The Detroit times., 1910-03-09

homeseekers The Savoy district In
! thar state was opened the first OF this
year. end there Ia already a large sch
/ t,ement there The Great ROckN[ Boz
reservation from which dhe INDIANS
have departed will be- thrown open on
4 March u Homesteads OF 800 acres
each are awaiting settlers without lot
/ terry OF drawing for first choice. but
ON assignment by thu government
agents
President Hill's Idea.
The land show Is part Of this great
publicity campaign and is President
/ llils idea
The permanent exhibition in St
| Paul Is a mecca for thousands passing
/ through that gateway 10 the North
west This exhibition Is at 2SS Sibley
Street. two doors from the Union Sta.
4 ton.
As high as thirty thousand people q
/ day pass through the Union Station n
/ 81 Paul, and the most of lhis number
visit the Great Northern Land Show.
/ Il is an exhibit OF interest 10 women
/ and children as we'll as 20 all men--a'l
/ hOmeseekers Everybody is made a;
home and invited 20 spend as much
/ time there as he wishes \ writia 2
/ room and other conyeniences add ~
! the comfort OF the visitors
10000 Daily at the Boston SHOW.
A similar exhibit is now In progress
At 2t0 W'ashington-st, Boston. and
/ ten thousand people day are pass.
/ Ing through this exhibit.
| The Chicago show Was opened a.
220 South Clark-st, March l. by Gen
| lmmi grafton Agent T. C. Leedy.
! Judging from the interest shown II
TIE recent land show held in Chicago
the Great Northern exhibition will
/ prove a. successful there as in Bos
ton
Another exhibit has just been closed
at Philadelphia with an attendance
/ averaging five thousand people da,
1 Farmers for hundred niles around
came To Philadelphia 10 see this land
show. One prominent farmer said q
( Mr.. I.eedy. = his Is the best thine
/ philade lphia has had since the eXposi
! ton in 90" Other shows have been
hello recently at Springfield Mo. The
/ DRY Farming Congress al Billings
Montana. and the International Corn
/ Exposition al Omaha Nebraska.
Like a 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
! iLgton 4 letter from J.. - kitchell
/ In charge gives the idea OF the popu-
/ lar,ty OF information about the NORTH
west Ina this form Mr. Kitchell re-
/ ports as follows;
The car has been advertised at
! Youngsvile. Penn. and billed for -
miles back in the country. AS a re-
! suit. II has brought in town. which is
place OF only about ,. 900 inhabitants.
enc OF the biggest crowds they have
/ known in "A long time
The little narrow gauge line from
sugar Grove and vicinity brought in y
special train load. The train was held
until after the evening lecture All
/ day lonl the center Of The town and
around the depot had the appearance
/ of a Far or Circus Day on account q,
! the innumcrable rigs and wagons OF
! r-alists who had driven into lounes
Vile FOR the express purpose of visit
: Ing the cal anu dilfHNiiS inv ltNNNi'-
Scarcely was the car In readiness
/ before the throngs were in attendance
and il is no eNaggeration 10 say that Al
tirlts there were fully 100 people wait
ing their turns TO enter The car. The
sush never stopped and il was a con
slant flow of people all day until time
for the lecture
Long before the lecture hour. PEG
pie were waiting 10 have the doors
! opcn. and within half hour every
! inch Of space was taken IN the largest
| hall in town They monopoliZed every
inch Of standing room and we were
finally forced To turn away several hun
drcds About coo We're crowded with
in the tour walls \ great crowd re-
mainrd afterward To learn more and
ASK questions.
President lIill OF the Great North
crn Railroad believes that II all the
people 10 not 20 10 the NorthwesD
the Northwest can be taken to all the
people This is the idea of James !
Hill. his father, and President Hill -
carrying II ont most effectively