The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-27
AUTO DEALERS WERE
GIVEN SPLENDID
TREATMENT
Trip to Detroit as Guests of
Studebaker Corporation a
Great Time

Fred Haverland Of the Dakota Auto
company. returned Thursday evening
from Detroit. Mich, where he has
been he guest of General Manager
William E. Flanders of h Stucbaker
corporation. ]. A. Callahan. advertis-
ing manager Of the Times-Herald
Publishing company. and P. o. Thor
son OF the Normanden. who also were
guests of the big corporation. have not
returned vet. Mr.. Callahan being ex-
pected tonight while MI. Thorson will
reach the city the fore part of next
week.
They Joined the Studehaker special
train at Fargo last Saturday. arriving
In Detroit on Monday morning. where
they spent two days inspecting the
EMF factories. II enjoying the
hospitality Of Mr.. Flanders. the great
automobile manufacturer. Mr.. Haver-
land speaks in glowing terms of the
trip n especilly of the hospitality Of
the Studebaker corporation.
Spending $4,000.
Il understand the Studebaker cor
poration is spending over $4,000 in
entertaining all its dealers in a SINH
lar fashion," says Mr.. Haverland.
Special trains are run from various
sections of the country to Detroit and
back. and every item of the dealers
expense is paid from the time he
leaves home until he returns. The OBJ
Ject. OF course. Is to shOw their manu-
featuring facilities and how they pro-
duce cars. Mr.. Flanders told me that
one object he had in mind in bringing
me to Detroit was to convince me that
the Studehaker corporation actually
Will be able to procure in the coming
season the $4,000 cars 1t has promised
its dealers.
II confess that until my visit to De-
troit !! was just a little skeptical OF
$4,000 automobiles in twelve months.
I had expressed that skepticism in a
letter to Mr.. Flanders personally and
his response was, come and see.' And
he provided a special train of such
sumptuous appointments and are not
surpassed by those on which railway
magnates travel on their inspection
tours. There was every comfort that
was not overlooked. We had a royal
good time at Detroit. We spent one
day in the big plant No. 1 where
EMF go" cars are made: and then
we spent a day in a still larger one,
plant No. 3. where Flanders $50" car
Is made from the pig iron to the COM
plete. fully equipped car.
Guest at Flanders Home.
1T was the most interesting expert
ence l have ever had, and l feel as If
l know my product now better than
ever before. I know just how the cars
are made and just how the quality is
put into them. Add to this the fact
that I had the pleasure Of meeting
personally all the important heads of
departments in the enormous organi-
cation. and you will understand that
I now feel as If 1 was indeed one of
the family. Perhaps the most pleas
ant part Of the whole time was the
evening I spent at Mr.. Flanders home
on Green Lake. There Mr.. Flanders
owns about 1.2Q0 acres of beautiful
rolling hills and lakeside property. In
fact. his property completely sur
rounds Green Lake. There he likes to
think he is a farmer. and there he gets
his recreation and relaxation from the
duties of managing the larg-
est automobile factory in the world.
To know Mr.. Flanders at his home
n could not imagine that he is the
administrator Of a concern doing a
business of over 100000 a year.
He is q true American of the New
to know him under all conditions. I
was pleased to find that he was so
thoroughly conversant with all my
own affairs and was anxious to help
me out in my little difficulties"
Through Entire Plant.
The morning of the first day was
spent at plant No. 3, the largest Of the
EMF chain, which is devoted chief
y to the manufacture of the Flanders
ago."
Staring in the yard where tons Of
pig iron are stacked up for the in
satiable appetite of the foundry, the
dealers were taken in tow by guides
who took them through the foundry,
where a score of furnaces melt iron
for cylinder castings. Thence they
travelled through the forge shop. and
a dozen steam hammers welcomed
them with becoming din. Aisle after
aisle Of the machine shop was then
explored. stocked with mechanical
tools all automatically accurate in
character and many of which are al
most human in intelligence. Temper
ing ovens. assembling rooms. test
barn, shipping platform-the dealers
saw them all in due sequence. Lun-
cheon was served in the mammoth en-.
CINE room.
In the afternoon a specially char
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