The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-25
SEVEN STkTESTO
HOLD BIG SHOW
Minneapolis to Have Northwest.
ern Products Exposition.
DATES NOVEMBER u TO %

To bring under one roof a complete
display of the products of seven states
and the territory of Alaska and show
on its 10000 square feet of exhibit
space the best of everything which
has been produced during the season
Of 1912 in 1,O63,000 square miles of ter
ritory, is the big task which the gov
errors of these seven states and an
organization of Western business men
have attempted.
The idea is to collect the best sam
Piles from seven state and some sixty
or seventy county fairs and, bringing
them together, hold great fair of the
AMERICAN Northwest. The govern
ors named commissions early in the
year and these men, representing al
most every county in the seven states
have been busy all summer collecting
the prize winning grains, grasses.
fruits, vegetables and plants, as well
as securing displays Of the products OF
the lakes, rivers, forests and mines.
Show Opens In November.
1t is this display, which will be
placed in a new exposition building in
Minneapolis after the seasons bumper
crop has been harvested. The bust
ness men Of Minneapolis have erected
this building at cost Of $4,000 and
invited the governors of the seven
states to make 1t the home of thei,
Northwestern Products Exposition. 1t
will be installed the first week of No
vember and open to the public from
Nov. u to %,
The great transportation companies
Interested in the development of the
AMERICAN Northwest are assisting
IN the work of collecting and installing
this exposition and have just an,
nennced that special railroad rates
will be granted.
Each state will have q special day
ut the Northwestern Products EXPOSE
ton and on these days the governors
Of the states and some prominent men
will speak In the lecture halls of the
exposition about their states, They
will have thousands OF feet of new
motion picture films and stereopticon
views by the hundred to illustrate
their addresses.
But the exhibits themselves will
constitute the best guide to the Amer,
lean Northwest which has ever been
crested. The exposition will be min
iature worlds fair-it will be to the
seven states yhat the worlds fairs
Asye been to the American continent.
Communities Join With States.
While the state exhibits will be al
mest uniform, In that they will all &C.
cupy about the same aHognt Of space
end have booths Of a general size, vari-
Gus communities of these states have
secured space in the exposition for in
diyiduai exhibits, Besides the states
there will be some seventy special
booths and exhibits experimenting the
state exhibits.
A visit to the exposition is ~.
pscted to give one almost as much
knowledge as an extended trip through
the seven states. Tbs whole idea Is
10 give the visitors informatiep about
the AMERICAN Northwest; to create
. knowledge Of the possibilities, OBJ
cortunities and destinations to be
fourd in this great territory where
now oniS 1900 900 psovls Hvs or Sy5,-
ooO, 900 acres OF land.
Because this exposition IL given by
ne states themselves, and II not In
any way a private enterprise, the In
formation 1t Is expected to give will
be authentic. The men connected with
the exhibits have been appointed by
the governors and represent the high
est class Of citizenship in the North
west. It will be a show OF the whole
osople Of the area represented. jast -
. state fair is show by the people OF
enc state,
Minnespss Most Important.
The state OF MaHpesota will have
the largest exhibit iR the exposition
and the Minnesota display VIII be
more complete than the exhibits Of the
Gopher state at any state fair because
the Northwestern Products Exposition
u held late enough to enable those in
charge Of securing the display to show
grains and fruits not ripe when the
state fair is held. The Minnesota ex-
hibit at this exposition will give a
sane. orderly and representative show
Ing Of what the state is gfsfsg to the
world.
Tells Where to Get Homes.
What is true OF the Minnesota ex-
hibit viii be true Of the others. They
will tell visitors what the lands OF the
Northwest viii do and the men In
charge will iaform people or give theE
literature showing bow and where to
secure . home in the American North
vest
Many amusement features will be
in keeping with the cAsE.
lcter OF the exposition. The Mime
sofa First Regiment Band-the crack
band Of the state, will give four daily
and there will be other dig
sifed amusemenfs and features. Is
win be everything - show and moth
ing to sell