The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-03-30
SPORTS SHOW
OPENS SAT.
Northwest Sportsman's Show
Opens Its Doors Tomorrow
at Minneapolis.

atoms from all parts OF Minnesota a
the Northwest Sportsman's Show which
will open its doors for week begin
ming March 81 at the Minneapoli
Auditorium.
As announced last week, the openin,
day of the big show has been advanced
from April 1 to March 81. The SHOW
is expected to draw more than 1O0,OOI
spectators, all of whom will be shown
the many hundreds of advantages O
Minnesotais vacation country through
the special exhibits that have beer
arranged.
Ray Hoefler, representing the Ely
Commercial Club; Wally Hanson, repre-.
senting the Border Lakes Outfittins
Co., and Bob Watts, representing the
wilderness Outfitters, have been chosen
to represent the Ely section at the
show. G. C. Carlson is to go from
Tower. A. C. Anderson, proprietor OF
Birch Point Inn, win also attend in the
interests of Lake Ve-milion
c. G. Vanderpoel, secretary of the
Virginia Chamber of Commerce, will
be at the show and he with the others
mentioned will be in attendance at the
booths and push the attractions of the
Ely and Tower districts for summer
vacations with the thousands of visitors
expected to attend.
Three ten-foot booths will be occupied
by the st. Louis County Club and
Arrowhead Association with spaces fol
Tower, Ely and Virginia where trans
parencies and pictures, exhibits OF
mounted fish, birds and fur-bearing
animals viii be shown. Moving pic
lures of the northern st. Louis County
and Lake County reached through Ely
will be thrown on screen by the Ely
Commercial Club protector. Much
literature will be distributed by the or
CARNATIONS concerned.
All of these will be Just a part Oh
this huge show. The big auditorium
looks like forest, with 500 tree.
planted by the State Tourist bureau Il
show a specimen of every tree in this
state. Rifle ranges have been installed
for the shooting events. The huge SIX.
slide, standing 80 feet high, the only
indoor ski slide ever built in North
America, has assumed shape Anders
Haugen and Lars Haugen, brothers
both famed for winning several world
championship events, have made thei,
test jumps.
Along one entire side of the audi
torium special glass tanks for an ex-
hibit Of fish in the state have been in
stalled. Along another wall big cages
for the animals are put up. These will
house moose, deer, bear, wolf, foxes
and dozens of other wild animal speci-
mems. These two big exhibits have been
arranged by DR.. Thaddeus Surber of the
State department of conservation.
A style show, with living models
displaying all phases of sports clothing
from bathing suits to the latest cos
TUNES for skiing and other winter sports
viii be big feature of the show fo1
the women visitors.
Another feature of the show will be
the first annual Northwest Sportsmen's
trapshoot, being arranged by Harry
Maginnis, president of the Minnesota
State Trapshooters Association. This
event is expected to draw at least zoe
trapshooters for the biggest shoot ever
conducted in the Northwest. 1t will be
run of Sunday, April 8, at the Twin
City Shooting Club grounds, Fl. Smell
ling. Dan McInnis, president of the
Minnesota Skeet Club, also is arranging
a big Skeet Shoot, to be run off March
81, at his skeet shooting club, Goth
street and Central Avenue, N. E. Other
shooting events are to be run of by
John Harker of the Superior Gun Club
Fly and bait casters viii have several
events. A huge tank is being set up in
the auditorium for these contests
There also will be several exhibition
casting events.
The archaeological department of the
University Of Minnesota and the Min
nesota State Archaeological Society, viii
exhibit relics of the very first hunters
and conservationists in the Northwest
the prehistoric Indians. Many in
teresting things as ancient spears made
of beaten copper, arrow heads, bead
work, pottery, and other evidences Of
pre-glacial man in Minnesota.
Besides all these various events and
exhibits, there win be scores Of others
There also wiz be dancing every night
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