The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1884-12-17
NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE.
Interesting Facts about the coming Exposition
and New Orleans.
new ORLEANS, Dec. 9Th, 1884.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec 9Th. 1884.
Editor of the Chronicle:
According to pr,mis | sought at "nce
the NJ .ntana exhibit. up''n arriving here
| and found it in stat. oi G., ris. hnt
doubt it will l,e in shape bv til opening
day, the 10Th. Montan. will have a yer,
| fine display Of minerals. and NO dolbt
there will prove very attractive t"sw'cli-
| latnrs and result in bringing .:reat deal
Of money into your territory. From tn,
present outlook. however. it is t'' be re-
yrett..i that larger and more varied
exhibit could not have been mad. '''w
ing the productivene>s of Your soil A.
your sister territory. dakota. has done.
Her enterprising citizens have As i'iic
an exhibit rs will Ike seen from any state.
and her position, between Kansas and
Nebraska has the effect ofthrOwing these
older stst in the shade. Dakota has
thirteen car loads Of stuff, which Mas
prepared on the basis Of S25.NO appro'
priation fr. IN the next biennial session
of her territorial legislature. On the
assurance of this appr"pria tion the
money has been loaned by individuals.
What wonderful fellows these Dak"tianS
must bt.. This amount with the S4WU
given by the exposition has secured an
immense and admirable Collection 1T the
terrltory's productions and %; her appar-
emily unbranded res"lrcy'-. Most in'-
portant OF thes.. sp cimrn- ave the cereals,
and her corn. wheat. oats. rye. barley.
etc, are simply the finest "ftainable The
products of the dairy. honey. minerals
from the Black Hills. the sill, exhibited
in natural sections with the strata dis
played. grasses and other indigenous
crops green and growing. ais display
Of native woods, the results "t tree ctll-
turr. To give the visitor All idea as t.
the rapi,lity of Dak"ta's ,r.'wth there is
an extensive colle,ti n Of fauna and flora,
thus giving by comparison, the terri
torv's progress At tn" Dakota head
quarters | was introduced to a real live
Indian, a Sioux believe. who with his
family, surrounded by stuffed bears,
buffalos, wolves, antelopes, &c., ems
;.eriectly happy. the admired oi all ad-
mirers. Among tn. exhibits of Indian
ponies, scalps, tepees, travoiS. skins, &C.
he and his will be quite at home. From !
Mr.. McKinzie, who is in charge of the |!
exhibit, learned that model steam !
elevator would be in operation in the |
midst of the exhibit.
Aside from the large number of news !
,aler men, and those in charge OF ex-
libits, a large number of visitor, art.
laily arriving AMI seeking quarters I'll.
manner of doing business in this city is :
very slow AN a western man whom inst ;
seemed greatly surprised that
he citizens were energetic enough Il,
,rOdnc, the ". ,nders t b y .:.n for six
llnntlls q ter next Tue-das.
T.,e grounds, like thos ut tIle. T. .nt-n
,aI are open t" the public ever. da, ex-
ept SUNDAY, and at this writin" nr ~i=n
# a fence has been er 'cted. the cap H.
ers all being at work on the fnildings
Am 'ny the many w.,nds.rt Il his n. "
D b.. seen il the S33,lEW organ in the
n,l>ic hall, handsome ctlifite furnished
With 10000 reversible chairs. Phil lest
he brewer. has his display ready. 1t
onsists Of innumerable beer bottles
talked in such manner As t" represent
large bottle seven feet in height. There
> a great deal of complaint already
bout the mail and telegraph facilities. !
The Dakota men informed me that
hey had made arrangements with the
publishers Of that territory and will have
onstantly on hand for exhibition and
complete list Of its num-
rous newspapers. They haye also pre-
jared emigration pamphlets, etc, and
re prepared to write, talk and sing Da-
.,ta. Their expenses will be high but
hey intend if possible to add several
,illions of wealth to the territory.
I will speak II ore fully Of the Montana
xhibit when it is placed in shape.
H.MY.