Mower County transcript. [volume], October 30, 1901, Image 1

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Contains All the Official News of Mower County.
Vol. XXX "g^tcHistoricalSocielvZ
Sightseeing at the Exposition Which
Reveals the Marvels of the
New Century.
The Pan-America a exposition at
Buffalo will finally close its doors next
Saturday night and its extensive ex
hibits will be scattered to their or
iginal homes. Financially, it has
been a failure, as there will be a de
ficiency of. about $4,000,000, which
must be borne by local Buffalo par
ties. It costs money to run a success
ful exposition and I have always
thought that the public are the gain-
ers. Such enterprises are educational
in the highest degree. Those who
failed to take in the Pan-American
will have to wait for the St. Lcuis
exposition two years later.
There were numerous other things
which I saw in which I was greatly
interested but I cannot spe*K of tglm
all. I spent some time in the mrlel
dairy building studying the latest de
vices for comfortable quarters for
cows and convenient appliances for
feeding. I told one of the attend
ants that Holmes & Rugg near Aus
tin had just as up-to-date and con
venient appointments and indeed just
as fine Jerseys. In connection with
the model dairy, there have been
kept choice individual cows of the
dairy breeds, Holsteins, Jerseys, Ayr-
^sytf
Women's Room in the Minnesota
shires, Quernseys and the others
Experienced men,have charg* rf their
feeding and regular tests' esitndlng
through the summer! have beeii made
to see which breed shows the best re
sults for dairy purposes. The results
will be noted with interest.
I enjoped the grand concerts given
in the Temple of uslc by the famous^
Innes band. The Temple Was packed,
at every concert, and on New York
day when I was there, there was ad*
incipient riot to get in as th*.$O0&
people outside could not find even
standing room. It was a relief, after
trudging steadily for hours through,
the great iulld^fl»| ^tjlndfrest
%hite'*n&riiittn W[mfctowtot
music. There is a report that Innes
and his band will tour the northwest
this winter. If so, they wilt make
Austin,' of course, as it is one -of the
best south of the Twin cities.
There was fun in the baby incu
bator exhibit In watching old bache
lors and others guess whether the
tiny infiants were really alive and
human or only wax. These incu
bators or better called brooders,
Were
glass enclosed compartments about,a
yard sauare in which the wee Infants
were kept warm by artificial heat.
The arrangements for temperature
and ventilation were complete, so
that the little folks lay and slept on
the huge pillows as contentedly seem
ingly as in a mother's lap. Some of
THE BREAD AND BUTTER STATE.
Reception Room In the Minnesota Building at the Pan:American Exposition.
these weighed only three or four
pounds. I had no doubt of their be
ing strictly alive as I watched one of
then draw up his face and tighten his
fists ami begin tdvfci^iu appeal Tor1 iri^
food. There were over a dozen of
these Infants thus cared for by atten
tive nurses and they reported favor
able progress with all. They feed
them by rule, just as Prof. Shaw feeds
calves at the state agricultural school,
so many ounces for each one.
Another department of the exposi
tion which I studied was the ord
nance exhibit, showing the progress
made in guns and ammunition up to
the present time. There was every
thing in modern arms including a
model of a government standard
camp £and field equipage. Outdoors
THE BREAD AND BUTTER STATE.
Building
was a 13-inch mortar, a 12»ttich gun
with disappearing carriage, and the
16-inch «ea coast defce*^tirifle,
Of the ndtti6r6'u& other things seen
I will mention ooTy ope more. There
was fine Opportunity at the exposi
tion mfdw&yjto study practical eth
nology in the villagep of tlia various:
^peoplev gathered ytjtere.,In the !Eskl
mo village, for exampieV there were
families from the far nojth
Stfgft&S
AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY. MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1901.
etc. They wore their native
of sealskin and their games and
toms were unique. One g:
stated of wblppiog out penni
central block with whips that
lashes 12 to 15 feet long. They
expert in whipping the pennies
themselves with a few twists of
arm. In the African village.we saw
the depths of savagery, with scant:
attire, equipped with their: ancient
weapons and surrounded by their
primitive household effects. In the
Japanese village we saw the architec
ture of the Orient with the buildings
put together in faultless style and
constructed without the use of nails,
screws or bolts. There was a com
plete residence furnished throughout
in Oriental style so I^know now about
how consul Jim €afidson is sur
rounded in his home At Formosa. The
streets of Mexico had a more familiar
look but peopled as they were with
characteristic dress they did not fail
to interest. The streets of Cairo re
minded me forcibly of the time bank
er C. F. Greening and myself rode
the camel down at the Columbian at
Chicago. One special feature of this
Buffalo exposition was the large Phil
ippine exhibit. Iu their village were
100 natives ranging from old folks to
babies and their market 6quare,
native dwellings, bamboo fences and
nipa-covered "buildings might make
you think you were in Manilla. I will
not weary with further detail. I en
joyed the days at the exposition and I
atthe Pan-American Exposition.
the
most powerful piece Of ordnance ever
constructed Willi a maximum range
of 20} miles This {exhibit of ord
nance is ttie lalrtfgBt jeyer. made aoy
where.
weapons,!
put in my time faithfully in sightsee*
ingk Some who have been there hafe
already pp^ken personally of these
rambling notes reminding them otso
many things they themselves saw and
would like to remember better. Of
the city of Buffalo itself and of Niag
ara with its famous surroundinge
may wrlte later^ There is simply
room this week to give below the rest
of the interesting article- from the
Buffalo Courier on "The Bread atid
Butter Stater.'" C. D.
Fromthe'Baffalo Cdnrlar^
few years ago the contentionnas
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LICENSED UNDERTAKERS
AND EMBALMERS.
There is no Way
Bed Room Suits.
Hard wood, 3 piece suit, good Mahogany fin
ish, beveled French or G?»r
man Plate Mirror....
Elm, 3 piece suit, golden finish, large
beveled French Plate Mir- £v/v
rlr,- cheap at $20, our price.. IU»y 5
Golden Oak finish, 3 piece suit, handsome
ly carved, French beveled
Plate J|ir«15.-
attractive and interesting. To begin
with it is made in a thoroughly orig
inal way, being shown in a model in
one of
the corn cribs rhat are now so
common throughout the state and
the samples compare avorably with
corn produced anywh in the whole
world.
Last year there wa raised in the
state the enormous si of 46,434,000
bushels of corn, settlin the conten
tion that the cereal would not grow
in the state once and. for all, and the
indications today point to the fact
that this year will make Minnesota
the third if not the second state in
the union in the production of corn.
Drouths and bad weather are yearly
making more uncertain the yield of
corn In all
states
that so many years
have been the center of corn produc
tion and this year these reports indi
cate that the
crop
in.
the more south­
erly states will be much less than of
yore, while Minnesota will, in about
two weeks, begin the harvest of a
fine crop.
There is one advantage which Min
nesota! has over its contemporaries,
and that is a peculiarly constituted,
soil. While its season* are somewbat
shorter than thoa» of many of the,
other states, vegetable growth is cor
respondlngl? much more rapid, Corn 1
develops in from eighty to tit nety days
id Nlesewti!} wMBL-ft.
months to ibatorein other states.
This quick growth is also apparent
in the culture of every plant, audits
results speak from almost every crop:
and product of theusoil in the i^ate.:
It needs no expert to know: that:
quick, unretarded growth develops,
better and more productive yields,:
and so it comes that" Minnesota is
especially favored in her soil ,'/
Today it is impossible to mention
wheat without connecting: with the
"Bread and Butter" State, for the
most,dense communities1 know of the
far-famed hard wheat that comes
from the ReuCllver Valley and other,
sections of the State, and beyond the
ocean, where one might expect such:
things to paS9 unnoticed* Minnesota
ITo. 1 sete the price for practically
the Whole ,world
When one realizes that the state
raised and exported 73,2X8,555 bushels
of if heat last" Mr, some idea may he
obtained of tire: iniportanee of the in
dustry and 61 what a source of reve
nue it to the homesteader and
farmer.
Again, in the agricultural exhibit
one is attracted by the wonderfully
varied and complete line ,of grasses
that is shown, and comes to know
that hay makes a mighty revenue
producer for the state and learns why
it is that the: state is-so peculiarly
adapted to dairying and stock ralsingr
This g'vass ezhihit is considered.by ex
perts^ to he thscfinest ever made and
Includes
$ Phone 113. NO. 100 102 104 SOUTH MAIN STREET, AUSTIN, MINN. Phone No. 112 jji
$18.50
3 piece suit, double swell top, drawers large
24x30 pattern Plate Mirror,
golden, finish, pretty design
Many others at equally as low a price,
which .we will be pleased to show and give
you prices on.
Bedding
A good Mattress
lent tick.
wlth.auerMl:$2.oo
Good Woveu Wire Spring
Good hard wood Bed, all sizes,
golden fin ..
Iron B»*4, all colors andisizes
ed and the
salesman knows that to do business he must offer customers every
facility for inspecting his line conveniently and comfortably. This we
are in a position to do and a trial purchase at our furniture store will
soon convince you.
$1.50
$2.00
twnght lor SPOT oH at* -specialty 'Kw
figure. It will you to investigate.
This state experiment station is a
model and has attracted no small at
tention from outside sources, and has
come to be one of the most useful and
successful of state institutions.
Outputs of sixty-six and one-half
millions of oats and thirteen millions
of potatoes last year serve as examples
of the productions in other lines of
agriculture and illustrate significantly
the state's present status.
In the fruit display over in the
great Horticultural Building, Minne
sota exploits another of her indus
tries and the apples, plums, pears and
other fruits of the temperate zone tell
of what, it affords in fruit culture
more strikingly than can be done
with words.
A fallacy, long existent, that Min
nesota could not raise apples, is nicely
exploded in the fruit exhibit, and the
10,000 acres of orchards throughout
the estate each year produce more and
better fruit than in the year previous.
This y£Mr careful estimates place the
number of grafted plum trees that
are being .set out at 250,000 and the
value of fruit stock set out at a half
million dollars.
Aa one proceed* leisurely about the
buildings and arrivfes at last at the
Mines and Mining structure, be comes
upon another s&tion of the: Miane
stftfrdi«i£ay£ahd realizes something ef
Its, mipexaijresourcies., This exhibit
is practically confined to showing
iron, copper and grftuite, %ud tt tells
smuCfi that, one doep not wonder
about the other minerals that exist
Within the Btotei
Of iron alone the state produced
last lyear^crver 10,000,000 tons while its
copper ptiiductiQn figured extensively
in the world's production and at
tracted wrde attention.—
Oyer sstentesn. Varieties of granite
are .shown in this exhibit*
TERMS:—$1.50 Per Annum, in Advance.
AUSTIN'S LARGEST
FURNITURE STORE.
in which goods can be sold so
easily as when properly^ display- /ft
Correct Price
tached. Every dealer and every
Hard Wood Wash
Stand, good finish,
just like cut, only
rwhich
in­
clude some of the finest speefmens in
the, world because Minnesota, granite
ts oir liner texture and sbioti«g. than
4an^ be found elsewhere* AHhongh
the quarrying' industry is practically
^in 4ts first infancy, it is sufficiently
well-developed to promisea great and
wonderfuljfutare.
It isaot, however.^ until we arrive
at the Forestry Btfilding thtft the
climax is reached in -natntaj^ products,
-for therej we1 leatu that -M4linesota
leadf tbe^unlQn tn the prpductlon of
lumber. Last year "he^ production
wae over 2,300,Q00 000 feet of manu
facturedl lumber "add still the zenith
has not been reached^ The .variety
of specimens %f lumber covers a wide
range.and.the .cpudittons of the coun
try point to a continuance of Minne*
sota for along time" to come as the
greatest lumber producing state in
this country.
When one. comes to the_Manufac
tures' and Liberal Arts Building be
finds Mlnn^bta sittlng at thfr- tint?
fron^ of
knowing
Qfth*
I and .acq
mantrf&tn
at­
Passing over all else, we come at
once to the displays in the line of
manufacturing flour and once again
we find Minnesota supreme, not alone
at the exposition, but in the world.
Her mills at Minneapolis, her flour
production and the kindred output of
wheat attain supreme prominence
here and nothing cau vie with her
showing. Yet it scarcely conveys to
the mind an inkling of the greatness
of the industries which have wheat as
a basic element, for Minnesota is
facile princtps along those lines.
Briefly stated last year she produced
from her mills in Minneapolis alone
over 76,000 barrels of flour daily for
use without the state. -This, placed
into cars /or shipment, would make a
train around the world and feed a
multitude of prodigious size for many
months.
The Minnesota Building, where the
educational display is, is one of the
prettiest and most attractive on the
whole grouede, and its delightful re
ception rooms its handsome decora
tions and interesting exhibits have
become so well known as to attract a
continual crowd of sightseers.
The school and educational exhibit
is one of the most original ever made
and it speaks voltimes for the progres
sion which is guiding the search for
higher education in" the state. It
runs from4rlmary and graded schools
to the famous university wbich bears
the name of the state and is the
second largest in the United States in
point of attendance and it includes
examples of all the different-methods
and educational facilities. Espec
ially fine is the shewing of the monual
training departments and of the art
branches' and the vgiole is so arranged
and displayed as to be wonderfully
attractive.
As one passes about the building he
sees many things- besides the mere
exhibits, which are so interesting and
.novelf as to .attract his attention.
There is the wonderful mantel in
"the ladies' -reception room the first
of its kind ever made from the famous
atone of Pip«tone City, and the other
rare mantel "in the main reception
foom that took a ailver medal at the
World's Fair at Chicago. Then there
lsthefamoqs eonventiontable, famll
iarly 'knpwn as M^EinTey's mascot.
It Was made by^tbe children of the
manual training departments of the
ls And was used by
Presided McEiiley when he pre
sided over the. Minneapolis conven
tion in 1692, and later it served the
urposc^ of the chairmen of the St.
uis land ^Bhiladelimia cpn ventions
it nomina|*e
the'presidency.
~A'.
on
that nomina|*ed^Maj.. ^IcKinley for
OAll through Its pretty rooms the
building bristles with interesting
things and jmk Pan-American visitor
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