The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-10-30
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
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atths Kew oflsaas 16positioas-A4 very
worthy colltetioa 81 1xhibits Promised.
Oliver Gibbs, il; ofLake City, United States
commissioner for Minnesota 10 the New Or
leans exposition, has just returned from his
trip to the Crescent City, whittier he has been
in company with Prof. Porter to confer with
the director general with reference I'd 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 a line with
each other in the front of the main
attractive approach from the city: This is the
most desirable location in the building, and
would have been selected by him if he had had
the choosing Referring to the representation
of it's products, which Minnesota will have at
the exposition, Mr.. Gribbs says:
all our limos 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 stbrage both
here 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 exhibitnay require.
NOT TO BE EXCELLED.
Our exhibit Of 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 7iew 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 70
ology will be very nearly if not entirely COM
r,1of Tn fLo oonf ~ fob On1 Gohorioo
we have been esp ecially 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 lie returned to the state when the exposition
is over, to form permanent cabinet The state
university is preparing a complete exhibit of
all our minerals, rocks soils clays and build
ing stones, and the manufacturing products
representing our brickyards and potteries; al
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 creditable exhibit
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 DO
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 It is proposed
to represent the old-time systems of transpor-
tation in novel way. We shall have the Red
river cart and the dog train, and long line
IF groups representing the Indians and
early voyagers of the country. In addition
to tho state collective exhibits space has been
reserved for various county and city exhibits,
and for special exhibit by the Irish Catholic
colonies Of Minnesota. The entire Northwest
products. Dakota will be quite prominent
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
Letting the agricultural and horticultural speci-
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 a bureau of 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,
of this bureau will board every train to locate
strangers. By this system it is estimated that
New Orleans can take care of Is, 600 white peo-
pie and 5000 colored people per day, outside of
the hotels The hoJels are under contract to
charge no more than regular rates.