Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-12-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB PLANS JUN
kET OF LAKE REGION BOOS-
TIERS TO ST. PAUL.
ROUND TRIP ONLY $I7.50
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 100 PAS
sENGERs-REsERvAT,oNs CO.
ING FAST-HOME ANY TIME.

Alive to every move that augurs
success for the Lake Region the Devils
Lake Commercial club has made ar
rangements for one of the finest Great
Northern trains to be run from this
city to St. Paul for Lake Region day
at the great Northwestern Land Show.
Next Tuesday is the day that has
been set apart for the boosters of the
Lake Region and at least 100 live
wires of the seven counties in this
district are expected to go to St. Paul
for the celebration
The special train will leave the
Great Northern station in Devils Lake
at O'Clock Monday evening. Banners
calling attention to the cream of the
Great Northern territory in North Da-
kota, will decorate the sides of the
coaches. Stops will be made at Grand
Forks, Fargo and Minneapolis, where
the Lake Regionites will be greeted
by representatives of the commercial
clubs of these cities. The delegation
from this section will be entertained
at a big dinner in St. Paul, Tuesday
noon. The train will be made I'D of
three Pullmans and buffet car.
rate of $17.50 for the round trip,
including sleeper, has been. announced.
The tickets will allow the purchaser
to remain in the Twin Cities until
after the holidays, there being an ex-
tended time limit.
Attorney John ]. Samson, chairman
of the special train committee of the
Commercial club, said last night that
reservations were being made faster
than had been expected and that per-
sons wishing to take advantage of the
special rate and the fun of being a
member of the jolly Lake Region
party should get their names in at
once. His Office is in the Bangs block.
Accommodations have been reserved
for about 100 passengers on the Lake
Region special and it is expected that
every reservation will have been
spoken for several hours before the
special train is scheduled to leave this
city
The big land show of the North
western Development association op-
ened Tuesday in the Auditorium in St.
Paul. %%s>
o. o. Coe of Regina, Canada, bought
the first ticket and after that there
was big stream of visitors
,, The various state exhihits s-e elstS-
crate, those of Montana, Idaho. Wash
ington and North Dakota being espe-
cially attractive. Alaska has an ex-
hibit Of its products that is attracting
much attention. Those states served 7
by the Great Northern and Northern i.
Pacific roads have an unusual amount
of space. The two roads also are rep
resented with exhibits. Many land
companies and county agricultural as
sociations have displays and litera-
ture in plenty. .
| J. J. Hill, chairman of the board of
directors of the Great Northern rail-
road, was an interested visitor during
the first afternoon and said, .It is a.
great show and will be of great bene-
fit to the farmers
The central figure of the North Da-s7
kota exhibit at, the st Paul land show
is an alfalfa log cabin which was
made in Towner and was shipped to
St. Paul. "A .E:. u: u:
The alfalfa log cabin is Of very
unique design, being eight feet wide I
ten feet long and seven and a half
| feet high. 1T is built along the lines;
Of the primitive log cabin with low,
squatty roof, three small windows and 4
a big fire place with a log chimney. 81
| \ Why it is called an alfalfa cabin,
| is that alfalfa is woven in among
screen wire, which was made ii the
shape Sof logs and buiil 1T along the
isame lines as d log cabin. The all
falfa was gathered around Towner and
has been kept green so that II viii
make . very attractive display for
North Dakot
| Commits ssoher of Agricu ltnre
breath and s. aHv1heelon were the I
loriginators Of the scheme ana aE n