Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-11-24
THE NORTHWESTERN DEVELOP.
MENT LEAGUE to ESTABLISH
PERMANENT EXHIBIT.

PERMANENT" EXHIBIT.
To exploit the resources Of the Amer
lean northwest, establish central i'm
migration bureau and aid in every way
to attract settlers and investors in sew
en- states and Alaska, the Northwest
Development League will open a per.
manent exhibit of resources of these
states in st. Paul about February ],
1912 and maintain it. For this purpose
thirty five hundred square feet Of floor
space in one Of the new Office b.,ifd.
ings of St. Paul have been secured.
The states which will each have five
hundred feet Of space, less the amount
necessary for aisles, are Minnesota,
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho, Oregon andw Washington.
Alaska will later be AIDED.
This announcement was made yester-
day by Lewis Penwell, president of the
league, who with Secretary Campbell,
was instructed recently to negotiate
for such evhibit space.
The st. Paul Association of Com
merce rendered the league officials the
exhibit room in the new Commerce
building, just being completed. This
building is Of the modern type and
stands at Fourth and Wabasha streets,
in the heart Of the business district Of
st. Paul, one block from interurban
car lines and within easy distance of
the site selected for the new Union de-
pot which James j. Hill has just an
nounced will be erected in st. Paul at
once.
According to the agreement the St..
Paul Association of Commerce is to
furnish the rooms, rental free, and heat
the same The Northwest Development
league will furnish them, collect the
exhibits, light the rooms and maintain
them as well as supply uniform litera-
ture about each state to be represented
in the exhibits, There is to be no
charge for the space by the league,
membership in the organization entitl-
ing the states to an equal amount of
space with any other state. All states
in the American northwest are already
members Of the league.
The experience of the Great North
ern railroad with a small exhibit room
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twenty thousand people a month car
be shown through the exhibit, and fire.
quently that many names Of those who
are actually hunting homes have beer
secured by this railroad,'' said secre
tary Campbell, speaking of the worl
to be done in connection with the ex
hibit. "We are beginning modestly
We want to show FIVE thousand people
; through this exhibit each month. L
necessary We will have someone tall
. with each visitor. We will secure tn
; names and find out whether or no
they are interested in any particula
section. We will publish booklet Civ
l ing uniform information about eacl
state and give one to each visitor. TIL
names will be supplied to our members
For instance, if half dozen CONNER
g cial clubs in Montana belong to on
organization, the secretaries Of thos
clubs will receive each month tn
names of every visitor. They vii
probably be sent out weekly. The stat
immigration departments of the raj
roads will also be supplied with thes
names, thus giving them live mai
8 ing list to follow up.
} Some of the material will be secure
e from the exhibits at the coming Ian
}. show and next year we shall spend col
9 siderable time and money collectin
t a magnificent exhibit.
8 The PRESIDENT and secretary Of tn
t league plant to work very closely wit
the St. Paul Association Of Commerc
d and its Commercial club, which o.
d ganization brings convention to s
J. Paul every week. A part Of the ente,
t tainment of each convention will be
7 trip through this agricultural, indu
;. trial and commercial museum Of tn
: American northwest Thus when tn
J national association Of credit men, th
;. bankers, steam filters, grain dealer
postmasters, jewellers, passenger agent
j or laundrymen meet in st. Paul, the
d will be given trip through the nortl
/ wet states. st. Paul gets good man
conventions and the more the bette
for the work of the Northwest Deve
E opment league.
It is planned to advertise the exhib
in such a way that those going throue
St. Paul will also visit the displa
/ rooms. The city being the transft
u point for all railroads running east an
y west as we'll as north and south throug
/ the northern states, thousands Of Pc
n pie will have an opportunity to see tt
exhibit at the gateway.
n Warrants Issued.