The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-16
ELY LEADS STATE
EXHIBITION.
EXHIBITS BEING PREPARED
FOR NATIONAL OUTDOOR
LIFE EXPOSITION.

The Commercial Club of Ely will
again lead the Minnesota constitu-
encies in presenting the states rec
reatlonal attractions to the multi
tude of city jewellers who visit the
Fourth National Outdoor Life Ex-
position to be held in the Coliseum,
Chicago, May 10 to 16 1926. The
Minnesota Arrowhead Association
and the Tower Commercial Club
will also return to the Exposition
with their annual exhibits, while
Park Rapids and the Friendly Val
ley Association will make their first
exhibits.
Minnesota's exhibits will consti-
tute vivid demonstration Of North
eastern Minnesota's appeal to the
Nacationist. Specimens of live game
and fur bearing animals, with
mounted speciments and transpar-
encies showing the attractions of
the Superior National Forest, will be
displayed in north woods setting
of evergreen boughs and trees. The
fact that Northeastern Minnesota
has the greatest summer Fairgrounds
on the Continent will be strikingly
emphasized by the states various
displays, which rank close to the
comprehensive plans being laid by
exhibitors from Wisconsin.
While Wisconsin has been the
domin ;ant leader in taking advant-
age of the facilities the Outdoor
Life Exposition provides for bring
ing scenic and recreational attrac-
tons of resort communities to the
city dweller, Minnesota communities
have been backward in utilizing
this effective form of advertising
and publicity in the heart of the
country's greatest vacation market.
Wisconsin this year again will
take dominant place in the eyes of
the pleasure seeking public of
Chicago, which uses the Outdoor
Life Exposition as it's annual vaca-
ton mart. Thirty-tWo communities,
twenty-eight resort and lake front
age men, six counties, and four sec
tiona associations will have exhibits
in the Exposition, occupying COM
bined area of more than an acre Of
floor space. Carloads Of trees, logs,
game and fish exhibits arranged b.
trappers and guides, will make that
section of the Coliseum veritable
forest.
Sports will aso form a large part
of the Exposition's attractions.
Through the North Woods Sports
Association, organized last Febru-
airy, the sports of the log driver and
lumber jack will be brought to the
Coliseum to re-create in the public
mind the romantic and picturesque
days when timber was king in the
north woods.
One of the Associations objects
in arranging log rolling, wood chop
ping, and log saving contests is to
judge the appeal these sports have
for city jewellers in order to deter
mine the character of sport pro-
grams for the various North Woods
sport carnivals to be held during
the coming summer.
The recreation industry is under
going rapid development and expan-
sion. Land values are on the in
crease, real estate is active, and
there is great deal of summer
home and resort building activity.
This condition has been several
years in the making, and is not con-
sidered a temporary boom.
Expectations that Minnesota in
the future will make a stronger bid
for recreation business by COM
handing increased attention from
yacationists is based on meetings
held during the winter and early
spring in Alexandria, Taylor Falls,
and many other Minnesota COM
munities for the purpose of discus
sing the possibility of making a
stronger bid for vacation business
against competition.