The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-08

exhibits which strikingly shows the remark
able resources of the state. Immediately IN
front Of the main entrance to the pulding
it's novel arrangement at once attracts the
visitor, In the center is a huge con1cal Pile
of iron ore, twenty-five feet high, forty 1eet
about the base and containing 1000 tons.
At the bottom are the large, coarse ores.
while graduating to the top are those OF
finer quality until the soft dust of the Mesaba
range is reached. The heaviest ores come
from the iron range properties to which the
state lays claim. But iron is not the only
product of st. Louis county and grams,
grasses and vegetables of high quality are
exhibited, though these displays are not ex.
tensive. These are on the opposite SIDE OF
the cone. where wheel of fortune, made or
agricultural products, typifies the prosperity
1hich st. Louis county is enjoying, with otaer
to 80 bushels to the acre, and heavy sheaves
of oats, with specimens of corn fodder, and
sugar beets, are shown. One of the inter-
esting displays in the exhibit is that of Hins-
dale and Duluth granite both of which were
in competition for the state capitol construc-
ton. The Hinsdale stone is gray and red,
partaking of high polish which brings out
dark background, while the Duluth granite
is duller, more slate like in hue, though
also a pretty stone. Both are said to be of
undisputed durability and many residents of
st. Louis county are wondering how Capitol
Commissioner Graves, of Duluth, was in
iuenced to vote for Georgia marble in prefer
ence to the product of his own county. This
Smith, of Duluth.
IsANTI COUNTY.
The exhibit of Isanti county is prettily
ranged and is attractive in the diversity of its
products. 1t has a profusion of vegetables
and particularly an excellent display of po-
tatoes. The county prides itself upon ITS
tubers and no less than twenty-five kinds of
the root, of well-grown proportions, are part
of the exhibit. The other products in their
varieties are wheat. 5; corn, 10; oats. 5; bar
o. . nTnn
5; forest plants g.; native grass, 4; stock
vegetables and peas, 5; culinary vegetables,
"a; fruits consisting of apples and plums, s.
All of the products are apparently OF high
quality and are said to have been secured
directly from farms and gardens without
choice as to their having been gathered for
the county exhibit. The county also raises
specimens of the nuts in different stages of
growth are shown to visitors. The Isanti
display is under the management of John
Prescott of Wanetta, his brother Albert
Prescott, of the same place, and A. A. Rich
ardson. of Faribault.
WADENA COUNTY.
Wadena county has an advantageously dis
played, though small exhibit, in charge of
c. B. Sayles, of Wadena, and U. G. Boyer.
Grains are the chief product of the county
and the specimens shown pay high tribute to
the fertility of the soil. The wheat displayed
is said to have run Sc bushels to the acre.
while oats averaged AZ bushels. The stocks
of the sheaf grain are strong and straight
while the heads are filled with large, firm
kernels which will grade No. l hard. we'll
grown specimen of box wheat is on exhibit
ton, and the corn is of high quality and
marvellous growth, being fully twelve feet
in the stock and already ripe and out of the
way of frost. Only few varieties of fruit
are shown. but the display of grasses par
ticularly the alfalfa s1ecies, is first-class
some of the latter showing roots five and six
feet in length, evidencing the hardihood of
the product. In vegetables, potatoes,