The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-27
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G. johnson Has a Good Message
for Melby People-senator Smith
Says There Is a Good Demand for
Serviceable Horses.
James A. Harris, of Owatonna, was a
guest at the Merchants yesterday. Mr..
harris is to take charge Of Minnesota's
prize winning dairy exhibit at the
Omaha exposition in June. He will
take up his headquarters at the office
OF the Minnesota Butter & Cheese COM
pany next week, when the work of get
ting together the exhibit will begin
in earnest.
Vice President r. A. Kirk and Secre-
tary f. l.. Danforth spent good part
or the day assisting Mr.. Harris in some
or the preliminary work. A contract
was closed with the Bohn Manufacture
ing company for huge refrigerator,
which will preserve the tone and body
of the exhibit during the warm days
of summer.
The refrigerator will be one of the
largest ever constructed in the North
west, and will be completed in about
three weeks.
contract will be made in a few
days with one Of the railroad COM
panies for hauling the Minnesota ex-
hibit to Omaha. The contract will in
clude the entire exhibit made by this
state, both of dairy and other indus
tries.
Mr.. Harris said yesterday that the
liberal inducements offered by the
Minnesota commission had stimulated
competitive feeling among the cream
cry men, and from the present out
look there should be 125 entries from
this state. The commission pays the
freight, and also offers prizes in addi-
ton to those hung up by the eXposi-
ton managers.
The butter would be renewed once a
month, Mr.. Harris said. The amount
Melted from the sale of the butter, after
it had been on exhibition for thirty
days, would revert back to the eXhib-
itor, and more sent on to take it's place.
Senator A. G. Johnson, of Alexandra,
returned home yesterday. While here
Mr. Johnson held a conference with
President J. J. Hill, of the Great North
ern, with reference to side track facili-
ties at Melby, MINI. Owing to the fact
that little revenue had been derived
from the business at that point, the
railroad company did not maintain an
agent there. Several disastrous wrecks
have occurred during the last two
ySdl ,, eLllu Tie GTedC COLupdIly
notified the Melbyites that their track
was to be taken up Mr.. Johnson was
backed up in his protest by several
citizens Of Melby, SO President Hill
compromised the matter by ordering
the track removed to a point half
mile distant from the cut where
the wrecks have occurred. This was
entirely satisfactory to the visitors and
they left town happy.
]. w. Taylor, Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
was guest at the Commercial
club yesterday. Mr.. Taylor was for
merly identified with the New England
Furniture and Carpet company of this
city. He said: eyes, the furniture bust
ness all over the United States is
booming. Hardly a factory Of any con-
sequence is able to keep up with the
orders. The foreign demand for our
furniture is increasing yearly, but it is
not nearly what it ought to be as COM
pared with other lines Of business. Last
year a Grand Rapids firm shipped
large consignment of high grade fur
niture to South Africa. This is quite
remarkable when the competition Of
the English factories is considered.
Business is fine all over the North
west" i2,
o. K Courtlandt, of New York, a re-
tired banker, passed through the city
yesterday on his way to California.
He said: "There is Unmarked difference
in the effect of the war upon the BUSH
ness interests of the East and those
of the West. In the East, although
business is good, there is a feeling Of
uncertainty which leads people to be
cautious in buying. Everybody is wait
ing for the war to end before making
any very extensive outlay or pur-
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ent. I was told in Chicago that bus1-
ness never had been better and that
all lines of commerce locally were slim
ulated by the war.
Col. AIvaren Allen, Of the Merchants
hotel, was able to be out yesterday for
the first time since his return from
West Baden Springs, Ind: The colonel
had a lively time of it shaking hands
with his friends. He expects to be able
to attend the old settlers meeting
Wednesday.
A. G. Gallasch, former cashier Of the
Northern Exchange bank, returned yes
terday from St. Louis, where he has
been spending a couple Of months. Mr..
Gallasch says there is great excitement
in the South over the war.
]. S. Anderson, of Minnesota, was at
the Merchants yesterday. Mr.. Ander-
son is in the general store business and
reports the crops growing magnificent
ly. A great deal of attention is being
paid to wheat this year, he says.
Senator J. H. Smith, of Detroit, was
in the city yesterday Mr.. Smith says
the Detroit people have organized a
company of men and are anxious to
get in under the presidents last call.
Considerable trading is being done in
horse-flesh around Detroit. The partial
restoration of the prices of draft horses
has led the farmers to branch out
little in this line. A good price is be-
ing paid for horses on board the cars
at Detroit for shipment to other states.
There will, Mr.. Smith says, be a gen
eral revival of the stock business this
season.
J. H. Eldridge, a GAINESVILLE merch-
amt, was among the state people regis
tered at the Merchants hotel yester-
day. He says the farmers are daily
f1ocking to GAINESVILLE in large num-
bers, having completed their spring
work and got their crops we'll started.
The few farmers whose farms are in
numbered are banking upon an excep-
tionalIy large crop to pay off their in
debtednesS.