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Rh, Sandon, Kalso, Trail and Slocan, British Columbia; Baker City and Sumpter, Oregon; cattle from Le Grande and Portland, and as far south as the State of Nevada; horses, sheep and hogs from the entire section, including trotting and racing horses from Butte. And even the Northern Pacific Railway Company had their exhibit, consisting of a miniature railroad, and I had the pleasure of taking a trip to St. Paul and return in ten minutes.

The horse racing and other sports were unexcelled, and the balloon ascension was perfectly grand, the finest I ever witnessed; to see coming down, seemingly as far as the eye could reach, two little parachutes, one basket having a dog in it, the other a cat, followed by the balloonist and his parachute, all coming safely back to earth.

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