Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-03-24
WORLDS FAIR EXHIBIT OF PRODUCTS.

The Northern Pacific Railroad Company 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
WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION which
Opens at Chicago May D.. and Continues until
October 80, 1893.
The Northern Pacific Exhibit will be displayed
in two elegant exhibit cars built especially for
the purpose at the shops Of the company at
St. Paul. The construction OF the cars is eXcep-
tionally fine They vestibuled, have large
bay windows, and are decorated with the North
western ornamental woods, grains and grasses
and with mounted wild animals of the Northwest
| region. The cars will stand on one OF the tracks
in the large annex to the Transportation exhlb-
its building, OF the grandest of the exposition
buildings, the third largest on the grounds, COW
ering an area OF nearly ninety acres. The Trans
portation Exhibits building is devoted to exhib-
its of every known vehicle, vessel. conveyance in
vention or contrivance Transportation on lhnd,
water or aerial, including those OF ancient as we'll
! as OF modern origin and design, from the finest
! modern locomotives vessels and cars to the
most ancient transpor tation devices i'll existence
4 The Northern Pacific Exhibit will comprise one
| OF the finest exhibits OF products that will be
| shown on the exposition grounds. The samples
OF products will include oil kinds OF grades in the
straw threshed grains and seeds, fruits. grasses.
| ores woods, iron, coal, precious metals and
| stones hops, tobacco, building stone, WOOL hsh.
and aerated dried, preserved and canned fruits
and vegetables In the season. fresh apples
| pears piums, cherries, peaches, prunes. grapes
melons, roots and garden vegetables Will he
brought from the Northwestern states daily for
exhibit In short, the exhibit will comprise
general collection OF all kinds of products TO
show the diversed resources OF the seven North
western state sltraversed by the Northern Pacific
railroad.
| While we already have quite Il collection OF
samples OF products for the Northern pachc ES-
hlbit yet we would be glad to receive from resi-
dents OF Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nortn Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon any
good samples OF products hch they may have
on hand and would like to have placed on exhi-
: bition, such as grains in the straw, native ana
cultivated grasses threshed grains and seeds max,
corn, hops, fruit, tobacco, nuts. iron. eoil'
woods, precious metals and stones, marble
building stone. pottery, salts, WOOL ana any
other products. If persons having cui1ositles
such as petrinactions, rare mineral, timber OF
other specimens, rare mounted birds, curlcs. OF
antique articles of any kind, Will furnish tnen
| for use in the Northera Pacific Exhibit to ADD &c
the attractions OF the display. we will be glad te
receive them. Any person living along the hhs
who desires to cooperate by furnishing product:
or articles for display in the Northern Pache
exhibit can deliver the same to any Northern
Paciac station AGENT addressed to P b. Groat
General Emigration Agent. st. Panl, MIMI, ant
they will be forwarded to st. Paul by NoItatr Fl
: Pacific Express. go. -,s<
. Each article should be labeled, giving name
YIELD per acre weight per bushel. or other aPpro
! pirate description, and give the name and post
Office address OF the producer, so that the partle
furnishing material may receive proper creoit
! Blank labels will be forwarded on application Z
. p r. Groat General Emigration Agent \. F.
!, r., ST. Paul. Mimi.
l Residents OF the Northwest when visiting th
t. Worlds Fair will find the Northern Pacific Exh
i bit supplied with maps and descriptive pubiiea
n tIons. showing the advantages which the Nortf
j, west offers for settlement. They are cordially II
= vitpd to take their Eastern friends, acquain
;, ances and iptt ling settlers to- the NorthernPac
V ac Exhibit in the Transportation Exhibits built
;, ing and show them the products OF the wide e.
II tent of new country now being settled up, an
!. they can also furnish them with maps and pu'
). lications describing each OF the Northwester
states. Active cooperation on the parts OF res
dents IN assisting to show to intending settle
y the agricultural, grazing, mineral and timb
u resources OF the great Northwest. will be mutual
=. beneficial to all concerned. and all possible faci
70 ties will be furnished by the Northern Paci
:. Railroad Company at their exhibit to iurthert
- objects in view.
~ Truly yours.
lit p. B.GRoAT.
ve General Emigration Agel