The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-21

closure. 1t stands near the horticultur-
al building, with New York and Kan
sas building hard by and the noble Ne
braska building to the right, looking
down the street of states. The building
is Swiss chalet in architectural style,
with broad overhang.ng caves and p o.
jections here and there, done in rough
pine logs, giving it a peculiarly pictur-
esQue effect
The logs of which the building is con-
structed are of pine, averaging about
eleven inches in diameter 1t was not
found practicable to do derrick work,
and every log was hoisted to place by
you consider that they were very large
ard heavy with sap. Every log is hand
chopped, not saw stroke having been
put upon them. An expert body of
choppers from Saltwater was brought
down to Omaha, and for weeks and
weeks they labored as hard as ever
they did in the woods Of winter to hew
these logs in shape The end of each
projecting log has four facets ending in
a point so deftly hewn they appear at
distance to have been worked down
with saw and plane. The yellow Of
these exposed cut places contrast well
with the darker, more pinkish hue of
the log bark.
Considerable difficulty was promised
in getting the logs to fit in well where
they cross one another, as at the cor
ners Of the building, but this was all
obviated by the choppers, who cut the
logs at the intersecting points with
their axes, forming corbels Of close
jointings somewhat Of a dovetailed
type.
The result is that the building is very
substantially put together, while the
effect is much better than it would be
If the logs were hewn and spiked to-
gether.
The main reception hall, on the
ground floor, is 40x36 feet in size and
twelve feet high. Here, as all points
throughout the building, Minnesota
products are used. The floor is of oak,
and the staircase leading up to the sec
ond story is done is various Minnesota
woods The walls of the room are a
deep, rich red.
To the left lis the woman's room,
20x35 feet in size, in dainty light
green, with a great stone fireplace in
Kettle river sandstone. 1t is hand
somely fitted UP and decorated.
Across the main reception room is
the mems room, a royal hunt room,
you might call it, for such 1t would be
in good many lands. 1t is like fine
lodge hall in some hunting house in
the big game regions. The ceiling is
of logs, left in their natural state, the
is of the kind known as puncheon,
which is made by hewing down logs
to a smooth surface. Hundreds and
hundreds of dollars worth of noble
deer heads and elk heads and moose
heads are seen in this room, loaned to
the commissioners for the purpose of
decoration They admirably illustrate
the hunting fields of Minnesota, while
there are bear rugs and other adorn-
ments about the room suggesting other
features of the chase. A vast fireplace
of Mankato stone runs across the room
and helps carry out the general scheme
of a hunting lodge.
There are quite a number of rooms
on the second floor, some for the COM
mssioners, when they happen to want
to transact business, rooms for Mr..
Danforth and Mr.. Field, who remain
in charge of the building during the
season, and fine large hall in the
center
Norway pine, soft pine, oak and red
birch, all of Minnesota growth, are
used in the inside work. while even the
from hickory cut in Minnesota and
made up there. 1t took fifteen car
loads of bine alone for the main por-
ton of the buiblingi The total cost will
be between $4,000 and $4,000. OF course,
there is the customary check room on
the first floor and there is post ONCE,
also, where Minnesotans may get their
mail while I'm Omaha. Gas for the
buildings illumination is made in the
building.
One of the windows facing the first
landing of the stairway is by Miss
Graves, of Minneapolis, an Indian
woman being the subject, the whole
being done innstained glass.
From the verandah on the first floor
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NAV be obtained offthe Iowa hills, with
the Missouri in theI distance and Coun-
Gil Bluffs showing dmly. You will
rarely find an hour of the day when
the wind doesn't blow in Nebraska, and
these pleasant lounging places are sure
to catch all the breeze that's going.
The scenery from the rear of the build
ing is very pleasant.