The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-12
EXPOSITION OF
RESOURCES TO
BE BIG EVENT
Elaborate Plans Made For
North Dakota Natural Re-
sources Day at Capitol

Elaborate arrangements are being
made for the program on North Da-
kota Natural Resources Day to be
held at $3.50 o'clock Saturday, JAN
uary IS, in the house chambers. The
program was ordered by concurrent
resolution Of the House and Senate
on the basis that many members Of
the Assembly were uniformed con-
corning the wealth of natural re-
sources in the state. -.
E. G.. Wanner, secretary of the
State Board of Administration, WI ].
Church and William Watt, members
of the State Budget Board, and Gov
ernor Nestos, have personally direct
ed the preparation of the program.
Headliners in various industries are
scheduled to take part.
The program will open with selec-
tions by a orchestra followed by
public singing under the leadership
of Frank S. Gale. Mr.. Gale will also
be on the program for a vocal solo.
The first address of the afternoon
will find Governor r. A. Nestos out
dining again his ideas concerning
the. development Of the mineral re-
sources Of the state. He will pre-
cede Dean E. j. Babcock of the State
School of Mines, who will deliver the
chief talk Of the afternoon. l.. P:st-
ner of the Fuel Economy Engineer
ing Co. Of Chicago is listed for an
address on what may be done with
Ignite GAL. He is an expert on
stocking apparatus.
Speaks For Coal Men.
y G. w. Stewart of Wilton, an Off
Ger of the North Dakota. Ignite
Coal Operators AssociationsSnd the
president of the North Dakota Press
Association, will speak on the act.v-
tiles Of the coal operators and out
line the progress that has been made
in coal mining in the state within
the last year, citing stat sites on
how North Dakota profited through
the national soft coal strike.
. DR.. John Lee Coulter, president OF
the North Dakota Agricultural Col
lege, will speak on the wealth OF
agricultural resources of the state
and Professor Howard D. Simpson,
State Geologist, will talk on oil dis
coveries and artens;an wells. Dr.
Simpson, it is understood, has made
an intensive study of the oil posi-
bilitcs.
Exhibit of Dean Babcock.
In connection with the program, ex-
tensive exhibits will be made. Miss
Margaret Cable, head of the Cera-
mics Department of the State Uni.
versitv of Mines( will be in charge
Of "a special exhibit Of pottery and
ehinaware which has been made
from North Dakota clay. A section
Of the-main hall on the third floor
of the capitol has been reserved fol
a working exhibit with Miss Gable
in charge. She will bring from the
university potter's wheel and viii
demonstrate how china ware anC
pottery is formed and manufactured
Dean Babcock and the School Of
Mines VIII have an exhibit including
the various types of Ignite coal ane
bricquettes mined or manufactured
in the state. Mr.. Babcock has fol
some years been in charge of thu
Experimental Bricquetting Station al
Hebron and has developed mean.
whereby the native coal may b.
manufactured commercially.
Children's Exhibit.
One Of the largest exhibits o.
natural resources-the work of thu
children-will be given overflow
space for exhibits in all parts of thu
capitol building. Miss Bertha Pal.
mer of the State Education depart
ment is in charge of this display ane
has already a large number of ex.
hibits of the work of school childre,
in various counties on the walls o.
the Legislative Assembly floor Of tn.
State House. Notable among thes,
is the exhibit Of the children from
the primary efades-in Stark count,
schools which includes large vari.
ETY. Of posters setting forth tn
maxims and mottos which are heinI
taught children ia, connection Will
the present health campaign.
The formal program will also in
clude numbers by the pupils of tn,
Bismarck public schools and demon
strations Of what is being done il
the educational work in the state.
Dean Babcock and Miss Gable ar
rived from the university yesterda,
afternoon and are today preparing
their sections of the DISPLAYS.