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3/ i n' I f^s. V* i By ROBCRTUS LOVE. N these days the exposition, like the poor, we have always 'with us It is scarcely as long between ex positions in America as it is sup posed to be between drinks in North and South Carolina- If all the exposi tions were held in the same section of the country the public would become gorged and surfeited and after the first two or three would have none of them But fortunately Uncle Sam's land Is so (vast that we may plant an industrial fair here this year, there next year and to celebrate the three hundredth year of English civilization on this con tinent The Jamestown tercentennial thus came into being Some few of history's mileposts call for decorative effects, so that the public attention may be focused upon them and re flected back against the events which have contributed to progress The three hundiedth year of the settlement of the new world by persons speaking ^he English tongue deserves to have its decorative milepost That is what the Jamestown exposition means A Town That Is No More. School children no doubt know a great deal more about Jamestown than the a\eiage grownup Most grownups lead in the school books about Jamestown and John Smith and Pocahonta and PoAvhatan, but in the stress and press of maturer life they have retained only faint recollections thereof Perhaps this lack of remem bering is due in some measure to the fact that Jamestown itself is no more It has not been a local habitation merely a namefor more than 200 yeais There is no such town as Jamestown, Va There was such a town from 1607 to about 1698, but in the latter year the remnants of the town were removed to Williamsburg, a few miles away, and in the language of one who is not a classicist, "only the remains lemain There aie two reasons why the Jamestown exposition is not held at Jamestown One is indicated by the foregoing remarksthere is no James town. The other is that if the pro Hectors of this fair had planned the project on -the site of the defunct {settlement of Jamestown their enter prise would have suffered the fate of the early colonists, most of whom per ished before they finally succeeded in osfbhshmg a feeble colony, which managed to last until a fitter site was found. The Jamestown exposition is located at the ertinnce of Hampton Roads, about six nu'es from the city of Nor folk This location gnee the prise its chief charma s^lt wate C. 'junct wiich comprises the sevc sca-i AN EXPOSITION WITH A WARPATH WHAT THE JAMESTOWN FAIR MEANS AND WHY IT IS A MILEPOST IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Rich In Historical Association, the Enterprise Celebrates the Three Hundredth Year of the New World's Settlement. Why It Is Not a "Tomato an" ExpositionNone So Attractive In Outlying FeaturesGrand Naval and Military Displays. eomewhere else the year following, and town is now an island'though original- each is a new and interesting thing in its own time and territory. The Jamestown Tercentennial exposi tion, for Instance, is located in virgin territory. It is the first in its section of the United States. The traditional 500 mile radius from which an enter prise of this sort draws its chief sup Port has not been combed and curried for patronage by other expositions. This Jamestown enterprise, opening 'April 26, to run until the last day of November, does not double up on any similar spectacle held heretofore. In its own territory it is new and fresh, and outside of this limitation it has its own excuse fo*being. It is the nat ural outgrowth of historical and senti mental necessity. Being the mother of invention, neces sity needs must invent an exposition with particular reference to the mag nificent seaway mentioned and all its opportunities for marine and naval at tractions. The visitor may take a boat up the James river and see the remains of old Jamestown, chiefly an ancient brick church tower, two or three old cemeteries, the foundations of the first Virginia house of burgesses and a few other historic buildings. For the rest he will find a truck farm, with fields of peanuts flourishing and droves of Bhoats outside the fence longing to reach the peanuts. The site of the old ly it was a peninsula. The water has cut through the neck of the peninsula and isolated the venerable remains of the earliest settlement of English speaking people on the continent that stayed put long enough to take root and ultimately develop into the great est of the world's republics, Replete With Historical Interest. This trip up the Jamds, by the way, will be popular, as will various other water journeys in the neighborhood of the exposition. The Jamestown fair has a remarkable richness of historical association, and that is one of its prin cipal assets. You cannot touch a spot within a hundred miles of Norfolk without coming in contact with his toric soil. Plenty of sections have their places of local historical interest Southeast "Virginia is internationally historical Hardly fifteen miles from the Jamestown site, even then a de seited ruin, Lord Cornwalhs surrender ed to George Washington, and York town ended the war for American in dependence. During the civil war the contending armies fought over every mile of that territory. The land along the York and James rivers from the exposition site up to Richmond is strung with battlefields where were fought some of the fiercest conflicts of the war. The exposition people know a good thing when they see it lying around loose, and they have picked up this "historic association" plum and polished it for its full enticement to the visitor. A Fine Sham Battle. Not only the land, but likewise the water, is historic The battle between the Merrimac and the Monitor was fought just off the exposition grounds. Uncle Sam has made a speeial appro priation of $10,000 to reproduce that famous naval engagement. Dummy ships corresponding in aspect to the Yankee cheese box, with its revolving turret, and to the ironclad Merrimac, or Virginia, as she was called by the Confederates, are to be constructed. The sham battle promises to supply a spectacle which will put all other pyro technic displays into a dense shade. Right across the way is Fortress Mon roe, where Jefferson Davis was im prisoned after the war. Rising from the waters of the Roads is the famous Rip-Raps fort, originally named after John C. Calhoun Not far away is the Norfolk navy yard, still another "pick Up" as an attraction for the exposition Visitor. In fact, both land and water all in and around the grounds of the exposi tion simply seethe with history, and the sort of, history which^ we read THE PBJNCETON UNION: i mu r, Holding a pink rose as she sang, she about in books. There have been expo- slowly pulled the petals off one by one sitions bigger in themselves than this, after the manner of the girl who is but none so attractive in its outlying trying "he loves me, he loves me not" features. Even the dull spirit that Seldom has she sang better and the knows nothing of history and cares large audience insisted on a repetition, less must learn by absorption wheu which was granted, says the New York visiting this fair, and this is by no Times. It was practically Mme Do- me-ins the least valuable thing about It naWo's farewell at the Manhattan As to the exposition itself, the part that is embraced within a unique floral fence on the land side and the shore of Hampton Roads on the other, there Is much to admire. The very best thing about it perhaps is that it is not a "tomato can" exposition. By the tomato can exposition is meant the enormous aggregation of canned fruits and other mercantile products, famil iarly known as "exhibits," which have bordered miles and miles of aisles and lisles in previous fairs. The Jamestown affair is to be sufliciently industrial to represent properly the products of Vir ginia and a number of other states, but the industrial feature is not made par Amount. Military, naval and social, these are the terms frequently employed to ex press the paramount features of the Jamestown tercentennial. These terms embrace naturally the historical fea tures. Some time ago an enthusiastic press agent of the fair caused to be printed broadcast a statement that "war with all its enticing splendors" would be shown as never before. This drew from a group of eminent peace workers a strong letter of protest The purpose of the exposition, however, is not to glorify war, but to put on dis play, so far as the military side of it goes, the necessary trapping^ of war, both ashore and afloat. Undoubtedly the projectors of the fair have paid' more attention to these features than to any others and with excellent rea-' son. They are the sort of things which the average man and woman like ..o see. Commissioners were sent to Europe and the orient, working up interest in the naval and military participation. The result is that most of the gieat nations of the world will be fitly repre sented in these lines. A dozen of the nations have ordered sections of their navies to be present, while many will send bodies of picked troops to en camp on the grounds. Thus the visitor may witness from day to day the ma neuvers of smart vessels belonging to the navies of many nations, and he may see foreign troops In camp and on parade. Such an assembly of war vessels and fighting men never was attempted before. As the exposition progresses it will be discovered that this feature is paramount. State Hospitality a Feature. Socially the Jamestown tercentennial must appeal to most of us. Virginia hospitality is noted. Moreover, it is not a mere name. If any one of the participating states fails to profit by the spirit of Virginian hospitality which pervades the atmospheie it will be a sad thing for the future reputa tion of the offending state. Built along the shore of Hampton Roads, the gioup of houses from which state hospitality will be dispensed presents a very pret ty picture. The corn and cotton and spinach and tomatoes from the vari ous commonwealths, not to forget the big red apple and the blushful peach, are accommodated in one big struc ture, called the States Exhibit palace, thus leaving the Individual state Build ings free for entertainment purposes Many of these buildings are reproduc tions of historic structures. Georgia, for Instance, has Bulloch Hall, the home of President Roosevelt's mother Massachusetts has her famous old statehouse The visitor who cares to find outside entertainment may reach any of the noted summer resorts along the ocean shore and on the roads by a short sail or a trolley trip. Old Point Comfort-Is just "across the way, with Newport News, Virginia Beach and other watering places in easy range. One of the prettiest sections of the exposition is devoted to the arts and crafts. There is an Arts and Crafts village, a group of cozy buildings like an enticing bit of southern California set down on the eastern coast Then theie is the War Path. E'-^ry fair must have its amusement street The public cries for it At Chicago we did the Midway. At St Louis we went down the Pike At Portland we hit the Trail At Jamestown we will go on the War Path. The War Path. This very fitting name was bestowed by a man who himself had gone on the warpath in two wars with high credit to himself and his cause. General Fitz Hugh Lee, who was the first president of the exposition, named the War Path General Lee worked enthusiastically for the success of the Jamestown ter centennial, dying in harness. Then the Hon. H. St George Tucker, former congressman, another noted Virginian, was chosen president and took up the work which the old soldier laid down. The United States government, as at former expositions, is a hearty par ticipant at Jamestown. In addition to its general displays, the government has contributed to the success of the enterprise by constructing a great pier, or, rather, two great piers joined at the outer end, far out into the waters of Hampton Roads. The portion of saltywater embraced within the piers corresponds to the lagoon of other fairs, but it is obviously more interest ing. It will afford opportunity for all kinds of minor aquatic contests, while beyond the piers the great ships will maneuver, and there will be yacht races, motor boat competitions and no end of thrills Pretty Bit of Stage Business. Mme. Donaldo introduced a novel bit of stage business into her singing of "The Last Rose of Summer" in "Mar tha" the other evening at the Man hattan Opera House in New York, 3 *%%$#&&$? TBT0KSDAY, APRIL 25, 1907. State News. Duluth has received the promise that a $2,000,000 dry dock will be in stalled in its hai bor. A clever swindler, whose specialty was selling timber lands, bunkoed twin city business men out of $2,000 last week and made a safe getaway. Dr.JWiley, chief chemist of the de partment of agriculture, is shortly ex pected in St. Paul where h,e proposes to establish a branch of the pure-food inspection service in the old capitol buiding. The body of Theodore Matchel, who committed suicide at Monticello last November by drowning himself in the Mississippi river, has been discovered in the water near Anoka. The corpse was located and identified by a river driver. William H. Eustis has closed the deal for the transfer of block 40, Min neapolis, to the United States govern ment for the new postoffice site and has received a warrant of $400,000. His abstracts of title were pronounced perfect by officials of the department of justice in Washington. Dr. D. M. McDonald, field veteri narian of the state livestock board, killed seven horses infected with glan ders on the farm of Ole Hoffton at Belgrade. In Clearwater county he killed 80 horses affected with the dis ease. He believes that the disease, which has been epidemic, has been fairly stamped out. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Minnesota Beekeepers' associa tion was held in the old capitol, St. Paul, on Saturday afternoon and evening. An effort will be made to require all honey to be labeled in the future, and the association will try to prosecute any manufacturer who places on the market syrups bearing the label, "Honey." An order has been issued from the state bank examiner's department for bidding any state bank from owning stock in any other banks or any cor porations. This practice has been generally indulged in, and is not con sidered a wise one, and, furthermore, is not permissible under the revised laws of 1905. It is thought that this ruling will seem a little arbitrary and excite considerable comment, but the department feels that the law must be enforced. The department, however, will not take an arbitrary course and insist upon an immediate disposal of stock unless the same can be done without embarrassing the holders. John Saenger of Torah has been fined $50 and costs for alleged malici ous mischief. The testimony of the complainant in the case, John Willin bring, was to the effect that Saenger had a grudge against him. He alleges that the prisoner in order to revenge himself for a fancied grievance had been in the habit of coming into his back yard in the night when his wife would have a nice, clean washing on the line, remove the linen from the line and soak it in some sort of an acid preparation. He then would re turn the clothes to the line, and next day when an attempt was made to iron them the house would be filled with a nauseating odor, caused by the acid coming in contact with the hot iron. Willinbring claimed that the clothing which had been "doped" was rendered unfit for use. The Wireless. The first cable across the Atlantic was laid in 1858 and now less than fifty years laterDr. Alexander Gra ham Bell predicts that the wonder of its age will be rendered obsolete by wireless telegraphy. Do you know that golden grain belt beer is the best tonic for your stomach nerves? It gives them strength to digest and as similate the food you eat. Take a glass before each meal and you will not have to deprive yourself of the things you like to eat. Order a case of your nearest dealer or be supplied by Henry Veidt, Princeton. L. JR. Cowles, Portland, Ore., was troubled with constipation since child hood and had to use medicine continu ally to move his bowels. He was in very bad shape. Here is what he says after using one bottle of Dr. Adler's Treatment: I think your medicine is a wonder. I never felt nor looked so well as I do now. Although I am a telegraph operator and work nights, I have gained 10 pounds in the last month." Large dollar bottles at the Home Drug Store. ^imutiiiiiiiiiiiaatiiiiitiiuaiiiiuiiuitiuiuiuiiiiiuuiuiiiiuiuitiitiiiuiiiuiujiiittiiuiiitiiuii **^*^*^*4*****^*4^ msm Solid Satisfaction I IN BIG CHUNKS awaits the carpenter and builder who gets his 3 lumber from the Princeton Lumber Company. 3 You see it's well seasoned, the best to be had for 3 the price, and therefore "works up" well. The 3 owner and tenant of a house built of material 3 procured here knows that warping and shrinking 3 will not annoy him as the .days go by. 3 GEO. A. COATES, Manager. I First National Bank of Princeton, Minnesota. Paid up Capital, $30,000 A General Banking Busi ness Transacted. Loans Made on Security. Approved We Make 1 A Specialty Farm Loansof M. S. RUTHERFORD CO. Oaa Fellows Building, Princeton, Minn. Bergman ZZStftt^'TSErSA?" Portland Cement Sidewalks, Crossings, Cellar Floors, Steps, Borders, Checkered Tile in Colors, 2 feet square. an 8 UuPre ri oo ,g othe*J nIsl \oa other fancy floord in any color desired. piease or writ BERGMAN BROS. Tri-state Phone u3 Princeton, Minn. fv, Interest Paid on Time De posits. Fdreign and Domestic Ex change S. S. PETTERSON, President. T. H. CALEY, Vice Pres. J. F. PETTERSON, Cashier. Security State Bank of Princeton, Minnesota. Capital and Surplus, $33,000. Buys and Sells Foreign Exchange. Steamship Tickets to and from Europe. Insurance and Real Estate Loans. Transacts a General Banking Business. JOHN W. GOULDING, President. G. A. EATON, Cashier. j+******^v*/vv%*^^^ BANE OF PRINCETON. J. J. SKAHEN, Cashier and Manager. D m. General j* M. S. RtTTHERPORD Banking Business Collecting and Farm and Insurance. Village Loans. E. L. 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