity pack
n ing plant. He was kept on the keer
a lump recording the subscriptions as
k rapidly as they came in. A large bull
a letin board at the back Of the booth
n gave the names of subscribers and the
r number of shares taken, and TINS
showed the popularity Of the move ;m MI i.
secure the location of the PAM aing II from