The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-08-19
AS GOOD AS ANY
Such is the Minnesota Exhibit at
the Worlds Fair.

In the entire Worlds Fair no state,
with the exception of Missouri, has
participated with greater variety and
abundance of display than Minnesota.
Five of the great exhibit palaces show
the results of her industry and her
manifold resources, and the Mime
sofa state house ranks among the
most beautiful and artistic of the
buildings on the Plateau.
This structure. that is Byzantine
in character, is not of wood and staff,
to be torn dowmat the expiration of
the Exposition like most of the Fair
buildings. 1t is composed of concrete
blocks, with ALI parts so adjusted
that it can be taken back to its ma
tive state and erected as permanent
mennonite to the great Exposition.
The ground floor is in one large re-
ception hall where all the daily papers
Of the state are kept on file. There is
also post office and check room
here. Opening from the reception
room are two alcoves that serve as
music rooms forladies and gentlemen.
The furniture is all hand made and is
the work of the manual training de-
partment of the Minneapolis and st.
Paul public schools. The windows
are enriched by very beautiful stained
glass which bears the names of all the
Minnesota counties.
Another exhibit of Minnesota man
ual training work is to be found in
the Palace of Education. There are
displays of carving, turned wood,
furniture of artistic pattern, and forg-
ed metal, all done by the boys of the
Mechanic Arts High school of st.
Paul and the Manual High School of
Minnesota. The hand work of the
girls is shown in sewing, painting and
exquisite embroidery. Minnesota is
one of the few states represented in
the Palace of Forestry, Fish and
Game. The exhibit includes all that
the name of the building suggests.
There is double row Of glass tanks
containing fresh water fish, and there
is realistic forest scene, composed of
real trees that blend admirably with
a painted background, among the
taxdermized specimens of wolves
and other animals.
The exhibit in the Palace of Agri-
culture is both extensive and interest
ing. 1t is tangible presentation of
Minnesota's time-honored nickname,
1.-THE bread and butter state" In the
great glass-walled refrigerator, the
most imposing piece of butter sculp-
ture is the reproduction of the Falls
of st. Anthony, with canoe in which
stands Father Hennepin. His COM
panions are an Indian and a white
man. The figures, about life size, the
canoe and the water are all made of
butter. Across the aisle from the re-
frigerator is the Bread and Butter
pavilion of Minnesota. In the center
is another cold-storage glass case con-
tanning a butter statue of a mother
giving her two boys bread and butter.
The pavilion is beautifully decorated
with grains and grasses, most import
ant among which is wheat, the leading
product of the state. On the wall two
paintings, showing typical farm
scenes. There are also exhibits Of the
great Touring mills for which Mime.
sofa is famous.
The Minnesota display in the Pal
ace of Mines and Metallurgy is so ar
ranged as to attract universal attent
ion. 1t is enclosed on two sides by q
low balustrade Of cut and polished
stone from the extensive quarries o.
the state. There is splendid granite
column, three feet IN diameter ant
twenty feet high, from the state Capt.
toll, Pressed brick and marble are in
cluded in the stone display.
The part of the exhibit that at
3 UIdCUS TIC UWO
models, by S. II. Stevens, of the Me
8 saba iron range and City of Duluth
! from whose port twenty million ton
of iron ore were shipped last year
6 The relief map or model Of Dulut
shows every house and every street
as well as a large area of the harbo
9 with more than a hundred vessels a
8 engaged in carrying the ore.
The other models shows the famou
9 Fayal mine from which over seve
s million tons of ore already have bee
Z taken, with an abundance yet
sight. The model shows the home
8 of the miners and even the stumps
the trees that were left by the lumbe
= men who were the first to derive TO
8 tune from this wonderful tract {
8 land. The finished product OF I'll
9 mine is shown in high pressure en-!
9 ine, made by the pupils of the M
3 chanic Arts High School of st. Pau
i There are also specimens OF the plct
g graph stones and the famous PHI
8 stone mantle, lent by the ladies or I'll