The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-30

sweep Jtake prize, fine pure bred
Aberdeen yearling calf, valued at $500.
The other prizes range in value from
IS up and are so attractive that every
boy il. the state viii be delighted with
them.
The plan is for the boys to deliver
their corn to the county farmers insti
tutes in the county in which they live,
and the president of the institute will
ship the corn to Carlingville after the
county institute is over, where 1t will
be carefully packed and preserved I'M
til the fair opens in st. Louis. Each
boys name will be attached to the corn
after the prizes have beensawarded and
the display will be one of the most in
teresting at the fair.
Old Fashioned Steamboat Race.
An d-fashioned steamboat race, a
common occurrence in the prosperous
days of the Mississippi river, with the
fire belching, out of the smokestacks
and the boats going forward at a ter
rife rate of speed, is a suggestion
which comes from across the Atlantic
as an attraction for the worlds fair,
st. Louis. George +. Parker, the
worlds fair resident representative in
London, writes that Sir Thomas Lip
ton has made the above suggestion as
a drawing card for the fair. The plan
no doubt grew out of the yacht-racing
connections of Sir Thomas. The sug-
gestion is, of course, very favorably re-
garded as one that would attract large
crowds to the rivers banks to witness
such stirring contest.
The Printing Arts Exhibit.
The graphic arts section of the uni
versal exposition to be held in ST.
Louis, Mo, in 1904, is in the liberal arts
ipTa TT mt of IHrbi Col Tnh1 Caly.
ersop Is the chief. 1t is designed to
have the most complete exhibit of ty-
Biography, photo mechanical processes
of book making and paper making
which has ever been collected at any
exposition.
Col Ockerson, chief of the depart
ment of liberal arts, is one of the best
known engineers in the United States
He is a prominent member of several
scientific societies and has made many
valuable contributions to technical lit
erature. In matters relating to river
hydraulics and navigation he is con-
Sidered as the highest authority. At
the present time he is United States
commissioner on improvement of the
Mississippi river, to which he was ap-
pointed in 1898. Previously he had
been engaged in engineering practice
on the construction of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, on sur
VeyS and engineering work on the great
lakes, at the Eads jetties at the mouth
of the Mississippi river, on general
surveys and Improvements of the Mis-
sissippi river and upon the construc-
ton of tramWayS and development of
mines in Colorado.
In 1900 he was member of the in
ternational jury of award at the Paris
exposition, was United States dele
gate to the international congress of
no via firY, n1e-
egate to the international congress of
merchants marine during the Paris
exposition. For his participation in
these congresses and distinguished
services rendered at that time he re-
ceived a decoration from the French
government.
Col. Ockerson spent his youth on
farm in Illinois, entered the Federal
army at the age of fifteen and served
two years during the Civil war. Re-
turning from the front, he began prep
aration for college, and graduated
at the University OF Illinois in 1873
as civil and mining engineer. For
twenty years he has been a resident
of st. Louis.
section is S. w. Bolles, who has been
engaged in the newspaper editing and
publishing business all his life.
The graphic arts exhibit will occupy
a section of the Liberal Arts palace,
one of the largest of the exhibit build
ings at the Universal exposition, and
one of the most striking in architect
ural feature. 1t has nine acres Of
floor space.
Besides the graphic arts exhibit 1t
will contain exhibits of photography
civil and military engineering, mod
els, plans and designs for public works.
architectural engineering, maps and
apparatus for geography, cosmography
topography, instruments of precision
philosophical apparatus, coins and
medals, musical instruments, theatri-
cal appliances and equipment, chem
zeal and pharmaceutical arts and med
icine and surgery.
There is no definition which covers
in few words the liberal arts 1t is
taken to mean, however, those things
which are a step removed from the
mere mechanical manufacturing and
are not yet come under the definition of
art itself. The groups which will be