Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-12-14
the WESTERN
GOVERNORS SPECIAL
WHAT HAS FOLLOWED THE IN.
VASION OF EAST
By Western Governors Advertising
Resources of the Far West


Seven cities visited, over 10000
people addressed by the governors,
more than 10000 people passed thru
the exhibit cars, and illustrated stor-
les of the western states printed sew
eral different times in papers having
total circulation of over three mill
ion, is the record of the Western
Governors Special, under the charge
of James H. Brady, President of the
Western Development Association, as
president and Reilly Atkinson, Sec
retary of Boise Commercial Club, as
manager, which is now touring the
east in the interests of the greater
development of the west.
The special train, consisting of five
exhibit cars, one-half of each car de-
voted to one state, four sleeping cars
and observation cars, one baggage
car and one diner, left St. Paul Nov
ember 9th, and since then has Wis
ited Chicago, Kalamazoo, Grand tap
ids, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie.
Buffalo and Bat: via, and is now at
Rochester, and in each one of these
cities most royal welcome has been
rendered the entire party, the lead
ing business and professional men
having shown a great interest in the
visit of the western governors and
made preparations for their enter
tainment equal to any ever offered
a president of the United States.
At Chicago two large banquets
were given in honor of the visitors,
one by the Cook County Realty
Board at the LaSalle Hotel and the
other at the Congress Hotel by the
Chicago Association of Commerce,
end at both of these the governors
we're the guests Of Governor D'neen
Of Illinbiss: Mayor Harrison of Chi:
cago. The total attendance at both
banquets was 1850.
At Kalamazoo the party was met
by reception committee, which took
it to the eight different educational!
institutions in that ely, at each of
which one OF the governors delivered
an address; aud was then taken TO
the Burdick House, where was held
luncheon at which five of the par
ty spoke aud at which there were
above 500 seated. Gov. Chase S.
Osborne of Michigan, presided as
toastmaster and remained with the
party until it left Detroit the next
day.
At Grand Rapids banquet was
held in the largest auditorium in the
city, 900 people being present, to
whom all the governors spoke on the
resources of the west and the needs
of that great country.
The train was in Detroit on
Thanksgiving Day, where the gov
ernors were assigned to the differ
ent churches, and Peace and Pros
perity Meeting at the Detroit opera
house, the total attendance at which
was over $4,000.
Thanksgiving evening was spent
III Toledo, where the party was enter
tanned by the Toledo Board Of Com
merce and the Toledo Club. The
consisted of lunch
con reception at the Toledo Club held
in the afternoon, followed by buff
fet luncheon at the Board of Com
Similar programs were arranged
at Cleveland and Buffalo and the to-
tai number of people addressed by
the governors of the west, previous
to reaching Rochester, was above
10000. The exhibit portion of the
train is attracting wonderful atten-
tion throughout the east, the people
in all the cities focking to see the
western products from the suburban
towns, the large factories, and the
outlying farms. At almost every
city the train has been met by a
large number of farmers and others
who were there waiting to see the
of the western countries
r.tMucts and fruits. In Buffalo a.
lone 6152 people passed Through the
cars. and in the little town of I3ata-
via N. r., Is: people went through.
The total number who have gone
through the cars up to Rochester is
3O,186. The people have carried a.
way all the literature with which the
train started, and large portion of
the second supply, the interest being
shown by them being far beyond any
thing expected by those in charge
of the special. It 10 noticeable also
that those who visit the train are of