The Daily Missoulian., 1909-05-17

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The chamber of commerce has prac-
tically completed the program for the
reception and enter
n FOHIY fainment OF the visiting
CHOSEN. Chicago business men
who will be in Mis-
soula June 3. There are according to
the advance notice of the partp's com
ing, 40 men in the party. The cham.
Der of commerce has selected the
same number of its members to act az
q reception committee to look after
/ the visitors while they are here. The
local automobile club has agreed to
look after the transportation OF the
| two forties, and, weather permitting,
the combined forces Of Chicago ana
| MIssonla WIN be Whir1ed about town
i aud shown what there is to see on a
cursory trip. The tour ended. the
automobiles win end their run at We
/ olde Inn, where there win be an In
FORMAL banquet served. 1t has been
planned to keep the visitors busy
while they are here, and every effort
VIII be made to show them all they
want TO see. The special train IN
Whlch the Chicago party Is travelling
VIII pe mere from s o'clock to IL: 80 lii
the evening, and this Will give time
TOT a good deal of visiting IL the hours
and minutes are put to good use.
PRESIDENT Harrington, G. H. r, KeI-
ioRg and Secretary Erfert are In
charge Of the arrangements for ,hc
chamber of commerce., and thev nre
doing good work. II the weather IL
good and the special arrives on time
the visit will be II pleasant affair
There are some Of the automobile neo. |
pie in town who are doing a little
quiet but emphatic
IrEYhE kicking--agalnst them |
N'~NINa' selves. And they have I
kick coming. Untll /
thursday there was big sign at the
entrance Of tho race track at the fair
grounds which read: "Automobles
Keep Off" Friday morning, by some I
mysterious transformation, that sign
appeared nailed to the north end or
the temporary bridge. Nobody II
seemed to recognize 1t as tho sign II
thht had done duty at the race track
mat was not strange; nobody had
paid any attention to it at the race
track; at the bridge 1t was carefully
needed. Friday was the big day at i
me track meet; there were hundreds
of peonle who journeyed to Montana
feld IN automobiles. These peonle
lroVe thelr machines to the north end
p the bridge and read the sign: thenIl
-hey turned around and went down | /
lhd across the county bridge at the
sest END; some OF them made four or
,Ve " o. these long trips. And the sign
TUCK. Its impudent legend Haunted / |.
tself IN the faces of the eager trav- / II
lers journeying to the contests ~
ne meet. And 1t was not until ALL
CLOCK IN the afternoon that the dis
overy was made that the sign was
and somebody with nec,,,.
ar idea OF q joke had placed ii thera
ne bridge was as safe as 1t ever was
~ .nere vas no need of the long
ouhdapoht runs OF the machines. The
u'o men are kicking themselves be-
Use ase they aid not INQUIRE Of the street
: Commissioner or OF somebody else iflI
ne sign meant what it said. Soma /
them don't know yet that ii was h lii
AXE. =,
'olonel MCGOWAN came up from
lalhs yesterday. bringing with him
an odor of apple blos-
LING SONS and the Plains
ONE. smile His stos. ,,,,m -
short, as Plains is SO
usy these days that a man can't at
ord TO take any pleasure trips. 1--WE
re doing good deal of work at
lalns,' said the colonel last night to
Missoulian man. THE contractor
no Is to move the hotel has arrived
nd VIII start his work at once. The
uliding VIII 60 westward to a pleas
nter site and its place will be taken
prick store building. part of
hleh we shall occupy ourselves and
'e rest will be leased There are .
ood many municipal improvements
olng on and steps are being taken to
et' the electric light service inaugu-
lted. Everything looks fine and II.
lalns was never better than it il at III