The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-25

did collection of portraits in which
appear all the presidents of the
United States and all the secretaries
The life saving service will operate
a station, completely equipped, and
they will make rescues from time to
time from boats in the harbor. A
complete station will be maintained,
being an exact duplicate of that which
is regularly operated on the coast.
In the war museum models OF fort
iffcations and harbor defenses and
types of batteries on entertainments
will be shown.
The exhibit of the ordnance depart
ment of this section will be complete
exhibition of firearms and powder. The
largest cannon and the smallest side
arms will be shown. Various styles
of machine guns will be exhibited
cartridge making machines will be
operated. Every variety OF automatic
death-dealing device will be exhibited,
and each invention for defense will
be shown in juxapositiOn.
The signal service corps will illus
trate the scientific evolution of its
branch. The development of signals
or transmitting messages from long
distances is as old as history, but it
is far cry from the old fire on the
hilltop to the telordergraph and hello
graph of the present day. The most
of the intervening methods will be
shown so the development of this
science may be accurately shown.
A model postoffice will be operated
and a collection of dead letters relics
shown.
The patent office, the pension office,
the land Office and the Indian office
will each make a comprehensive ex-
hibit.
The geological survey will make a
series of experiments with selected
minerals, which will be as valuable as
q post graduate course to the student
of mineralogy.
The Smithsonian Institute will il
lustrate. comprehensively, all of its
great divisions-ethnolog geologi-
cal and biological.
Alaska, the Philippines, Hawaii and
Porto Rico will have special repre-
sentation.
The department of agriculture will
make an invaluable exhibit, which
will be intensely interesting to every
farmer.
The department of commerce and
labor will maintain the best aquarium
ever shown at an exposition.
The library of congress will be rep
resented by model of the new build
ing. Old and rare maps of the world
and maps close up to date will form
part of this exhibit, which will also
contain autograph letters of the great
American statesmen and manuscripts
of political and personal interest.
The division of music contains care
fully prepared histories of music, the
works of ancient and modern compos-
ers, essays and musical rotations and
a complete collection of the war songs
and patriotic airs OF all countries.
The copyright Office: the division of
prints and the catalogue division Of
the national library will present joint
ly an exhibit of intense fascination to
the student of photography.
The industrial division of the En-
position will occupy several of the
largest buildings on the grounds, and
will contain not only finished exhibits
of machinery and products, but mod
els of innumerable inventions, design
ed to improve machinery now in use,
perfect products now manufactured,
or alter models in making goods.
Mammoth exhibit palaces will be de-
voted to manufactures. liberal arts,
horticulture. mines and mining, pure
food. transportation. etc.
An arts and craft village, consist
ing Of sevent old colonial buildings,
will house hand workers in textiles,
iron, copper, wood, silver, rushes and