The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-07
10000 WILL Be
HERE NEXT JULY
Wallace G. Nye Says G.. A. r. En-
campment Will Bring Greatest
Crowd in City's History.
GETS POINTERS FROM
OFFICIALS AT DENVER
Gathering Is Declared of Greatest
Value as Advertisement for
City and State.

City and State.
Secretary Wallace G. Nye Of the pub,
lie affairs committee of the Commercial
club returned today after a short trip
to Denver, where he went to study the
system employed in caring for. the G.
A. R. encampment there last summer.
It was thought wise to confer with the
experience might be secured, and the
trip was most profitable. Mr.. Nye re-
turns full of enthusiasm and urges the
workers to get busy at once, that
everything may be ready when the time
comes. In speaking Of the prospects
| and Of his trip Mr.. Nye said today:
.The people Of Minneapolis should at
are completed for holding the Grand
Army encampment here next July, the
city will have far more visitors at that
! time than ever before in its history.
Only small part of those who come
will be members Of the G. A. r.. The
rate Of one cent mile will prove an
attra ction to thousands who will take
advantage OF it to visit the northwest.
Minneapolis Denver Club.
Denver people have already organ
now numbers 200 and will be largely in
creased Monthly contributions are be-
ing made by the club members on a
basis which will create fund to meet
all expenses of the trip. Cook s famous
drum corps of eighty pieces will ac-
company the club to Minneapolis and
will prove, as it always has, great at
traction. No doubt the club plan will
be adopted in many cities.
| During the two days put in at Dem.
yer, gathered information which will
prove of great value to our local or
CARNATIONS. Both General Cook and
Mr.. Martin, chairman and secretary of
the Denver committee, were prompt to
I tell me of their mistakes as well as
their successes, and this ] appreciated
most highly, for it will enable us to-
save a great deal of money which
otherwise we might have wasted in ex-
perimenting. In addition to securing
information from the executive officers
of the committee, / talked with mer-
chants, bankers, hotel men and others
; regarding the value of the encaEipment
to the city.
OF Greatest Value.
"Without exception, they proclaimed
, , the gathering of greatest value as an
!, advertisement for the city and state,
and stated emphatically that the di-
s
not less than forty times the amount
expended in caring for it. The best
, evidence that they believed this If
found in the fact that when the com.
mittee at the close of the encampmeht
announced shortage of about O,000.
| the amount was contributed within two
days. One mercantile firm, which mad
' rather grudgingly given $500 at the
! start, sent in an equal amount as soon
: as it heard of the deficit, and the rec
: ords disclose number of instances
almost equally striking.
ttThe bank clearings for the encamp-
ment week showed an increase Of
q $2,5OO,00O, without other reason than
: the presence of the visitors. and the
l cashier Of one of the banks told me
a that at the close of the encampment
d $1,5OO,0OO in currency was shipped east.
q At Denver and Colorado Springs. $4,000
e tickets were validated for return pas
> on tickets, 10000 were uncalled for.
S showing that that number of people
d remained in Colorado or beyond.
e Pleasure Resort Crowded.
"During the week, and in fact thru.
out the month that tickets were good
n for return passage, the resorts about
IS Denver had all they could handle. Ihe
It ora6o Springs to Cripple Creek, carried
y $4,000 passengers during the week at
% $3.50 for the round trip, while the Loop
G line and the Moffatt road were taxed to
n the extent of their equipment, altho
ID round-trip rates were So and So respect,
lively. One day over 1000 people paid
SO cents each as toll into the Obey
IN enne canyon, many Of them walking
It thru the great gorge because all the bur
N ros and carriages were in Service.
n, "These facts serve to show that those
N who attended the encampment brough,
money with them and left chunks of 4
le in and about Denver. l have no hest
b. tation in saying that if the encampmen
le is held here next July. the attendance
ly will exceed 100000 people, and 1T viii b.
t. up to us to provide for that number
III Denver planned for $4,000 and some an
i'd noyance and inconvenience resulted
IS when their estimate was exceeded.
Must Be No Deficit.
OF t'We must not make that mistake
IT. and we do not propose under any eli
lis cumstances to face a deficit. Tn
'r- amount which the local organization
&c will need should be promptly SUBSCRIBE
ne and expenditures must be held within
n that amount.
.The organization at Denver wa
specially created about five months be
fore the encampment, and as result
many things were done hurr1edly AM
at greater cost than they would hav
e entailed if time had permitted NOR
~ deliberate action. We have here. wit
the Commercial club as the main OF
ganization. distinct advantage, an
we will be able to handle the affai
an much more economically than it wa
nd handled at Denver.
a eff the people of Denver placed $50
IN 600 at the disposal of their COMMITTEES
hv and as has been stated. this amount wa
IL exceeded $4,000. Much of this funt
# which was certainly large for a cit
nv with only little over one-half tn
re-. population of Minneapolis. came :volur
.ar tarily, notwithstanding the Epwort
W. league and Eagles conventions had el
lor tailed large expenditures earlier in tn
~ summer.
lct Inspired by Sentiment.
nd ga good many contributions were. i
er: spired by sentiment. One citizen WI
;he could not have profted / cent thru. tt
ng convention, cabled subscription I
as $500 from Europe, while many oth4
citizens sent in contributions withel
solicitation. But enough did not con
that way, and the committee WI