Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-01
FOR STATE FAIR EXHIBIT.
The Northern Pacific Land De.
partment Urges That Nor
rison Co. Make One.

people would take sufficient interest
in all effort. The work could be
done practically in connection with
the street fair, as the articles that
are gathered for one exhibit could be
used at both. The following
letter has been received by H. Lam
dahl, local agent for the Northern
Pacific lands, from F. w. Wilsey,
eastern land agent for the company:
st, Paul, Mimi, Aug. l, 1899.
II. LANDAU, Esq.
Little Falls, Mimi,
DEAR SIR:
In 1897 Otter Tail county was
awarded first premium and in 1898
Aitkin county secured first for the
best display of grain, grasses.
vegetables and other agricultural
products at the Minneapolis State
Fair. In both the above years took
on hand with you the question OF
making an exhibit and above was
result. We are again met with the
proposition for 1899 and as this is a
question in which you are PERSONAL
ly interested I solicit your co-opera-
ton and trust the prize will be
secured by some county tributary to
the Northern Pacific system. For the
first time in it's history all attractions
amusements will take place on the
fair grounds day and night, and this
will make the fair this year the
center of all interest to it's visitors.
Thousands of farmers will attend,
not only from Southern Minnesota
but from Wisconsin and Iowa from
whence are coming the largest num-
Der of settlers for Central and North
ern Minnesota. For these reasons
this is the year when most benefit
can be derived from an exhibit OF the
resources OF your county at the fair.
The fair managers offer $1,000 to
be distributed pro-rata among the
county exhibits according to ex-
cellence. This is so distributed that
all displays scoring higher than 20
points will participate in the prize
money, assuring a substantial share
to help pay the expense of each
county exhibit. In addition the
Commercial club on behalf OF the
citizens of St. Paul offer $500 for the
exhibit scoring highest and 800 for
the next highest.
These premiums joined to the
great benefits your county will de-
rive from advertiing it's resources
during this greatest OF all years for
securing migration will justify your
county in making special effort to
be thoroughly represented with a
complete exhibit of your resources.
We hope, therefore, that you will
kindly take the matter in hand with
your enterprlsing citizens and solicit
the cooperation Of the newspapers
in the towns throughout your dis
trict to the end that early steps he
taken (for there is no time to lose)
to prepare and install a complete
and superior display of your grains,
grasses. vegetables, fruits and other
agricultural and horticultural
products.
An important feature in preparing
the exhibit is that the larger the
number of varieties and the more
completely your exhibit represents
all the products of your section
the greater chance you will
have not only in attracting the at
tention of homeseekers but in taking
the prize, for the Judging takes into
consideration the number of
different kinds OF products as well
as the individual excellence and
tasteful arrangement OF the name.
We hope that you will be able to
present the exceeding Importance to
to your citizens of early action that
they will organize at once, laying
plans and having parties in the field
looking for and securing exhibits.
Referring to instructions in getting
together an exhibit, securing desir-
able space, and to what point and
under what conditions shipments
are made would suggest that the
proper officials to be written to are
are Mr.. N. S. Gordon, Supt. of
county exhibits, Crookston, MIMI,
or E. w. Randall, Secretary State
Agricultural society, Hamline, Mimi.
Will you kindly advise me of the
progress made in preparing for an
exhibit from your territory and OBJ
lige.
We have requested the society to
send you a premium list. See page
SO, class Is. Yours truly,
+. w. WILsEY,
Eastern Laid Agent.