The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-04
mo 'RUBE' AMONG
THE THOUSANDS
LUMBER EXCHANGE NOT SOLD,
UP TO LAST ACCOUNTS.
Visitors from the County Are "Wise"
and Have a Gifted Air-They Have
the Time of Their Lives Getting a
Place to Eat and Sleep-Hotel Men
Worried, Too.

The ,o!d-time "rube' visitor to the
more is the .bucolic s1gawk, - with his
outlandlsh clothes and his air Of rustic
simplicity, to. be seen. The crowds of
511 ut+oftoWn =: Visitors this year are scarce
apolltans, and in all respects they ap-
pear to be as conversant with the ways
Of the city.
The man pictured in the comic papers
IS not to be seen about the streets OF
Minneapolis this week. There are no
frenz1ed farmers lodging automobiles
and street cars or "chawing' turnips.
The prosperous farmers and merchants
from the smaller towns of Minnesota,
Iowa, 6o, Wisconsin and North and South
dakota are perfectly at home amid tele:-
phones, telegraphs, automobiles, cleo
trlc cars and crowded thorofares, They
are not purchasing gold bricks or the
LUMBER Exchange from voluble strang-
ers and they are not the prey Of the
street fakirs. as of old. =
;, 1T IS the newspapers that have done
~, H. +oaa! saad 2 ~, Minneapolis hotel
man TO-DAY. There isn't a small
town in the country now that hasn It it's
metropolitan newspapers fresh every
day, and they have effected trans
formation in the rural citizen. I'll
wager the. average country visitor in
Minneapolis today is as we'll posted as
any Mlnneapolitan on the latest de-
velopments regarding the peace negotia-
tlons, the situation in Norway, the lat
est Equitable scandal and the Panama
canal plans, and it 8 pretty hard to
OF game nowadays.''
Hotels Are Thronged.
The perennial urbanity of the hotel
clerk was under a severe strain today.
At every hotel in the city the man be-
hind the register is, in the language of
the theatrical manager, "turning 'em
away. Cots are at a premium and
many have been unable so far to get a
place to lay their heads tonight.
oAds AT every hote counter mt in the city the
hurled by the frenzied clerk at worried
out town visitors The amount of
busi'n'ess is far in excess Of any pre-
vlous year, according to the unanimous
testimony Of the hotel men. The city
| was crowded with country visitors Sat.
urday night, the many arrivals of Sun.
| day were with. difficulty slowed away
and this morning every train briught
into Minneapolis anxious seekers fo1
| lodging. :" re-
| The hotel registers tell the tale. From
all over Minnesota and North and
South Dakota, the throngs of sightseers
| have focked to the metropolis Of the
| northwest, sometimes in parties Of twos
and threes, sometimes in groups of half
a dozen or more from the same town
banded together to come to the fair.
Hotel registers are being eagerly
scanned by visitors looking for other
visitors from their home town or men
from other towns with whom they are
acquainted, and, the} perspiring clerks
are obliged to. answer all sorts OF
queries as to whether William Smith Of
Fergus Falls is staying at their hostelry
whether there is any mail for John Doe
Of Pembina, N. D., what time the next
best way to get to the fair grounds.
Transfer and baggagemen were never
so busy. Every incoming train brings
huge loads of trunks, telescopes, grips
bags and valises to be handled and tht
baggagerooms of the3 different hotel:
are piled high with luggage.
husky trunk hustler, as he paused tt
wipe the perspiration from his fore
head with a g1oved hand, "this Is tn,
busiest state fair Monday T ever saw. ,
Everybody Wears One.
The man who has not in his Goa
lapel one Of the Commercial club >
state fair badges is not in it: ST
thousand Of the pretty white silk rib
! are you9 Where9' To the Fair. Min
heapolis Day, Tuesday, Sept. S, '05,'
have been widely distributed, but call
/ have been SO numerous that the origina
supply has been exhausted and the de
mand cannot be met.