The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-11
CHICAGO VISITORS WILL
ENTERTAIN LOCAL PEOPLE
Commercial Club on June IS will
be Hosts Of Portage Lake
People on Boat
SEC. MONTGOMERY INFORMED

| Secretary Harold S. Montgomery of
the Portage Lake Merchants associa
ton has received communication
from the committee i'm charge NJ ar
ransements for the lake trip of the
chicago Association of Commerce rel
ative To the proposed outing. Con-
trary To custom, the visitors are not
expecting to be entertained by the
residents of the cities en- route but
VIII instead receive the people of
points where the steamer touches, on
board their vessel. the Theodore
Roosevelt. They will extend the hos
pitality of the ship to residents dur
ing the stay in port, and where con-
ditions permit. will arrange short lake
excursions on which business men and
other people in the community will be
entertained.
The visitors will arrive i'm Portage
Lake on June is, and IL Is expected
that they will spend enough time here
TO enable them to participate i'm the
lake trip on the steamer The visitors
will also take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to get i'm touch with the Han
cock and Houghton business interests
the purpose of the trip being to bring
about closer trade relations between
the Chicago commercial interests and
the people of the towns visited.
The following letter explains the as
ISOLATION plars and the purposes of the
trip:
Chicago, May 9TH, 1910.
Portage Lake Merchants Association,
Hancock, Michigan"
"Gentlemen:-We take pleasure i'm
advising you of the proposed tour of
the Great Lakes by q delegation of
about sixty manufacturers, merchants.
bankers and professional men of Chi
cago, who will sail from this city June
25th.
our schedule will bring us to your
city on June is at noon. With your
permission we shall be glad to send
You later, further information as to
our plans Permit us only to say at
this time that il is our wish to be your
host, and we invite the members
of your organization to come
aboard the Roosevelt in body. 1t is
our wish also, ii me and weather per-
to offer n short excursion on
our steamer to the business men of
your city their families and friends.
II your organization will kindly issue
invitations for this excursion accord
ing to your own wisdom and pleasure,
we will send you complimentary tick
ITS in such numbers as you may advise
rs are required. The boat will accom-
nodate 5000 people comfortably i'm |
addition to our party and the crew
I'VE wish to emphasize the fact that |
your citizens are requested to make no
ormal plans for our entertainment. as
I is our most sincere wish to relieve
'ou of all responsibility as hosts to
his self-invited delegation, but on
he contrary we wish you and your
friends to be our guests.
"The purpose of the tour may be de-
cribed as crusade of acquaintance
We want to Know you better and we
would be glad to have you know Chi
ago better. We wish to study your
ocal conditions and the future posi-
'ilities of your section with reference
o our mutual interests.
"The delegation will be made up al
most exclusively of the heads of large
representative Chicago institutions.
Who are particularly interested i'm your
ty. and all are members of the Chi
ago Association of Commerce. Fol-
owing the custom established several
'ears ago. the association sends out
ne or two delegations annually tray
ling usually by special train to some
,articuar section of the country whose
interest are more or less identified
With Chicago as the Great Central
Iarket We feel confident that this
initial water trip will prove mutually
,leasant and advantageous. The tour
5 being conducted under the auspices
f the Trade Extension committee.
Very truly yours.
Chicago Association of Commerce.
Homer A. Stiilwell.
president"
"Francis r. Simmons,
chairman Trade Extension Com
III. +. Miller,
Business Manager.
al Jackson Blvd, Chicago
A meeting of the Portage Lake Mer-
hants association will be held this
vering at the headquarters of Secre-