The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-27
ARROWHEAD WILL
HAVE FINE SHOW.
MINNESOTA NORTH COUNTRY
WILL AGAIN LEAD IN THE DIS
PLAYS AT THE CHICAGO OUT
DOOR SHOW.

Minnesota's famous Arrowhead
country will take the lead again at the
sixth annual Outdoor Life exposition
and motor boat show at the Coliseum
in Chicago May Z to r.
. Occupying four whole booths. the
Arrowhead exhibit, which will include
one of the most novel displays ever
shown in America, promises to surpass
anything of its kind ever before at
tempted
Complete plans for the exhibit,
which has been in preparation for
some time, were announced today by
Fred D. Vibert, executive director of
the Minnesota Arrowhead Association
who will be in charge of the display
during the exposition. He will be as
sisted by representatives from Ely,
Tower, Grand Rapids and other
towns, who are planning to send dele-
cations to Chicago.
Twenty feet of the back wall will be
covered with huge panel of nu-wood,
the product out of vast made by the
Wood Conversion Company of Clio
quet. On this will be painted a map
of the entire Arrowhead country,
showing all the lakes, towns and
roads. Thirty Transparent scenes of
the Arrowhead will be placed in the
panel, with spaces cut out where the
pictures belong. In this way EXPOSE
ton visitors will see at glance the
major attractions of the Arrowhead
each transparent picture having be-
hind it a permanently burning cleo
trio light.
A picture of the Duluth lighthouse
at the entrance to the canal will have
a flashing electric light to give the
scene natural summer atmosphere
Other pictures to be placed in the
panel, now being prepared by Kurt
Florman, Duluth artist and photo
grapher, include one of the Split Rock
lighthouse out on Lake Superior, a
passenger boat approaching the Du-
luth harbor, three freightors on the
lake, Star Island at CasS Lake, scene
on Eastwood Lake and scenes on the
Minnesota National and Superior Ma
tional forests, an Indian tepee at Nett
Lake, the Rainy Lake sawmill at Vir-
ginia, open pit mine at Hibbing, re-
sort scenes at Deer River and Grand
Rapids, Curtain Falls at the Cana
dian boundary, King Williams Mar
rows, moose in lakes at the Eastern
end of the Arrowhead country and
several fishing and hunting scenes.
On both sides of the panel will be
moose and deer head and evergreen
trees, giving the entire scene an at
tractive outdoor setting. The trees
will be planted in large pals, carrying
out the conservation idea, and follow
ing the exposition will be given to the
Chicago park department for trans
planting in some of the city's parks.
Live animals from the Arrowhead
will be placed across the aisle in the
center of the Coliseum hall, including
two cub bears, four beaver and twelve
muSkratS.
More than 100000 pieces of litera-
ture, including pamphlets, maps and
guide books about the Arrowhead
country, will be distributed at the
booth during the exposition, Mr.. W.
bert said. These include the hotel and
resort booklets, tour books and maps
prepared by the Arrowhead associa-
ton and circulars from Chambers of
Commerce, towns and resorts in the
Arrowhead.
Arrowhead movies taken last fall by
Messrs. Florman and SuesSenguth on
a canoe trip of the Arrowhead coun-
try, will be shown at Chicago theaters
and at the booth during exposition
week
In addition to the Arrowhead booth,
the Ten Thousand Lakes Association
of Minnesota will have display, as
will the Port Arthur and Fort William
publicity bureaus and the Naniboujou
Club. This will give the Arrowhead,
Minnesota and north shore of Lake
Superior approximately seventy feet
of display space along the main aisle
of the exposition. No other state will
have such large display in the MAN.
moth hall
Several hundred thousand persons
are expected to visit the exposition,
many of whom will again be attracted