The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-27
THEY LIVE GOzILY
IN HOO HOO HOUSE
Northwestern Lumbermen Have
Agreeable Sessions at the
Worlds Fair.
Globe Worlds Fair Bureau.


~ St. Louis, Mo.
- LOUIS, Mo-, May 26.-More than
a oozen prominent Iumbermen from
the irwin Cities and fully a hundred
tiolh various parts Of the country TO-
udy hhlshed three-day parliament on
the worlds fair grounds. The meet
llIss We're held in the House of Hon
HOO erected by the members Of that
organization. The convention was al
tehded by sixty-fve delegates chosen
from lumber associations throupboI,t
the United States. The most imnor-
tant action was the appropriation of
$4,000 for the use of the credit ra+ino,
bureau of the association.
The following were elected officers
President, N w. Mcleod. st T.onis.
vice president, c. A. Smith. Minnaan-
oils; treasurer, ]. A. freeman. eoc,.a-
tary, George K. Smith.
The lumbermen gave little tinoa 70
the sessions of the convention The
meetings We're held only for two hours
IN the mornings. The rest of the time
was spent in the exhibit palaces and
on the pike. Those who subscribed
money for its erection live inside the
gates at the House of Hoo Hoo. Fol-
| the Northwest in ST Louis;
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Weyerhaeuser
Little Fails; Mr.. and Mrs. r. Nj. View
| efhaeuSer, Cloquet; E. J. Foster. Fair
| enid. Wis; G. S. Curtis, Wausau. Wis.
! +. f. Arpin, Grand Rapids, wis:
| George H. Lusk, Thorp, Wis; w. A.
Holt, Oconto, Wis; B. w. Davis. Phil
| ups Wis; Eugene Shaw, Eau Claire,
WIS; William Irvine Chippewa Falls.
Wis; B. F. Nelson, c. A. Smith and
| .. p. Rhodes, Minneapolis; ]. d. Bron-
| son, saltwater; @. c. Yawkey. Hazel
hurst. Wis; Mr.. Baker. Odanah. Wis;
L. N. Arson. Merrill Wis; w. II. Bis
| sci, Arbor Vitae, Wis
Club House Is an Exhibit.
| The House of Hoo Hoo was built
ana is operated as q club-the onIv
| thing of the kind on the exposition
| gfoundS-by prominent lumbermen all
over the country. Tt cost 10000. Be
| cause of the variety and beauty of the
interior finishing the building is regu-
larry classed as a part of the forestry
exhibit. From the outside it appears
| low and broad, built of stained. rough
| t1mberS. The roof slopes down over a
porch almost as wide as the reception
| hall. This room is finished with a
high WainScOting of Louisiana old CIV
| press, with green Flemish stain. The
| mems lodging room is done in Missouri
red gum, also stained a dark olive
The writing room is almost white, be-
ing finished in California white and
sugar pine. Just beyond is the press
room, the most remarkable department
In the building. Fifteen different
woods are used, stained and polished
| into 139 different effects. In the ladies'
reception room, done in CHARTERED oak,
is a California redwood table. The
ic
1shed so highly that it shines like Il
mirror. The wOmen's retiring room
has high wainscotting of white pine.
North Star Visitors.
Minnesota visitors at the state build
ing today were:
John X. Brown and son, jackson;
W. e. Barker, Mankato; F. H Bates,
Minneapolis; Benjamin w. Cheno-
with, Owatonna; LIE Roy Cady, st. An
thony Park Matthias A. Deutsch,
Shakopee; Ruby Danenbaum, Mime
apolis; E. p. Eichhorn, Minneapolis;
Karl L. Fieseler. st. Paul; Henry
Fieseler, st. Paul; Samuel B. Green,
St Paul; Mr. and Mrs Walter e.
Grove, formerly of Minneapolis; Alice
H. Green, st. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
E. Hutchings, st. Paul; John A Han
son. st. Paul; j. H. Hasty. ST. Paul:
A. A. Lawson, Saltwater; George
Wing; Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Nippert
and children, Minneapolis; Henry a.
and Carrie H. Otte, Pennington; Mrs
George Plowman, Minneapolis; A. f.
Rudolph, Duluth; A. C. Sheannan,
Minneapolis; Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Stearns, WinOna; Frank Wockenfus
WinOna.
British Pavilion Opens.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 26-The Brit
ish national pavilion at the worlds
fair was formally opened tonight with
a reception attended by the foreign
commissioners general and the chief
officers of the exposition company. The
pavilion is a reproduction Of the Or
ange, or principal banqueting hall in
Kensington palace. London.
The feature of todays programme
was the dedication Of the Texas state
pavilion. 1t is constructed in the form
of a fve-pointed star.