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The Journal automobile tours for
1908 will begin tomorrow morning.
The tours were started by The Jour
nal in 1904 and have become famous
with tourists from all parts of the
world. Hundreds of visitors to the
"Great City of the Great Northwest*'
have taken advantage of the sight
seeing opportunities offered by these
well-conducted and comprehensive tours.
This season The Journal will
be in position to take better care than
ever of visitors to the northwest me
tropolis. Brand new covered touring
cars, luxurious, easy-riding and of the
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is nearly a year since Albert Lea
invited the United Commercial
Travelers to hold the" grand con
vention of this jurisdiction there, and
next June it will be a year since that
invitation was accepted. The conven
tion will be held June 8 and 9. Dur
ing the ten months that have elapsed
something has been going on all the
time in the way of preparation for the
big event, one of importance not only
to Albert Lea, but to the order and the
entire northwest. It is no small task
for a city of the size to undertake to
entertain 1,500 strangers, but it has
been done successfully before and will
be in this instance. The Commercial
club of the city extended the invitatioW
and the same organization has charge
of the preparations. The natural
beauty of the city and its surroundings
render it a very attractive place for
such a meeting.
The Committees. i
The following 'committees have been
selected, the local council of the U. C.
T. having been consulted in the choice:
Convention hall, theater and play
Messrs. Edward Olson, F. A. Rushfeldt,
A. F. Wohlhuter.
BallW. B. Clarkson, L. M. Kaplan,
Martin Blacklin.
EntertainmentTV. A. Morin, H. E.
Kellar, H. E. Skinner.
Soliciting--A. O. Brundin, H. Stotz, C.
M. Wilkinson, W. C. Mitchell.
BanquetTheo Taraldson, F. S. Fa
ville, W. G. Chamberlain.
BadgesJ. B. Fitch, F. J* Nelson, W.
Gray.
SouvenirJ. P. Hurley, H. G. Day, W.
**3. Schmitz.
CapsC. D. Cowsill, C. H. Flanders.
-:j Parade and SportsR. J. Tweedy, B.
|"*"W. Van Meter.
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Drives and boatingB. W. Knatvold, B.
*N. Anderson.
Ladies' receptionMmes. C.-D. Cowgill,
'7C. F. Towne, Martin Blacklin, W. B.
Clarkson, J. A. Fuller, J. P. Hurley.
-f A Grand Ball.
I One of the attentions to be extended
to the, visitors will be a grand ball, and
the second floor of Skinner, Chamber
lain & Qo.'s immense department store
I has been secured, and as there is a bal
cony there will be an abundance of
5 room for spectators. There will be
I 6,600 square feet of floor space in the
t, dancing hall and with an adequate or
chestra. The room will be reached by
a flne passenger elevator and other ar
rangements for the comfort of the
'guests will be kept in mind at all
.times by the committee.
Another feature of the amusement
program will be a banquet the same
night as the ball. In many features it
wfll be like many previous functions of
^that nature} but some effort at originali
ty will be attempted. I^is expected
^that there will be some toasts and re
sisponses, and all in all it will be a pleas
^iig part of the entertainment.
The Journal's Attractive Sight-Seeing Trips Will Be
Better Than Ever This Season-New Machines
Will Each Hold Seven People.
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Hundreds of Visitors Will Be Given an Opportunity to
See Minneapolis RightEvening Tours
Will Be Made a Feature.
latest pattern, will start from the Jour
nal building at 9:30 Monday morning,
for the first trip of the season. Each
car will hold six passengers in addi
tion to the chauffeur, and the tours will
be made whether there is one passen
ger or six.
There is no city in the country so
well adapted to the thrills of automo
biling as Minneapolis. There are miles
and miles of boulevards that open up
beautiful vistas to the' automobilist.
There are picturesque and fascinating
automobile runs on all sides. Beauti
ful lakes, beautiful parks, wide streets
and avenues enhance the enjoyment of
automobile riding greatly, and in these
Another feature that is being worked
on is an up-to-date theatrical company
to give an exclusive entertainment at
the Broadway theater one night of the
convention.
Still another effort at entertaining
the visitors will be some drives and
boat rides about and upon the lakes
that are so beautiful in June. The'
committee will arrange a program of
outdoor competitions.
Reception for the Ladies.
There will be a reception for the la
dies who are in the city. Ladies all
over the northwest who desire to ac
company their husbands or fathers can
rest assured their wants will be amply
provided for at this convention. Be*
sides the special functions for ladies,
the ball( banquet, rides, games, etc.,
will be diversions.
The magnificent Hotel Albert will
be headquarters for the visitors and it
is probable some of the welcoming cere
monies will be held in the Broadway
theater, but the meetings of the grand
council will no doubt held in one
of the lodgerooms of the city, as these
meetings are in every sense executive.
The entertainment committee will pro
vide lodging places for all and no doubt
many will be taken to beautiful private
homes, as it not expected all can be
accommodated at the hotels.
Governor Johnson to Speak.
Governor Johnson has accepted* an
invitation and will be ..present one day
to deliver an addressr Eben. _i. Mc
Leod of Chicago, chahman of the West
ern Passenger association, will also be
in attendance, while several other noted
speakers have been secured. The two
days will be crowded with a program
of interest to all who attend.
The season of the year could not be
more propitious, as June is one of the
finest in the calendar at this point. The
magnificent drives are in perfect condi
tion, there is a fine stage of water in
the lakes and the streets and roads are
almost always dry and smooth. Albert
Lea will put on gala attire and extend
a cordial welcome and hospitality to
all who come here to attend the conven
tion, as well as others who come simply
to have a good- time and have only a
Iarge
tassing interest in the organization. A
sum of money will be raised to
meet the expenses, and nothing Will i
left undone to insure a good time for
all who attend. The prediction is that
from one thousand to one thousand five
hundred strangers will be in the city
during the days of the convention, and
all can be acceptably cared for here.
A GOOD SUGGESTION%
How Traveling~Men Can Help to Ad
vertise Minneapolis.
To t&s Editr of Tie Journal.
There are probably not less than 2,500
traveliiig salesmen who either are em-,
ployed by Minneapolis nou^j^j^ej
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BtBtorial Section.
ONE OF THE NEW JOURNAL TOURING CARS ON A TRIAL SPIN AROUND LAKE HARRIET.
ALBER LE A WIL ROYALL
ENTERTAI N THE U. T. I N JUNE
Grand Council, of Minnesota-Dakota-Manitoba Jurisdiction
Will Meet ThereThe Program.
respects Minneapolis is most fortunate.
Every few minutes one gets a glimpse
or conies to the shores of lakes that
have made Minneapolis famous.
Some Noted Places.
Fort Snelling, that played such an
important part the Indian wars, and
Minnehaha Palls, famous in verse and
as natural and picturesque as ever, are
within a short half-hour run of the
Journal office, from which al the. tours
will start. There is a striking boule
vard along the high banks of the Mis
sissippi, and a splendid view from the
automobiles is to be had of St. An
thony Falls, .that turn, more wheels of
industry than any other water power in
America. And so one might enumerate
for considerable length of time, beauty
o'-s^''-** i i
their headquarters there. The writer is
one of 'em,'' and wherever I go,
from Michigan to the Pacific coast, I
am continually meeting the boys from
Minneapolis. They are invariably loyal
to their city, and" I have noticed that
wheneveiTaffked where they travel from
the answer always comes in a tone indi
cating pride and satisfaction.
Hardly a week passes but what I
have occasion-, to answer questions rela
tive to our city. I have often wished
that I might have a few small book
lets on Minneapolis,- something,boiled
down to the smallest possible number
of pages, and yet covering everything
fully. I am sure that hundreds of our
salesmen would be more than pleased
always to have a few copies of such a
book: in their grips, ready for imme
date use' on the train or at the hotel.
No better means of publicity could be
devised, and I believe it is worthy of
the -consideration of the Commercial
club.
The hotels of Minneapolis could well
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
spots that,, are hard to duplicate any
where. in natural resources and in picturesque
surroundings. Last year hundreds of
tourists and visitors to Minneapolis
who took the Journal tours mrveled
at the beautiful scenery and at the
kindness of nature to the city.
Helps Boost Minneapolis.
There is no better way of attracting
people and capital to Minneapolis than
to show visitors the city. It was with
this idea that the Journal tours were
started in a small way in 1904. They
have grown bigger and better and more
popular each year and hundreds of
people have left the city enthusiastic
over its. environments.
There will be two separate tours this
year, one "Seeing Minneapolis," and
the other "Seeing the Twin Cities."
The big touring cars or the "Seeing
Minneapolis'/ trip will leave the Jour
nal building every day at 0:30 a.m.,
1:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m., and
tfc t*sr will include the best residence
districts, Loring Park, Lake of the
Isles, Lake Calhoun, a spin around Lake
Harriet and then back by the boule
vards, Franklin avenue and across the
big bridge up the splendid driveway
along the banks of the Mississippi, Uni
versity of Minnesota campus down
University avenue to St. Anthony
Falls then across the river again to
the Journal building. It is safe" to say
that no city in the country can fur
nish a more splendid automobile trip
than thistwo hours of entrancing, de
lightful automobiling.
Seeing Both Cities.
The Twin City tour, "Seeing Minne
apolis and St. Paulj" will cover f|fty
miles or more in five hours' time, an#
A'
peoplev
i-\
afford to bear a portion of the expense
of publishing a. booklet of this sort.
On the back of the booklet could be
given the date of the state fair, G. A.-.
B. meet and any other conventions
which have been given reduced rail-,
road rates. _\ C. L.
Moline, 111., April 23.
WANT BETTER SERVICE
Traveling Men Demand Another Train
on Preston Branch.
W. B. Clarkson of the grand execu
tive committee, U. C. T.. has filed with
the railroad and warehouse commission
a request on behalf of traveling nfen
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paiul railroad be compelled to put on
another passenger tram, running ea'eh
way, on its Preston branch. He savs:
"The passenger service on this line
seems to be arranged with no regard
for the wishes of the patrons, but it
evidently is arranged entirelv for the
convenience of the company.
"The two freight trains handle a
large proportion of the passenger busi
ness to the great inconvenience
oft
the
who are compelled to pu up
wtih this verv poor service.
"It is utterly impossible for one to
leave the twin cities on an
givent
and get to anjr
day
destinatioy poin be
yond Preston, except to go by the wav
of La Crosse, with a layover at that
point of several hours.
"It is impossible to leave Chicago on
the evening^ trains and get to any des
tination point bevond Beno until the
evening of the*next day,
"If an opportunity is presented, we
will show that an additional passenger
train running each way, opposite to the
Defective Page
will touch the leading points of inter
est in the two cities. Cars for^this
trip will leave the Journal office at
1:30 o'clock each afternoon, returning
at 6 or 6:30. The itinerary will in
clude beautiful residence districts,
Loring Park, Lake of the Isles, Lake
Calhoun, Lake Harriet, principal boule
vards, Minnehaha Falls, Soldiers'
Home, Fort Snelling, the Mississippi
banks, finest residence districts in St.
Paul, Knob Hill, Capitol building, Lake
Como, State Fair Grounds, Agricultural
College, University of Minnesota, St.
Anthony Falls and the milling district.
This will be a glorious trip of five
hours. The fare for the "Seeing Min
neapolis" tour will be $1 trip round
St. Paul and Minneapolis will cost $3 a
passenger. To be sure of obtaining a
seat on these fine touring automobiles,
tickets should be secured in advance at
the Journal office or ordered by call
ing the Journal Tour Department,
"Nine Either Line." The Journal
reserves the right to have the routes
deviated from or the trips canceled
without notice on account of storms
or bad condition of streets and boule
vards. Tickets for a canceled trip can
be exchanged for another trip or the
money .ill be refunded.
The Evening Tours.
Special attention will be paid this
season to evening tours. A trip will
be made from the Journal building
every evening at 7:30 o'cloek", return
ing at 9:30 or 10. This tour will in
clude a spin around the lakes and
boulevards. During the concert season
a short stop will be made at Lake Har
riet pavilion.
A trip in a Minneapolis Journal
touring car will make many a man of
many a city look with longing eyes on
Minneapolis for a home and a business.
This comparatively new method of lo
comotion is the up-to-date way of see-
present passenger trains, can be main
tained at a slight additional expense
over the present arrangement of train
service on this branch, and that the
natural increase of passenger business
incident to improved service will more
than pay the additional cost*of main
taining the improved service."
Hotel Fire Protection.
The members of the grand executive
commitee of the U. C. T. held a meeting
at Minneapolis Thursday night,
and formulated an amendment to
the state laws for better pro
tection from fire in hotels which
they will present to the grand
council at Albert Lea in June. The
proposed bill will provide a salary to be
paid to an inspector, whose fees are so
small at present as to render the law in
operative.
Good of the Order.
Many traveling men from eastern
and middle states on their way to the
Pacific coast country have been laying
over in the twin cities during the past
week because of the earthquake, which
has paralyzed business. Merchants in
different cities and towns are giving
their attention very largely to the work
of relief, while points in the vicinity
of the earthquake district have their
own troubles in addition to look after.
The suffering undergone by some of
the traveling men who were at San
Francisco during the earthquake can
be conjectured- from the experience of
B. K. Coffin, a traveling salesman from
Fort Worth, Tex. He had nothing to
drink or eat from Tuesday to Thurs-
Sunday, April 29, 1906.
THE TOWER AT FORT SNELLING, O
ing Minneapolis 'right. The Journal
feels confident that the touring oppor
tunities offered will be more greatly ap
preciated by all Minneapolitans and by
visitors to Minneapolis. The Journal
Tour Department has selected tfi*e best
possible routes of the twin cities for
A VIEW AT LORING PARK, SEEN ON THE "SEEING MINNEAPOLIS" TOUR.
day. When he saw the buildings tum
bling and the flames shooting into the
sky. he fell on his knees and buried his
face in the sand, believing the end of
the world had come. As the result of
the mental strain to which he was sub
jected his hair has turned nearly white.
Traveling men at Sioux City, Iowa,,
have been walking to and from the'
depotB rather than pay double omnibus
fare, which the transfer people have
been demanding.
The Commercial Travelers' Independ
ence league has been organized, with
headquarters at the Gilsey house, New
York, with B. A. Bosenthal, national
president. The league is for the pur
pose of taking a hand in politics and
electing traveling men to office once in
a while. George R. Patterson of Penn
sylvania, who died recently, was the
only traveling man in congress. He
was proud of being a flour salesman and
had this fact included in his official
biography.
The hotel project set on foot by trav
eling men in Minneapolis is neither
dead nor sleeping. The committee in
charge has been conferring with lead
ing business men and mapping out the
plan for co-operative organization.
There is no lack of enthusiasm or eager
ness to take hold when the time comes,
which will be soon.
The Arkansas railroad commission
has ruled that the trunks containing
samples shall be checked and trans
ported in the same manner and subject
to the same charges as other baggage,
and that no road run by steam or elec
tricity shall charge more than 12% per
cent of the first-class fare for excess
over fifty pounds, provided the mini
mum charge for excess shall not be
less than 50 cents.
Winona Winnowlngs.
Winona, Minn., April 28.The Wino
na council of the United Commercial
Travelers will contribute its share to
ward the relief of the sufferers in San
Francisco. Secretary George H. Ea
rner has received a telegram from su
preme headquarters calling for prompt
action and will be governed according
ly. The funds collected here will be
sent to Charles C. Daniel, supreme sec
retary at ColumbuSj Ohio.
Winona commercial travelers are in
receipt of ar request to wear a special
form of hat when they attend the an
nual convention of the U. C. T. to be
held at Albert Lea in June. The hat
is to be of a character that can be worn
from their home to the convention and
return, and they have decided to com
ply with the resgest. A large dele
fation of traveling men will go from
ere to the Albert Lea gathering.
A. M. Bamer of this city came very
nearly being in San Francisco on the
day of the earthquake. If he had ad
hered to the traveling schedule made
out before leaving Winona he would
have been there on that morning,but he
fell a little behind, and instead was at
Corning, a place about 150 miles north
of San Francisco. At Corning the shock
was not particularly severe.
Secretary George H. Ramer of the
Winona U. T. has received announce
ment that the secretaries will meet at
Chicago on June 25 and 26, the Great*
Northern hotel being headquarters for
the gathering. Mr. Ramer attended
this .annual gathering of secretaries a
year ago and gained much that was
h*lnfrl to Mm In his work.
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N "SEEING THE TWIN CITIES" TOUR.
sight-seeing and for comfortable rid
ing, and every minute of travel will be
found to be restful and enjoyable, while
the passengers may feeel perfectly safe
in the hands of the expert chauffeurs
of the Motor Service company, under
whose direction the tours will be made*
V. a T. PERSONAL __T1(.
B. O. Haxdewlck, who for many yean
eented the Minnesota Soap company thru ~th
northwest, now located In Ardmore, T^ and W
engaged in the banking business there, Is spend
ing a few days among friends and former asso
ciates In MlnneapoUs.
J. W. IfcGIatchie, of the execattro commit
tee of No. 63, representing E, L. Welch Oa.t
left last Wednesday for an extended trip tort
North Dakota.
W. T. Olirer, formerly of Morse Jk Olrrer of
Faribault, has severed bis connection wi_t that
firm and has associated himself with the broker-]
age firm of W. E. Booth & Co. in Temple Court. 1
Mr. Oliver has moved bis family to Minneapolis.
F. Page, for many years representing
Griggs, Cooper Co., is still to be found on the
well trodden path of duty for his house, and in
cidentally superintends a large and lucratlTe re
tail business in Willmar.
F. T. Shetter, for several years cashier for tM
A. E. Nott company, has severed his connection
with that form and is taking a rest from bis
labors before entering another field.
A. W. Benson of No. 63, a resident of tt_i
city, was In San Francisco during the terrtbla
earthquake and fire of last week. His report of
conditions and scenes there during the intense
excitement was dramatic in the extreme. The
awfulness of the earthquake, the terror inspired
by the fire demon, tne half-erased populace. th
terrible destruction on every hand cannot ba
described, he says. '"Toose who saw the eatas-,
trophe to their dying day can never shut the
horror of it from their memories."
F. J. Alcher of No. 68. reported to have been.
In San Francisco during its destruction ten day
ago has been heard from at Los Angeles. He,
was there and not at Frisco. His friends an re-,
Joice to learn of his safety.
A general cU upon the generosity of each sub
ordinate U. C. T. coundl has been made by the
supreme councillor asking for aid for me!*
of the order In the earthquake-stricken district
of California. This caU was made by wire
and signed A. C. Daniel, supreme secretary.
A circular has been Issued to the members of
Council No. 63 asking them to contribute to a
fund which is to be forwarded to the grand
councillor of the CaUfornla Jurisdiction to be ex-,
nended as he and the
grandU
executive
committeeis nTaWn the destitute C. T^brother ta
the calamity-stricken district. Oontrlbutiona
should be sent to Alex W. Crosier. 252 Heime-^
pin avenue, secretary of the council.
W Burns, who formerly represented tno
Pittsburgh Plate Glass company to
southwesternthot*
Minnesota, has recently been Proot
position of local manager at St. Paul M_"
will be glad to see any of his former associates
amongst the knights of the grip at hla place of
business on Minnesota street
Penniless Convicts.
Governor Joseph W. Folk "of Missouri,
has discovered that almost every con
vict in the Missouri state penitentiary
is a poor man and that most of them
have helpless families dependent upon
them. This fact is significant in con
nection with the assertion of Bourke
Cockran of New York, that no man
who has ten million dollars can be puti
behind the bars. The state of Mis
souri receives $20,000 per month from
convict labor. Governor Polk is going
to recommend to the legislature that
a part of the convict earnings go to
the support of their families. The man
who drinks golden grain belt beer wita
his meals has a clear mind and a
healthy body. It is pure and whole
some.
FooC-Schulze mark is on the sole of
genuine Glove rubbers.
At Mount Clemens Springs.
The present season at Mount Clemens
Mineral Springs ia the most successful
in the history of this world-famous
health and pleasure resort. The phe
nomenal cures which are affected Dyi
the mineral waters there seem almost1
miraculous.
Mount Clemens is situated on tne
Grand Trunk Bailway system, twenty
one miles from Detroit. For particulars
as to through train service and Mourns
Clemens literature, apply to W. J.
Gilkeson, T. P. A., Grand Trunk Bail
vay system, No. Ill Endicott Arcade,
*St. Paul, Minn.
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