Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-06
ARRANGEMENT MADE
=. !. f0R1CnICAGO MEN
PLAN Or RECEPTION WILL sE
OUTLINED ~ COMMERCIAL r
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Representative Chicago Men viii
Make stop ii Capitol city June T.
Advertise City. = -" y,

The letter which follows this ar
ticle is self explanatory. &.1.' a..
While the Commercial club will
make arrangements for q rousine
reception for the Chicago men it II
the intention of the club to depart
In some measure from the suggestion
made in the letter and make the visit
here unique in the history of the trip
That there win be something out OF
the ordinary doing In Bismarch on
June /, is an established fact, but
just the nature of the reception has
not been planned as yet. There will
be meeting of the club called for
in the near future when the plans
will be gone over and some definite
course of action decided upon.
= The head of the emigration depart
ment Of the Northern Pacific writes
az follows: =. g.. .e...
e.. st.~Paul, Mimi, May 4, 1909. ::
Mr.. F. L. Conklin, President CONNER
cial Club, Bismarck, N. d.
Dear Sir: There will arrive in your
city on Tuesday, June list, at 2:45 p
M, a special train carrying 40 of the
/ principal manufacturers and jobbers
of the city of Chicago, who represent
the Association OF Commerce of that
city, a commercial body composed OF
about 5000 of the leading merchants
manufacturers and professional men.
They are enronte through the north
west. This tour is not entirely one
Of pleasure, but combines what is
known as their trade extension work.
Their purpose is to get acquainted
with the leading jobbers, retail mer'
chants and manufacturers of the prin:
cipal cities. This party Is party Of
quality more than quantity, and 1t will
give your citizens an opportunity to
become acquainted with 40 Of the
most prominent business men of Chi
cago Their stay at Bismarck will be
only an hour, from 2:45 to 3:45 p. m,
which will not give you much of an
opportunity to do more than meet
them with as large delegation as
you can possibly gather. would sug-
gest that you have brass band down
to the train to fill the air with har-
monious noise, and make the visitora
feel that they are entirely welcome,
which the good people of Bismarck
always do with q worthy stranger:
- In order that these gentlemen can
meet the members Of your association
and your invited guests, would sug.
gest that you provide them with some
little badge of Identification such as
q piece of red, white and blue ribbon
to be inserted In the button, hole Of
their coats, SO that the attendants at
the train can show them through the
train and the men from Chicago can
more easily get acquainted without the
necessary form of Introduction. II
will also enable them to see who they
are to meet without being overburden.
ed with idle spectators. hope you
can see the wisdom of making such
An arrangement, as the time is short
and 1t gives them an opportunity of
getting together quickly.
The party III be accompanied by
four or five special newspaper CORES.
pondents, also representative of the
Associated Press, and they will send
back reports giving a description OF
the reception received at each town
and describing ito economic and COM
mercial value. Thereby you will be
able to get for your city considerable
free advertising: n
After you have made the necessary
arrangements, II you will give this in
formation to your local press, together
with all the information l may here
after send you supplementary to this
letter, it will help to impress the pub
lie; OF the importance Of the visit of q
party of this character. Will you
please mail me a copy Of the papers
containing this notice. and 7 shall al
so be pleased to hear from you in an
swer to this letter?
/; T.. - + j. C. w. MOTT,
:. General Emigration Agent.