The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-30

Commissioner Gibbs Tells How tho Pc
sources OF the State Wi,'r ~
w. ~-sssMs Exp6sit oa-A Vsay
.sssaE GoAisctisa ~ sxhibits Prouaissd.
Oliver Gibbs, j. Of Lake City, United States
commits sionor FOR Minnesota to the New Or
leans exposition, has just returned from his
trip to the Crescent City, whittier lie has been
in company with Prof. Porter to confer with
| the director general with reference to the Min
nesota exhibition. He states that the states of
Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska and the Ter
ritory of Dakota have been assigned spaces
for their exhibits, on line with
each other in the front of the main
building nearest to St Charles avenue, the most
attractive approach from the city, This is the
most desirable location IN the building. and
the choosing Referring to tho representation
of it's products, which Minnesota will have at
the exposition, Mr.. Cribs says
BY the work already done we are assured that
all our lines of exhibits will be filled out, and
perhaps the most prominent among them will
be the exhibit of agricultural and horticultural
products The perishable articles constituting
this exhibit will be held in cold storage both
hero and at New Orleans, and will be
transported in refrigerator cars. They will be
displayed by relays from time to time, as the
condition of the exhibit may require
NOT TO BE EXCELLED.
Our exhibto dairy products will not be ex-
celled by any state, nor equaled, except, per
haps, by Wisconsin and Iowa The Touring
ing industry will be represented upon scale
of magnitude and attractiveness such as might
be expected in view of the immense interests
involved in that branch of industry in our
state. Under the auspices of the state univer-
sity our exhibits in the various divisions of 20
ology will be very nearly if not entirely COM
plete In the department of fish and fisheries
we have been especially fortunate in securing
taxidermist of rare skill, and shall be able
to show very accurately the natural ap-
pearance in form and color of every fish that
swims in Minnesota waters. These specimens
will he returned to the state when the exposition
is over, to form permanent ca binet The state
university Is preparing complete exhibit OF
all our minerals, rocks, soils, clays and build
ing stones, and the manufacturing products
representing our brickyards and potteries; al
so collection of native woods, which will be
as nearly complete as it is practicable to make
it. Probably two of the most attractive ex-
hibits will be in the educational department
and department of women's work The uni
Verslty, colleges and common schools are all
working in harmony for a creditable exhibit
III their department and the ladies are fairly
enthusiastic in the work of forming their col
lection. These will be the leading features.
SOME NOVEL FEATURES.
The varied resources OF the state will be
illustrated by complete and extensive system
of maps representing all the counties, prairles,
forests, lakes, rivers, railroad lines and sys-
tenn of public lands, each map to be prepared
in such way as to make prominent the special
features to which it is devoted 1t is proposed
to represent the old-time systems of transport
tation in novel way. We shall have the Red
river cart and the dog train, and long line
of orOuDS REPRESENTING the Indians and
early voyagers of the country. In. addition
to the state collective exhibits space has been
reserved for various county and city exhibits,
and for a special exhibit by the Irish Catholic
colonies of Minnesota The entire Northwest
is to be very adequately represented by Its
A large number of entries have been sent for
ward representing the business interests of
Minnesota for competition for awards, and we
will appear to good advantage in many of the
strongest competitive departments. While col
lecting the agricultural and horticultural specl-
mems for exhibition duplicates Of many OF the
products will be secured and entered in the
competitive department
Mr.. Gibbs was very much pleased with the
system for the accommodation of strangers
which had been organized in New Orleans.
He says the management of the exposition has
organized bureau accommodation, by which
every room and every boarding house in the
city is registered at a fixed price, and the own
ers thereof have been put under contract to
charge no more than that price during the ex-
position.
The rates range from $50 to $50 per month,
according to location and style of living. Agents
of this bureau will board every train to locate
strangers. By this system it is estimated that
New Orleans can take care of 25, GOO white peo-
pie and 5000 colored people per day, outside of
the hotels The hotels are under contract to
charge no more than regular rates.