The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-15
Convention to Be Held Here
July 22-25.
WILL BRING HUNDREDS
Sixteenth Convention Commercial
Club Has Secured This Year
THE MORE IMPORTANT ONES
Will Have Brought Total of 2l,250
Visitors to City by End
of Year.

The National Association of Railway
Minneapolis, July 1925 The convention
is expected to bring from 500 to 600 per-
sons to the city. Last year the railroad
men met in Pittsburg, but at the conven-
tion no city was designated for the meet
ing this year. The selection of Minne-
apolis was made only few days ago by
committee. The Comemrcial Club had
been in communication with this commit
tee for some time, and yesterday Secre-e
tary Nye Of the public affairs committee,
received a letter from President w II.
Mills of Norwalk, Ohio, saying that Min
neapolis had been chosen.
While the convention has its serious
side, it is largely a social affair. Mem
bers take their wives and families with
them and regard the meeting as an out
ing. For this reason much time will be
devoted to sightseeing, and excursions
will probably be arranged to Minnetonka,
Minnehaha Falls, Fort Smelling and other
points of interest.
This is the sixteenth big convention the
Commercial Club has been instrumental
in securing for Minneapolis this year.
Four Of them have already been held.
The others are still to come: and in adj
d1t1on the National Grain Dealers asso-
citation may decide to meet here this sum-
mer, although that has not yet been de-
cided.
Conventions for Summer and Fall
The. conventions, together with their
duration and the number of people they
are expected to bring to the city, are as
follows: -.- p ....-
May 7-9-Western Drawing Teachers as
soclatlon ........... 258
| May 2O-22-Minnesota Homeopathic In
st1tute ....... 200
| June 3rs-Order of Eagles. .............
! June 1S-26-United Norwegian Lutheran
Cnurch 800
June 2O-22-Amercan Seed Trade Asso-
c1atlon ...... .......... $50
July Educational Educational assoc
Iia'ion 49, ::..... .............. ......l5 700.
July 22-26-National Association of
Railway Agents -. ............ GOO
! Sept. 29-30-Ameriean Veterinary Med
ical Society =. -. -. ......s... ESQ
| Oct. H-23-National Association of
Railway superintendents of Bridges
and Buildings =. ........,.......... 100
Sept. 26-Oct. National Employers and
Employees Conference ........... -a
Oct. 30-National Association Of Agri-
culture Implement and Vehicle Manu-
1acturerS ........... 700
Dec. 26-29-Northwester Harness Deal
| ers'. association :. :. :. 200
Results of Organizations.
Last year Minneapolis entertained only
| three conventions. This year the number
| will be sixteen or seventeen, and while
the Commercial Club is not inclined to
| take to itself the entire credit for this
/ state of affairs, the fact remains that
without organization very few conven-
| lions came here, and that with organiza-
! ton last years number has been multi
| piled by six.
Reckoning the number of visitors in at
tendance upon the four conventions al
! ready held together with those who are
expected to come later, the total reaches
| the fine figure of 81, $50. In other words,
more persons will visit Minneapolis this
year because of conventions than live in
any city Of the state outside of Mime
apolis, St. Paul. Duluth, or Winona. This,
! too, is exclusive of the attendance at the
conclave of Eagles the figures for which
| cannot now be obtained.