New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
RIVALS THE YELLOWSTONE
Paintings Take Visitors to New
National Park in Montana.
GREAT SHOW OF PRODUCE
Exhibit of Great Northern In.
cludes Many Trophies
Will Close To- night.

The addition of new chapter 10 the
travels OF the thousands Of fasteners who
have visited the Land show this week.
and whose boast its has been that they
knew their own country thoroughly. was
the result Of one of the exhibits at the
Madison Square Garden. Uncle Sam has
to thank the Great Northern Railway
Company for introducing New York TO the
Glacier National Park.
A whole gallery OF paintings descriptive
OF nearly every section OF this newest and
second largest national park has been
brought East by the railroad people and
placed IN their exhibit at the show. The
park which is in northern Montana, COM
prises an area Of more than 400 square
miles. II was created by act Of Congress
little less than two years ago.
In rivalry with the Yellowstone the new
park substitutes the main range of the
Rocky Mountains for hot springs and
geysers, and the grandeur OF these noun
tslns formed the chief theme Of the art
lists whose canvases fill the Great North
ern's gallery. Charles Russell has sent on
two new paintings illustrating cowboy life
for the exhibit.
This picture gallery, lined as It Is with
curiosities from the park region. including
two heads OF the almost extinct big horn"
is scarcely less interesting than its sd-
joining booth. In this inclosure are what
the managers Of the exhibit say are sam
pies of every variety Of vegetable, fruit
and grain grown along their route from
st. Louis to the Pacific coast, q distance
Of 200 miles. Most of these samples are
prize winners. Along the north wall Of the
booth, above the glass cases OF fruit and
pyramids of vegetables, is a space four
teen feet high and fifty-hve feet long. COM
pletely covered with sheaves of prize-win-
ning grain, with their prize ribbons At
tsched-nearly sixty in all.
From ribbons the management of the big
booth have carried their prize mania into
terms of silver. A table in the centre of
this booth is loaded with CUPS and trophies
won by Montana exhibits at expositions in
the West These cups range from small
prizes to magnificent silver trophies four
feet in height. Along with this already big
collection the Great Northern people will
be able to take back West first prizes for
wheat. barley. alfalfa. oats and apples. The
new prizes at the show this week arc 81 90
silver cups.
The Great Northern exhibit covers
space of 2,SOo square feet in the garden
and every inch is taken up with exhibits
Nearly every valley, upland, plain and
mountain in the whole Mississippi to the
coast" extent Of the Great Northern line
has contributed something 10 increase the
attractiveness of the show. James j. Hill
chairman Of the Great Northern. gave the
81 900 silver cup. for which every wheat
grower in the country competed. II was
won by a man living in Great Northern
territory and will go back West with the
railroads collection Of prizes.
The management of the Land Show has
been troubled for the last two days by de-
mands for tickets 10 the exposition next
week. the report having been circulated
that the show would continue until week
from to-day. The show will close tonight
positively at IL o'clock. to make way for
the horse show, which will begin Monday.