The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-19
ORGANIZED LABOR
AIDS ENCAMP MENI
CONTRIBUTIONS TO G. "A. r. EN-
TERTAINn1ENT FUND.
Baggage Problem Is Being Solved by
the Encampment Committee and spe-
cial Facilities Are Being Arranged
Widespread Advertising Plans to
Boom Minneapolis and the Reunion.

Organized labor in Minneapolis will
contribute a share toward the expense
of entertaining the Grand Army en-
campment in August, and in so doing
line up with the business interests of,
the city for the advancement of the
good name of Minneapolis. A com
mittee of the Trades and Labor assem-
bly, called on Secretary Wallace q.
Nye of the G.. A. r. executive commit it.
tee today with subscription of $3.50
for the fund. Other local unions--the
bricklayers, teamowners, plasterers and
stonemasons-have already contrib,
uted amounts ranging from $40 to $50.
Baggage problems are occupying the
attention of the encampment commit,
tees. With thousands of visitors pour.
special stations that will be in use dur
ing the week of the encampment, it
| will be no small task to see that each
visitor has his baggage safely and
promptly handled. The most popular
| plan calls for a special baggage bu-
reau in charge of experienced men. All
the baggage and transfer companies
will be divided into districts to facili-
tate delivery. AS soon as baggage ar
rives, if it's destination is known, it will
| be turned over to the district man
ager, who will see that it is carefully
handled Each wagon will have its
own route and the business can be han
died better than at any other encamp-
their reservations before arrival, much
of the incoming baggage can be routed
before it arrives in the city and start
ed for destination without delay. Spe-
cial facilities will be provided also for
counter deliveries of small baggage.
When the crowds begin to leave the
city, the perfect district and route
to handle everything without delay.
Baggage can be checked from stopping
places straight thru to destination and
the visitor will have no cause for worry.
Business men all over the city are
to assist in booming Minneapolis by adj
vertising the encampment. The Grand
Army committee has secured special ad-
encampment and the low railroad rates,
and will ask business men to have the
design printed on their business envel-
ops. The cuts will be furnished free
Of charge to printers and the work of
i printing the design on envelops will be
slight. With thousands of letters 60
ing to all parts of the world every day
encampment, Minneapolis will be the
best advertised town in the country.
Relief Corps Committee.
The general committee Of the Wo
mems Relief corps met in the county
commissioner s rooms at the courthouse
today. The chairmen of the committee:
have been actively at work for some
time and the comfort and pleasure Of
the veterans and the allied orders prom
Uses to be well looked after.
How
ers to raise decorations for the conven
tion and. reception halls, and Chase corps
voted a sum of money for seeds to one
of its members, who has a. large plot Of
ground on which she has planted asters
sweet peas and verbenas, every bios
som of which will be used g. A. r
week. The country corps will be asket
to contribute flowers also, for it will
take bushels and bushels of blossoms
When Mrs. Lucinda Andrews, Chairman
of the floral committee, made her re
port, Mrs. Ida X. Martin, department
president, remarked pleasantly tina
"the work of that committee was Ger
tainly growing.'
Mrs. Lodusky J. Taylor, chairman O.
the national entertainment committee
will issue circular letter tomorrow t.
each corps asking for funds to meet ex
penses, which cannot be borne by tn
Commercial club. A tax Of rs cents
member will be imposed on the corp
for this fund. 1850 .s..-s
The design for the badge to be pre-
sented to the delegates has been &C
cepted by the committee Of which Mrs
Mary fowler is chairman. It will b
of oxidized silver with a bar to b
used alike by the w. r. c., the Ladie
of the G. A. R. and the Daughters 0
Veterans. From the bar the badge vii
be hung by a ribbon. )
Refreshment booths and tents will
erected where the veterans from tn
different states will gather for the pc
rade. Each booth will be in charge Q
corps, which will provide decoration.
flowers for the veterans or perhaps
badge. There will probably be twelv
Of these booths, according to the repo1
=, The report of the accommodate
committee was made by Mrs. Berth
M. Allen and showed that already man
/ persons have been assigned to room
and several departments located. Tn
p city has been divided into twenty tire
q districts, which the women will cal
3 vass. 1t was decided to canvass anon
9 the colored people also, as there wi
8 be a number Of colored visitors in tn
: Mrs. Belle Guild of the informatio
: committee will have her assistants abb
= to answer questions on any matter tn
g visitors would like to know, especial
8 in regard to convention meetings. Men
5 bers of the committee will be at til
8 railroad stations to greet the visitor
g and other members will be at the cour
8 house and West hotel to furnish no
g pitable aid: The emergency commi
3 tee, Mrs. Mary Carroll, chairman, wi
8 work with the health and comfol
g committee of the G.. A. r. Mrs. Coz
q F. Wright, chairman of the lunch cor
g mittee, is receiving bids from the G.
Z terers for the luncheons which will /
g served for the two days convention
9 the w. r. G.
Johnson School Of Music will
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