The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1922-05-12

pictures stand out, showing in cut
line the wilderness of the north.
The windows of the exhibition car
are of sanded glass, with the i'm
print of enlarged north woods i'm
bedded. At night these transpar-
ent pictures are as beautiful from
outside of the car as from the in
side.
1.-The visitor on entering the car
is entertained to a view of the
forth woods crops. Red clover,
| imothy, alfalfa, wild grass, wheat,
cats, potatoes, mammoth cucumbers,
string beans, peas, rye. barley, al
sike clover and strawberries are
displayed as grown in the north
region.
s'On' passing farther through the
car the visitor comes upon an orig
inal camp scene, with lean-to, fire
place, reflector oven, camp kit and
pack, miniature canoes, utensils,
supplies for a camping party OF
two. All are arranged in the car
as they would be in the north
woods.
4 Miniature Woods.
"Another interesting feature is a
view of the north woods in minia-
ture, showing hunting lodges, log
cabins, houses, lean-tos and wig
vans repose amid towering pines.
A lake glistens in the center. The
trees are imbedded in moss and re-
tain their green color. In here
are two heads, deer and an ant
Tered moose of an 1900 pound
male moose.
'.The educational feature of the
train is introduced in the last COM
partment with the stuffed game
: In here are stuffed caribou, black
ub bear, brush wolf, canary, mead
ow snipe, porcupine, lynx, cedar
wax bird, blue jay, two weeks old
! fawn, wild cat, timber wolf, fisher
valued at between 500 and 5000
, beaver, weasel, red squirrel, wal
eyed pike, flicker, sparrow hawk
white owl, black bass, mackinat
trout, rock bass, Wilson snipe
, mink, brook trout, skunk, crow
: wood perch, northern pike az lbs,
lake brown trout, snow shoe rab-
bit, wood chuck, pickerel, fox
squirrel, sun fish, muskellunge fish
muskrat, bob cat, three toe wood
pecker, sapsucker-a lie rusty
blackbird, wall eyed pike, timber
wolf, eagle, partridge, pine cross
beak, purple martin, great horned
owl, loon, Acadian owl, grieves,
sawbill duck, blue wing teal, buff
fer bill duck, spoon bill duck, blue
bill duck, hooded merganser duck,
bald pate duck, mallard, green
winged teal, hell diver, wild goose.
pin tail grouse, shypoke, ruffed
grouse, blackbird, pelican, chicken
hawk, red poll and Virginia rail.
Officials Here.
'tThe officials with the car are
H. Johnson, general passenger agent
for the Duluth and Iron Range
railroad at Duluth; James Moonan
agent for the railroad at Ely and
president of the Commercial club;
G. C. Carlson, agent at Tower,
Minnesota; and president of the
: Comercial club; William H. Crock
er, commercial agent and secretary
of the Commercial club at Biwabik
Mimi; H. N. Wheeer, public rela.
tons director Superior National for.
; est; R. S. Forgy, publicity director
for the Duluth & Iron Range rail.
road and j. C. Bennett, electrical
engineer who operates. the train
electrical plant.
Instead of depending on cleo
tricity from the various towns
where stops are made, the train has
a power plant of its own that gen
. crates all necessary power. The
D, & l. R. officials have two cars
One is their Gear Minnesota"
where all sleeping and eating is
DONE The other is The exhibition
car.
On Five Weeks Tour.
"The exhibition is on five weeks
tour of Iowa and Minnesota, going
down the west side of these states
and returning to northern Mime
sofa by eastern routes. The train
will pull out at LAO o'clock to-
night, after the exhibition car doors
are closed at o'clock. The fol-
lowing stops will be made: Clar-
ion, Friday; Eagle Grove, Satur-
day; Fort Dodge, Sunday and Mon
day; Carroll, Tuesday; Council
Bluffs and Omaha, Wednesday and
Thursday; Kansas City, Friday, Sal
urday and Sunday; st. Joseph,
Monday; Des Moines, Tuesday and
Wednesday; Marshall-town, Thurs
day; Waterloo, Friday; Oelwein,
Saturday; Rochester, Sunday and
Monday; Red Wing, Tuesday; Min
neapolis, Wednesday. The trip will
then close.
4 Hundreds of school children,
business men and women, Boy
Scouts in body, have visited the
car"