The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-02
MILITIA WILL BE OUT ONE DAY.
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PROVE
AN ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION
TO THE MANY.
SALE OF PRIVILEGES HAS BEGUN
Bidding Was Lively, Which IL
Taken as an Indication of the
Interest In 1t.

grounds Thursday, Sept. 8, where a
grand review by the governor and his
staff will be held in full view of the
grand stand at 2:30 o'clock In the after
noon. The militia is also to give
drills, field manoeuvers and such mill
tary evolutions as are practicable 1t
will be an imposing spectacle, espec-
tally in view of the fact that so many
veterans Of the late war will be wit
nesses. 1t gives the military also a
good opportunity to display the pres
ent efficiency of the National Guard
of Minnesota, as well as to give visit
ors from every state in the union,
who will be present, an idea of the
Drawn and muscle that is raised in
the Northwest. The militia will give
parade in the morning of Thursday
at ST. Paul, being transported directly
afterwards to the grounds, where they
will be entertained by the fair asso-
citation.
Yesterday the sale Of privileges at
the state fair this year was held at
Hamline, beginning at 10 o'clock in
the morning. 1t is as good an indica-
ton as any Of the general feeling that
the fair this year is to be an immense
success, that the bidding for the priv
ileges was livelier than ever before.
The lots and locations for the various
booths, refreshment stands, etc.,
brought better prices than has been
the rule. Among the church societies
obtaining refreshment privileges were
The Merriam Park M. E. church, ST.
Marks Catholic church, of ST. Paul;
the Epworth M. E. church, of ST.
Paul; the Emmanuel Baptist church
and the Lyndale Congregational
church, of Minneapolis. There were
individual purchasers Of other privi-
leges by the score, most of them de-
string to obtain the needed permits
sion for supplying the public with re-
freshing drinks and appetizing dam
ties. There were also the promoters
of numerous amusement schemes, one
of them being a Ferris wheel sixty
feet high, which obtained a privilege.
The state fair management is very
strict in regard to the character of
what might be termed "side shows, y
and the fakir, who generally has en-
tree to the ordinary fair, is rigidly ex-
Guided. All privileges were not dis
posed of yesterday. For that matter
yesterdays sale was only the begin
ming and the privileges will be on sale
from now until all are disposed of, at
Secretary Randalls office on the
grounds.
The Minnesota state fair, this year,
assumes the proportions of great ex-
position of Northwestern products. The
+ one-cent mile rate over all railroads
is calculated to bring to the Twin Cities
the week of August 81, to Sept. s. 100000
people to attend the G. A. r. encamp-
Inent, to be held at st. Paul, and the
Knights of Pythias encampment at
Minneapolis The visitors will not be
attracted from adjacent states, but will
come from all parts of the country. 1t
has been many years since this low rate
to the Northwest has been accorded by
the railroads and it is apparent from
the nature Of the advance inquiry that
many people are coming, especially
from Southern and Eastern states to
learn concerning the Northwest, It's
resources and it's prospects.
The states lying to the west
of Minnesota have been quick to
! appreciate the opportunity of advertis-
ing their resources, and when it was
suggested to them that the Minnesota
state fair would enlarge it's scope to
include exhibits from any of the North
Z
and immediate. Vice President Nc,
! Ginnis, who returned from trip to
the Pacific last week, reported that in
each city he visited, he found the i'm
migration societies and commercial
bodies had already well in hand the
organization of exhibits representing
leading agricultural and mining in
dustries. AS related by him, in an in
terview with a G o b e representative
! L.
ington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho
will send the most comprehensive ex-
hibits ever gotten together, with the
exception in some instances, perhaps,
of those sent to the worlds fair. There
will be tons of gold, silver and lead
ore, and fine cabinet specimens from
the great mines, exhibits of fruits,
grains and grasses, from irrigated
lands, specimens of timber, building
stone and coal. 1t will be a grand
showing for the almost undeveloped
Northwest to make and will certainly
be well calculated to open the eyes of
the Fastener or Southerner, who has
lived in an overcrowded community
where the resources of the land have
been either exhausted or else utilized
to the limit.
Minnesota, while counting the friend
ly rivalry of her sister states, cannot
afford to take back seat. Realizing
this, the state fair, at its annual meet
ing this spring, doubled the appropria-
ton to be expended for prizes for coun-
ty exhibits, and the members Of the
board have done all they could to Sc
cure increased displays of the agricu1-
tural districts of the state Ramsey
and Hennepin counties were excepted
and $500 was offered for county ex-
hibits with an additional prize for col
lective farm exhibits. That the object
of the board in thus attempting to Sc
cure comprehensive exhibit Of the
products of Minnesota has been under
stood and appreciated is shown by the
fact that in a number of counties the
commissioners have made appropria-
lions to defray portion Of the ex-
pense of organizing displays of agricul-
tural products. Last year fifteen coun-
ties made exhibits as counties and re-
suits have been shown in the way of
sales of land for cultivation in each
one, it is said. II this was the case
last year certainly Minnesota has it in
its power this year to build well for
the future by making attractive dis
plays. Minnesota possesses the won
derful combination Of all the elements
of greatness in both the extent and
variety of it's resources, and while 1t
has wonderful opportunities In all lines
of commercial activity in numbering,
mining and manufacturing, 1t has still
greater opportunities for diversified
and successful agriculture. People from
the East and South, who investigate,
will be surprised with the ease and
cheapness with which food products
are grown, the small cost Of prepare
ton for the market and the shipping
facilities which make it possible to
place dairy and meat products from the