The Detroit times., 1910-03-09
SHOW CROP WEALTH
SPARE NO EXPENSE
Pies, Hill of Great Northern Con
duets Campaign on the Treasures
OF the Northwest.

SdiM possibilities of Montana. Was
lAstOn. North Dakota, and oregon by
President Louis W. iiill OF tho Great
Northern Railroad.
The high cost of llNing-or the cost
VI high living has developed a ieeiln <
" unrest in every crowded center.
You can hear twice "a much talk ~
back TO the soil IN the large CITIES
today as YOU heard IA year aso.
Land hunger, which COnomlstA tell
Ms always exists with American Poop.
has been aroused To an acute stage
There il know ledge. more OF less
vague, OF the possibilities OF ndepenG-
ont wealth. the simple life ana all TN"
charms. Of agriculture IN the great
northern stretches of the country
President Hill proposes to take ad
vantage of his land hunger and give
The public specific facts instead 81
vague scneralltlcs- TO let the peop'e
know for Instance thai twenty million
acres OF lilIabIe land is yet available
IN Montana and that any citizen NJ
the United States may Act possess
himself of three hundred and twenty
acres OF this productive land und"t
the homestead laws.
Cost Not Counted IN Great Campaign.
Cost is MOI TO be reckOned in this
great campaign II will be on scale
hitherto not attempted
The newspaper and magazine press
viii he used Land shows now being
glyen In the large cities. Will bc con.
tlnued until the whole country has ha !
an opportunity ia see the big re- |
Gpplcs the heavy heads uf wheat. oat 8.
rye. barley and the grea big potatoes
ten inches long ana weighing four
pounds each. onions iiyc inches In dl-
ameter weighing Two pounds, Yet II
the finest quality and the MXuriani
grasses that flourish I'm these states.
LARGE and beautifully Illuminated pic
lures are sent 20 these SHOWS These
pictures are new IN preparation AMI
several % them are going ont from tn
Great Northern Ry OH rs Moving
picture machines viii be- used 10 H..
lslrate actual life on The farms 81
these states harvest scenes fruit
Gathering -tiIllns etc. all reproduce
y notion
For territories in which show rooms
are not available. exhibition cars are
already ia service These large cars
ere lined with exhibits OF the fruits
grain and grass. Just a. the show
rooms are. The cars like the show
rooms. AZ" IN charge OF Ben thorough
~ familiar with all this territory ana
lecturers who give Interesting address
Is on every phase of agriculture.
An especial reason for holding these
exhibitions az this time is hat during
the present year the tnitei States
government VIII open io00,0 00 acres
OF land ia the state Of Montana to
homeseekers The Savoy district in
that state Was opened the first of this
year. end there Is areadr large SEE
Element there The Great Rocky Boz
reservation. from which the Indians
have departed VIII bee thrown open on
March J. Homesteads OF 800 acres
each are awaiting settlers without lot
terry or drawing for first choice but
on assignment by the government
agents
President HITS Idea.
The land show II part OF this great
publicity campaign and is President
Hils idea
The permanent exhibition IN ST.
Paul is q mecca for thousands paSsinS
through that gateway to the North
west This exhibition is at 2Ss Sihley
street.. two doors from the Union Sta.
ton.
As high as thirty thousand people i
day pass through The lnion station al
81 Paul. and the most of this number
visit the Great Northern Land Show.
Il is an exhibit of interest TO women
and children as we'll as 30 all men-a
humescckers. Everybody is made az
home and invited 10 spend as much
time there As he wishes. \ writing
room ana other conveniences add 20
tie comfort of the visitors.
10000 Daily at the Boston SHOW.
similar exhibit is now in progress
al 2l0 Westinghouse Boston. and
Ten thousand people a day are pass
ing through this exhibit
The Chicago show was opened a.
900 South Clark-st March by Gen.
immigration Agent T. G. Leedy
Judging from the interest shown IN
fr recent land show held in Chicago
the Great Northern exhibition viii
prcve as successful there as in Bos-
ton
Another exhibit has just been closed
"a Philadelphia with an attendance
averaging five thousand people "a
Farmers for hundred niles around
came To Philadelphia 10 see this land
show. one prominent farmer said 10
Nj I.eedy. This is the best thins
Philadelphia has had since the cxposi.
ton i'm 20" other shows have been
hclG recently at Springfield No. The
DRY Farming Congress at Billings,
Montana. and the International Corn
Exposition nj Omaha, Nebraska
Like q Circus DAY.
one Of the exhibition cars is now
touring Pennsylvania with an exhibit
ton OF the products OF the Flat Head
valley. Montana and Eastern Wash
itgfon \ letter from J.. d. ktchell
In charge gives the idea OF the popu-
iayiy OF information about the North
vest. In this fo,m Mr. Kitchel re-
ports as follows
THE car has been advertised at
Youngsvillc. Penn. and billed for 10
miles lack I'm the country. As n re
-ult. IL has brought in town. which Is
y place.of only about 900 inhabitants,
,.ne of the biggest crowds they have
known I'm long time
Tho little narrow gauge nine from
sugar Grove and vicinity brought in /
.pecial train load The train was held
until ;fter the evening lecture. All
lat Ions the center of the town AMI
around the depot had the appearance
pf a Fair or Circus Day on account "
the innumcrablc rigs and wagons "
,rralIsts who had driven into Young
s,,,. IN. gVpraes pttruoea az visit