The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-19
CRANDEST EVER HELD
SUCH WILL LOUISIANA PURCHASE
EXPOSITION BE, SAYS
CARTER
WORK HARDLY COMMENCED
Task Before Commission Is ApDall-
ing, but Will Be Grapp1ed With
Strenuously and Con-
fidentIy.

Ex-senator Thomas H. Carter. of Hell
ena, chairman of the board of commits
sloners of the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton, was in the city yesterday on his
way from his home to ST. Louis, where
ne Will preside at a meeting of the com
mission which has been called for Jan. 81
Senator Carter said that there was
nothing special coming In before this
meeting of the commissioners. and that
as far as he was aware the subjects
Which would occupy their attention were
business matters which We're postponed
at the last meeting. The senator is very
enthusiastic concerning the prospects of
the exposition and has no doubt but what
it will be the largest and grandest event
OF ITS character up to- this present time
everything concerning the preliminary
work OF the fair" said he, lis satisfac-
tory, and every day that passed lends
greater encouragement for the task we
have before us in preparing an exposi-
ton worthy of the momentous event
that it is called to commemorate. Tha
amount OF work that will have to be done
before the gates are formally thrown
open to the American public is almost
appalling, and to one that has not studied
the question it would appear to be almost
1ncomprehensible in its YaStness. Organi-
eaton alone is the force that can
accomplish the desired end, and that has
been our aim since the first
We have endeavored to build I'D an or
ganization capable of looking after the
myriads of the minutest details. that are
50 necessary to form the complete and
finished whole Only the first outlines
OF the work have yet been done, and the
time appears TO be Woefully short until
the work must be completed. In fact
that VIII be the only difficulty. The lack
OF time is the only unknown quantity
That we have to contend with, but think
that all can be accomplished, although
1t VIII strain every nerve"
Senator Carter did not care to maxi
any statements concerning the political
situation in Montana, giving as his rea-
son that there was nothing worth men
tioning going on there in that line.
lou can say, however, that the mines
and shelters that We're closed down a.
short time ago are all starting up again,
and will soon be running full blast. Of
course there were many who could see
ruin ahead when the mines in Butte and
the smelters in Great Falls and East
Helena closed and many did not believe
the statements made by the managers
that the closing was for the purpose of
making repairs and addition to the ma
chinery. The past few weeks have how
ever, proven that they were telling the
truth in regard to the matter.
1.-THE feeling Of uneasiness on the part
of the miners, and consequently on the
part of the business men, has now com
pletely disappeared, and in its stead is
the old-time confidence in Montana and
its future
1.-The coming year should be a prosper
Gus one for the state in every respect
In the cattle and sheep counties the
weather has been particularly propitious
and the loss for the winter has been Com
paratively small. In the agricultural
portions of the state there has been the
right amount of snow fall to insure the
ground being in good condition for the
next crop. In the hills the snow fall has
been sufficient to keep the mountain
streams flowing long enough to have a
good placer mining season, and with the
mines and shelters all going think the
present year will be an exceptionally
good one"
Senator Carter left for st. Louis last
night.