The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-26
FIELDS OF WEALTH.

ducts and Resources OF the Great
Northwest.
Ihe products and resources of the
great northwest are conspicuously adj
yerIised In several departments of the
world Fair, but nowhere on the
grounds is the matter put to better adj
vantage than In the exhibit of the
Northern Pacific railway in the Trans
Portation building. The lines of the
Northern Pacific road, extending from
chicago to Puget Sound on the Pacific
coat, traverse the seven great states
OF Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da-
Kota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
ashington. The aggregate mileage
OF the road is 5,6sS miles.
The broad belt of coun-
try through which the road passes
is as yet sparsely settled; but, with it's
mountains of gold, silver and iron, it's
forests OF choicest woods, it's majestic
grazing fields and the fertility of the
vast eXpanse of grain producing soil,
IL Is only natural that it will soon be
thickly populated And the Northern
facifc is painting the way to the land
OF wealth III the most forcible manner
possible. The exhibit of the states
named is shown on two specially con-
structed cars. 1t is so neatly and
comprehensively arranged that the
visitor at once gets an idea of the
principal products of the states named.
The products on exhibition include
all kinds of grains in the straw;
threshed grains and seeds; fruits and
berries; wild and cultivated grasses;
ores, woods, iron and coal: precious
metals and stones; hops, tobacco and
flax; flour wool and fish: tanning bark
and tanning acid; marble, building
stone, pottery and brick; aerated,
dried, preserved and canned fruits:
vegetables, petrified woods, fine min
eral specimens, etc, etc. In short,
the exhibit comprises general collec-
ton OF all kinds of products to show
the diversified resources of the seven
great northwestern states traversed
by the Northern Pacific railroad. On
the outside of one of the cars
are seven tanners with statistics OF
the population and products OF
each state up to the present year
Wisconsin-Populat May !, 1898,
1,s00,000. Products in 1892: Yield OF
grains. III, 77S, 96l bushels; lumber cut,
1867, o34 ,gG6 feet; shingles cut, 1,644,.
314, 900: iron ore output, $50, 652 tons;
pig iron produced, l7i,06l tons; live
stock, 1, hi ,OO6 head.
innesota-Population May J.,
1898, l.500,03O. Products in 1892;
Yield of grains, 124, 207, sos bushels;
lumber cut, ,462, 49l 1884 feet; iron ore
output, 1.l7l,s95 tons; live stock,
a,755.Ol head; free government lands,
6,5l0,6ll acres: Northern Pacific X. r..
lands, l.aO0,O acres.
North Dakota-Population, May J.,
1898, 275,oOO. Products in 1892: Yield
of grains, 55,733,Si5 bushels; wool
U23, 300 head; free government lands,
800, 555 acres; Northern Pacific rail
road lands, 6,s50,0O0 acres.
Montana-Populatio May /, 1898,
200. 900. Products in 1892: cold, silver,
copper and lead, Si5. 565, 626; wool clip,
3,ls6, $50 pounds; live stock, 3, s47, 46J
head: free government lands, -,
l43 acres; Northern Pacific railroad
lands, l., 300,0 acres
Idaho-Population, May l,lso3, 12O,-
600. Products in 1892: Gold, silver,
copper and lead, $40, 7S6, 642; wool clip,
$40, s34 pounds; live stock, l, 463, O0o
head; free government lands, "a, 225, l49
acres: Northern Pacific r. Il. lands,
i,740,0GO acres -
Oregon-Population May !, 1898,
100000. Products in lSDa: Yield OF
grains, 30, ISL 900 bushels; wool clip,
n, 96i 500 pound; live stock. 3,s4s,243
head salmon fisheries, value, $1,000,
900; free government lands. $3.50, $50
acres; Northern Pacific K. Il. lands,
800, O00 acres.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., May l.,
1893, 5000. Products in 1s92: Lum-
Der cut, l,iG4, 425, $50 feet: shingles
cut, 1888, S6S, $50; coal output, l,555,-
600 tons; yield of grains, 20,aS0, 900
bushels; yield of hops, 5,oss, $50
pounds; wool clip, 1894, SEQ pounds;
live stock, LILO, 765 head; free govern
mnnt lands, 19,O9S, 4a0 acres: Northern
Pacific railroad lands, 100000 acres.
The exhibit is the only one of the
kind in the building, fact which re-
fleets considerable credit on the man
agement of the Northern Pacific. 1t
is needless to say that it attracts
great attention from visitors.