The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-06-24

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stain, the walls are of deep hluss
sDurlap ana iii no least particular haeS
anything been sighted or .cheapened
or any note Of disc0rd been allowed
TO creep in to mar its beauty, while I
every feature OF the states unriyaled
school system is shown. A+zf8
+y4, A Ruined Fish Exhibit. sss
This is not only the first time n \
the history of expositions that there
has been a building devoted wholly 70
education, but for the first time there
is d Forestry and Game and Fish
building separate from the govern
ment plant. Here Minnesota's
board arranged for one Of its most
attractive Displays. St.. Louis is the
very center of the district from which
the state draws much, the larger part
Of it's summer tourist business. Full
ly rs per cent it is said, of those who
come to the state to hunt and fish
come from that section. The impor-
lance of the game and fish depart
ment, can, therefore, be readily ap.
preciated. Minnesota was one OF
C0xeC SLALcb W dyIClupt Live AAoA uAc-
| play. Eighty-1our lineal feet OF
aouaria were built and these are AZ
fine as are in the building. The FIX
position Company agreed on its part
to furnish refrigerated water free for
! the tanks. The exact location of the
trout tanks was demanded SO that
the water supply might be regulated
with regard to the temperature need
ed by the various species of fish
shown. Without this assurance OF re-
frigerated water no state would have
dreamed Of trying to show live fsh
or fish culture, but it is not fur
nished. There are no refrigeration
connections and the fish die almost az
soon as transferred from the cool
waters of the lakes and streams to
the tepid water of the tanks. Penn
sylvania has ten thousand dollars in
| vested in it's fish displays, and Mis-
| souri, as much more. Their tanks are
practically empty of fish. Fortunate-
Nv Minnesota did not invest as much
money by two-th1rds, for VIXEN it
| took down car of splendid pike,
pickerel, muscallonge and kindred fish,
they lived only few hours. The
fish exhibitors as the saying is "went
clear in the air. when they saw Min
nesota's. fish. They salu that they
never before had seen such splendid
specimens put on exhibition alive.
Fine Showing of Game.
The States game exhibit is clever
conception. It is a scene in the nor
thern pine woods in Minnesota.
Built as cyclorama, in the fore
ground is a pine forest with birch
openings, while you look back in the
far Instance to a beautiful lake scene.
At one side are three spienuld speci-
mems of moose, a cow and two bucks
mounted as if coming through the
timber. The leader has scented dam
ger and stops with his head thrown
high in the air.. The second is hes
itating, but the third is still on the
run. On the other side of the scene
are three red deer, one browsing, one
lying down and one eating from the
trees. A large caribou is in the fore
ground; there are also badgers, black
bears, wolves, foxes, mink and game
birds, owls and hawks, etc. The
whole making most effective scenic
picture. 1t is wholly different from
any other exhibit and receives great
| praise. Besides this scene is small
space where are shown mounted
heads of moose and deer, mounted
fish, ETC., with maps and photographs.
i Agriculture. - ...'. .1
Three of Minnesota's exhibits are
in the Palace of Agriculture. Agri-
culture itself occupies q space sixty
two by fifty feet. It is a very credit
able exhibit, and the BREAD and But
ter State" the name won at Buffalo,
is made secure. The central feature
here is q great refrigerator case set
on a platform about five feet high.
This platform is circling with steps
at the front leading to the top and
the sides are plates of glass back OF
which is shown the flower of the
leading country mills, which also il
shown in small silk sacks attractive
ly arranged. The refrigerator itself
is octagonal. The floor space is ten
by eight feet and its triple plate
glass sides rise fifteen feet above the
| platform. In this is to be monu-
mental piece in butter carrying out
| the domestic idea of Minnesota as the
home state. There is pedestal with
nearly q life size figure at each cor
ner representing Agriculture, Dairy
ing, Education and Mining, and on
| the face of one side is medallion OF
Gov. Van SAINT. Growing this ped
estal is the seated figure of mother
giving to her little child a piece OF
bread and butter. The entrance to
the booth is an imposing triumphal
archway twenty-eight feet high and
crowned with banners and flags. The
sides and face of the arch are OF plate
glass. two of them fourteen feet long
and back of them on velvet are beau
tiful designs in grains and grasses
horticulture.
The one remaining department. OF
the states exhibits is horticulture.
Minnesota has the strongest and
largest horticultural society IN tne
not for all this been known as fruits
producing state gives special i'm
portance to this department.. The in.
stallation is in white and gold. It
has prominent position and while
not large is very attractive and
rrettv The C1isDlay of fruit, both the