Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1893-03-23
Worlds Fair Exhibit OF Products.

The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany will make splendid exhibit of the
products Of the seven great Northwestern
states trayersed by the line, viz, Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, at the
Columbian Exposition which opens at
Chicago May l, and continues until Octo-
Der 20, 1898, The Northern Pacific ex-
hibit will be displayed in two elegant ex-
hibit cars built especially for the purpose
at the car shops of the company at st.
Paul. The construction of the cars is ex-
ceptionally fine. They are vestibuled,
have heavy large bay-windows, and are
decorated with the Northwestern orna-
mental woods, grains and grasses and
with mounted wild animals of the North
west regions. The cars will stand on one
OF the tracks in the large annex to the
Transportation exhibits building, one of
the grandest of the exposition buildings,
the third largest on the grounds, covering
an area of nearly nineteen acres. The
Transportation Exhibits building is de-
voted to exhibits Of every known vehicle,
vessel, conveyance, invention OF contriv-
ance Tor transportation on land, water or
aerial, including those of ancient as we'll
as ofmodern origin and design, from the
finest modern locomotives, vessels and
cars to the most ancient transportation
devices in existence.
The Northern Pacific exhibit will COM
prise one of the finest exhibits of pro-
ducts that will be shown on the exposi-
ton grounds. The samples of products
will include all kinds Of grains in the
straw, threshed grains and seeds, fruits,
grasses, ores, woods, iron, coal, precious
metals and stones, hops, tobacco, build
ing stone, wool. fish, and aerated, dried,
preserved and canned fruits and yege-
tables. In the season, fresh apples,
pears, plums, cherries, peaches, prunes,
grapes, melons, roots and garden vege-
tables will be brought from the North
western states daily for exhibit. In short.
the exhibit will comprise general collec-
ton OF all kinds of products to show the
diversified resources of the seven North
western states traversed by the Northern
Pacific railroad.
While we already have quite a large
collection Of samples OF procucts for the
Northern Pacific exhibit, yet we would be
glad to receive from residents Of Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Oregon any good
samples OF products, which they may
have on hand and would like to have
placed on exhibit, such as grains in the
straw, native and cultivated grasses,
thieshed grains ard seeds, fax, corn,
hops, fruits, tobacco, nuts, iron, coal,
woods, precious metals and stones, build
ing stone, marble, pottery. salts, wool
and any other products. If persons hav-
ing curiosities, such as petrifactions, rare
mineral, timber or other specimens, rare
mounted birds, culios or antique articles
OF any kind, will furnish them for use in
the Northern Pacific exhibit to add to the
attractions and interest OF the display, we
will be glad to receive them. Any per-
son living along the line who desires to
cooperate by furnishing products or
articles for display in the Northern Pa
cific exhibit can deliver the same to any
Northern Pacific station agent, addressed
to ''P. B. Groat, General Emigration
Agent, st. Paul, Minn.," and they will
be forwarded to st. Paul by Northern
Pacific Express.
Each article should be labeled, giving
name, yield per acre, weight per bushel,
or other appropriate description, and give
the name and postoffice address of the
producer, so that the parties furnishing
material may receive proper credit.