Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-08-10
Minnesota at the Worlds Fair.
BY EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGs.

Exposition, like most of the fair build
tngs. 1t is composed of concrete
blocks, with all its parts so adjusted
that it can be taken back to its native
state and ere cted as q permanent me-
mento to the great exposition. The
ground floor is in one large reception
hall, where all the daily papers of the
state are kept on file. There Is also
post Office and q check room here.
Opening from the reception room are
two alcoves that serve as music rooms
for ladies and gentlemen. The furni
ture is all hand made and is the work
of the manual training department 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 MAJ
ual training work is to be found in
the Palace at Education. There 9
displays OF carving, turned wood, fur
niture of artistic pattern, and forge d
metal, all done by the boys of the Me-
chanic Arts High School Of st. Paul
and the Manual High School of Min
nesota. The hand work Of the girls is
shown in sewing, painting and exqui-
site embroidery.
Minnesota is one of the few states
represented in the Palace of Forestry,
Fish and G anne. The exhibit includes
all that the name of the building sug-
gests. There is a double row of glass
tanks containing fresh water fish, and
there is q realistic forest scene, com
posed of real trees that blend admir-.
ably with q painted background.
Among the trees are taxidermiz3d
specimens of wolves and other north
err animals.
The exhibit in the Palace of Agri-
culture Is both extensive and interest,"
ing. It is a tangible presentation of
Minnesota's time honored nickname,
"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 a canoe in which
stands Father Hennepin. His COM
panions are an Indian and q white
man. The figures, about life size, the
canoe and the water are ali made of
butter. Across the aisle from the re-
frigerator is the Bread and Butter pa
vilion of Minnesota. In the center is
another cold-storage glass case con-
tanning q butter statue of 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 lead
ing product of the state. On the walls
are two paintings, showing typical
farm scenes. There are also exhibits
of the great Touring mills for which
Minnesota is famous.
The Minnesota display in the Palace
of Mines and Metallurgy is so ar
ranged as to attract universal atten-
ton. It is enclosed on two sides by
q low balustrade of cut and polished
stone from the extensive quarries of
the state. There is a splendid granite
column, three feet in diameter and
twenty feet high, from the State Capt.
toll. Pressed brick and marble are
Included in the stone display.
The part OF the exhibit that attracts
most attention is the two large me dels,
by 5. h. Stevens, of the Mesaba iron
range and city of Duluth, from whose
port twenty million tons of iron ore
were shipped last year. The relief
map or model of Duluth shows every
house and every street, as we'll as a
large area of the harbor with more
than hundred vessels all engaged in
carrying the ore.
The other model shows the famous
Fayal mine from which over seven
million tons of ore already have been
taken, with an abundance yet in sight
The model shows the homes Of the
miners and even the stumps OF the
trees that were left by the lumber men
who were the first to derive fortune
from this wonderful tract OF land.
The finished product of the mine is
shown in a high pressure engine,
made by the pupils of the Mech mic
Arts High School of~St. Paul, There
are also specimens Of the Photograph
stones and the famous pipe stone
mantle, lent by the ladies Of the state.
The Minnesota commissions consists OF
Con de Hamlin, president; j. Ne IN.
derwood, vice president; Il Hays,
secretary, and G. L. Mitchell, general
superintendent. 5: &: s.ss r.
$50 90 to San Frsnslse % snd Returss
from ST. Paul or Minneapolis via Chi
cago Great Western Railway Tick
1->sa 50 K -,