The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-07-28
LAND SHOW 70 OPEN DEC. z

It Will Continue Twelve Days and
Will Be Housed in the St. ,
Paul Auditorium. .
From December II to December
%, inclusive, the Northwestern
Land Products Show will be held
in the St. Paul Auditorium under
the auspices of the Northwestern
Development league.
These dates were announced to-
day after advices had been receiv-
ed from the various Western
states and the dates of other
shows and expositions had been
considered. The dates selected
give those who will exhibit in Chi
cago an opportunity to bring their
exhibits here. The Chicago show
closes December 9.
The entire enterprise has but
one object in view, according to
officials Of the league, to aid in
the development of Washington,
Oregon, Montana, Idaho, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Minneso-
ia and Alaska.
1t is more than simply a land
show, hence the incorporated
name will be the Northwestern
Land Products Exhibit, and it
may include not only those things
grown but things taken from the
soil. The show will be more than
a mere instrument for the use of
the land men in selling land. 1t
will show graphically what can be
produced on lands in the territory
west of the Twin City, what it
costs to produce the crops and the
profits.
St. Paul and Minneapolis bust
ness interests have pledged their
cooperation on the theory that
every man and every dollar put
to work in the states interested
will be direct benefit to the local
markets.
The Northwestern Development
league is defined by Secretary
Will A. Campbell as IAN educa.
ton movement" and he says, aft.
er all, booster is an educator
seeking to make people acquaint-
ed with the facts, and only the
facts, about a certain section, state
or city,"
''Launched on these lines,' Mr.
Campbell said, "the land show to
be given in St. Paul is to be void
of selfish interests. It is not to
make any money, and the North.
western Development league has
nothing to sell, it's only object be.
ing to attract people who are NOV.
ing West to the advantages OF
making their homes in one of the
states represented in the league
1t matters not to this organization
whether a man with his family
and capital settle in Minnesota, ga
on to the Dakotas or choose a
home on the far Pacific coast
just so they stay in Twin City ter
ritory.'
1t has been decided that H. H
Bigelow and Eli Warner of St.
Paul, with P. l.. Howe of Minneap.
oils, will constitute the finance
committee and that Will A. Camp.
bell, secretary Of the league, will
be general manager of the show
tie has been instructed to secure
the necessary experts, and work
is under way for the show.
Some interesting exhibits are al
ready in sight, including a unique
exhibit from Alaska, which will be
shown in the way of an Alaskan
village. There are to be enter.
tainment features which will make
the show an attractive, mid-win.
ter amusement for the half mil.
lion people Of the Twin City-St
Paul Dispatch.
DIED IN STATES PRISON,
Charles Melodrowski, one of the
Duluth boy bandits who drew a
life sentence for the murder of
Officer Chesmore in January last
died of tuberculosis in the peniten-
tiary on Wednesday night.
Much interest attached to the
case owing to the fact that Melod-
rowski's partner in crime was Al
got johnson, a Virginia bow, and