The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
STATE FAIR GROUND PRESENTS
SCENE OF MARKED ACTIVITY
NOWADAYS.
EXHIBITS ARE ABOUT READY
AND THE MOVING I'm WILL, RE-
GIN I'm EARNEST NEXT
WEEK.
SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS.
Especially Interesting DISPLAYS Are
beang Arranged by Manufacture
ers and Other Producers.

There is scene of much activity
these days at the state fair grounds.
Tor everything is being placed in read
mess for the coming show. Exhibits
THIS year promise to be better. finer
ana more numerous than ever before.
and directly in line with the plans of
the management to broaden the fair
from state lines into a northwestern
exposition, without sighting Mime
sofa industry and resources.
MT. and Mrs. j. c. Crossley, who
nave charge of the department of fine
arts, and Mrs. Anna Cooper, assistant
superintendent of the woman's de-
pdrtment, Will be at the grounds daily.
beginning tomorrow, SO that exhibit
orS may bring or send exhibits to-theno
at any time now.
yesterday morning the second sale
OF privileges took place at the grounds
anu tnefe was quite brisk demand
TOT booths. The management Is firm
however, in it's refusal to permit tbe
entrance of fakirs, and the granting
VI privileges is being closely watched
Inc main buildings will soon hepin
TO assume form, as the exhibitors Orc
nara TO work on their DISPLAYS The
Following are among those who will
De represented:
The st. Paul Stove works will no.1,a
specla! display Of it's new steel RANCE.
aiso early breakfast stove ranges and
Faultless heaters. anu
Inc Page Woven Wire Fence oor,
pany Is making preparations for the
eIectlon OF deer park and other STYLES
~, ~ Iencing: Th1s firm will show the
. oao ilving buffalo, whose weight is
1oY- u.
T.. E. Potter & company. of Mime
apoiis VIII display sanitary specialties
anu Will give practical demonstrations
OF the efficacy Of it's disinfecting an
pliances dp-
Aoam Decker & company, Of st. Paul
Will display full lines Of ranges. heatjng
stoves and builders hardware
The Phoenix Tobacco COMPANY of
ST Paul, will distribute sampies of
goods OF their own manufacture.
Century Piano company. of Mime
apoils, will display pianos of it's man
fracture In cases consisting mostl0 IF
Iatura woods, as mahogany, walnut
OAK, hungarian ash, birds eve maple
etc, as developed by nature, and NOT
by the paint brush.
Noyes Bros. & Cutler wholasa1a dr,,,r
gists of ST. Paul, will make Iahors
tory exhibit of apparatus, together with
cruue drugs in original packages. SO
as 10 give demonstration of IFS mann,
featuring department..
William Donaldson & company. pro
prletors Of the Glass Block store IF
minneapolis, have arranged for a. verv
unique display in the center of their
immense show case. Visitors should
not fail to see the mysterious ladvo
In this department.
Inc Union Brass and Metal Manu-
Iactur1ng company, of st. PAUL will
snow sanitary specialties in polished
prass, nickel and gold plated also a
Iull line of plumbers finished
prass goods, together with an exhibit
u raw material, such as copper, brass,
leao, Zlnc aluminium and their allows
The Conover Music company. of ST
Paul, will show the oldest upright piano
introduced in the state of Minnesota
as Well as its own styles of organs.
pianos, etc.
The Deere-Webber company, of Min
nea polls, is remodeling it's building at
the 1alr grounds, which is to be gorge
ousiy decorated. Vehicles will he shown
on the upper floor and farm machinery
on the ground floor, with display Of
operative machinery and gasoline en-
g1neS at the rear. A herd of deer will
also be exhibited by this firm. one of
which is being trained to trot mile
on the race track
hubert "A. WallraH, of St Paul the
hard times" harness manufacturer.
VIII make display calculated to dem
onstrate now cheap work in that line
is sold at nowadays in comparison
with former years.
The Foster Robe and Tanning COM
pany. of Minneapolis, will show full
line of tanned goods in addition to an
actual demonstration of it's system of
tanning. Many novelties will be shown.
C7In
COW and calf skin SO as to demonstra te
to the farmers what fine goods can he
made from the skins of their own do
mestic animals
Several Of the Northwestern states
will show by the stereoptican views of
noted fruit farms, mountain, river and
mining scenery, etc.
Geo. w. Hughes, Automatic Registry
company, will make an interesting and
novel display.
One single specimen Of ore shown in
the Idaho mining exchange exhibit is
valued at $40 000
The Northwestern Asphalt & Cork
Roofing Co.. is putting up a model Of a
house, displaying different styles and
coloring of roofing.
The Watrous Engine Works. of ST.
Paul, will have two fire engines on the
grounds, fully equipped hook and lad
der trucks, three hose reels and carts.
water towers, etc.
The Minnesota Surveyors and En-
gineers' society will display a truss
bridge with approaches composed of
sections of telford and macadam paw
ing as contrasted with a section Of
ordinary roadway Exhibits of sewer
and drainage pipe and road-making
machinery will be made by several
firms in this connection. A model coun-
ty surveyors Office will be shown. as
well as a series of before and after
taking photographs, illustrating how
roadways can be improved at COMPARE
lively small cost.
The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroads will make larger
and more comprehensive exhibits of
products raised along their lines than
ever before.
County exhibits will be so full this
year that large portion Of agricultur-
al hall will be devoted to their exclu-
sive display.
The Minnesota penitentiary will make
an exhibit Of binding Irvine machinery,
together with a display Of the system
of uniforming convicts in the grading
plan which Is a prominent feature of
the discipline at this prison.
w. A. Corley, of ST. Paul, will ex-
hibit the model of the ocean steamship
"St Paul"
The North Star Wooden Mills, Of Min
neapolis, will make an especially fine
display this year.