Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-02-21
THE PERMANENT LAND
PRODUCTS EXPOSITION
OPENS IN ST. PAUL

With a comprehensive display Of
the grains, grasses, fruits, minerals
and forest products of the States of
Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washing.
ton, Minnesota, North and South
Dakota. the permanent land products
exposition of the Northwest Develop
ment league has opened it's doors to
the world in st. Paul. gateway to the
great and productive American
Northwest,
This exposition of the soil brings
together faithful representation of
what the states of the Northwest
have produced and can produce.
The samples of grains and grasses
have been gathered by commercial
organizations and the railroads.
Many of the fine samples of grain
brought to Minneapolis and Chicago
land shows.
No better evidence of the product
i've qualities of the soil could be had
than the five and six foot samples Of
wheat and oats in the sheaf. Shelled
grains are also shown and the DISPLAY
of grasses is the best ever assembled
for exhibit purposes, every known
variety in the Northwest being at
tractively arranged. While the de-
coration OF the exhibit room are
simple, the display has been so ar
ranged rs to give the most effective
appearance.
More than ! 800 square feet of wall
and floor space have been utilized
for the permanent exhibit. The win
dOws have been used for Transparent
cies showing beautiful and highly
colored agricultural scenes IN the
seven states. Montana 5 new nation
al playground, Glacier National
Park, is also well featured, several
magnificent paintings having been
prepared especially for the exhibit.
To produce the most harmonious
color scheme the side walls and cell
ing have been tinted and the lighting
effect arranged to bring out the true
colors Of the grain. The base Of the
room is dark green with the walls
4 pale green. The border is done in
light green and the ceiling a cream
color. The shading is such as to pro-
duce restful effect and makes sight
seeing in the large exhibit room
possible without the usual glaring
lights to produce eye strain. Through
the center Of the room are two large
pillars and the ceiling is divided in
to two squares. Between each square
are festoons resembling lace work
and made from barley heads and
straw. The spares each contain
star, six feet across with five points
made from oats in the straw. The
center Of the star is made Of red ton
heads and the shade Of the cluster
lights trimmed in canary grass. The
border Of the room is made of dark
heads of red top grass and the lights
are each curtained off with loops of
braided oat heads. The scheme for
decoration was designed by J. +.
Nash, whose Turkey Red wheat won
the s., 200 wheat prize at the recent
Minneapolis exposition of the Mort
west Development league.
The side walls have been given en-
tirely over to grains and grasses.
Several farm scenes, produced from
clever combination of different
colored seeds, are used as a center
piece for each state exhibit. Under
each state grain exhibit is sheaf con-
tanning the shelled grains in jars
mineral exhibits and in the center of
the room are a series of tables with
attractive displays Of processed
fruits, forestry products and other
exhibits from IA e Northwestern
states. Space has been provided for
state and community literature,
which will be given to all visitors i'll
terested in home in the ''Zone Of
Plenty
Every effort will be made by the
officers of the development league.
commercial bodies O the Twin
Cities and the railroads to attract at.
tention to the exhibit rooms. Direct
ions as to the location of the exhibit
rooms will be given prominent
place IN the railroad ticket offices and
asystematic campaign conducted in
the agricultural papers to give the
exhibit room proper exploitation
throughout the country. Thousands
of people reach st. Paul and Mime
apolis each year bound for the states
of the American Northwest and the
display will serve to give them an
idea of the agricultural greatness of
the territory which the Northwest