The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-07
TRAVELLERS
IN FARGO
TOMORROW
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zens out there on the Missouri feel
that the capital city will be repre-
sented at the gate city.
Crookston Ball Team Arrives.
The Crookston delegates to the con-
vention Of the United travellers base
ball team from that city will leave
for Fargo this evening, arriving here
at 10 o'clock tonight and remaining
for the entire convention. The Citi-
zens' band of Crookston and the hal
ance of the delegation will join the
others here Thursday evening, COM
Ing on later train chartered espe-
eially for the trip.
The whole crowd will remain until
Sunday and special train has been
engaged to take the Crookston BOYS
back Sunday morning and all other
delegates from that section of the
country.
Big Minneapolis Special.
The big special from Minneapolis
which will bring approximately 500
people from the twin cities will arrive
today, SO the city will be well filed
by night. The Winnipeg and Duluth
delegations, which are expected to be
the largest will all be here by tomor-
row morning for the starting of the
great convention.
Reservations have been made at the
hotels in the city and many private
residences in the city have let out
rooms for the visitors, SO that the
public comfort committee feels that
all will be provided for. The Waldorf
hotel will be the official Headquarters
during the convention and the grand
officers of the grand council will have
the whole second floor. All the rooms
at the Gardner have been reserved and
the same condition exists at the Met
ropole. The Hobbies OF all three have
been appropriately and lastly dec
grated for the convention in the u. G..
z. coiors, blue, bold and white.
Banks viii Close at Noon.
On Friday the banks of the city
will close at noon instead of AT
o'clock as announced yesterday. The
other business houses of the city have
agreed to close Friday afternoon also
during the great aviation meet at the
fair grounds, when Lucky Bob st.
Henry will fly up into the clouds in
a brand new Glenn Curtiss biplane.
This Is the first aerial fight in the
city of Fargo and 1t Is quite a coin
cident that the first aviator to sail
from this city should be North Da-
kota boy. st. Henry's home is in Car
rfngton No one at that time ever
dreamed of the prominence and fame.
he would attain.
Governors Will Speak.
At the opening session of the con-
vention tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
at the Grand theatre, Governor Eber-
hardt of Minnesota, Coy, Burke. North
Dakota, and Mayor Lowell OF Fargo.
will beheard in the welcoming adj
dresses to the commercial travellers.
This will be one of The most Import
ant sessions Of the convention ana II
Is expected 1t will be largely attended.
All three speakers arc men Of promi
hence and Fargoans and North Da-
kotans will welcome especially the on
portunity to hear Governor Eberhardt
in a public address.
The executive meetings will he held
at the noon hour at the knights of CO.
lumbus hall. The registration OF dele
gates will take place at the George
Denis building on North Broadway.
The registration office opened this
morning at 10 O'clock and will con-
tinue open until midnight. 1t is neces-
sary that everybody register, for with
out So doing there can be no tickets
issued to any of the features or en-
tertainments of the convention.
Parade and Carnival.
There will be big automobile par-
ade Saturday morning when all the
ladies Of the convention will partici-
pate and ride In the procession. The
travelling boys themselves will march
and will make one of the biggest pa
geants ever seen on the Fargo streets.
The closing feature of the conyen-
ton will be the street carnival on Rob
erts street, where everyone who Is
masked will be admitted to the festivi
ties. Windows in the Y. M. C. Al. and
Gardner hotel and postofffce have -0een
applied for by parties wishing to view
this spectacle, but all windows will
be reserved for guests In their res
pective houses. None Of the federal
building windows win be used at all.
Athletic Event.
Frank McKone is anxious to have
everyone know that everyone Is invited
to the great athletic contest Saturday
afternoon at Island park. Mr.. McRone
has been working exceedingly hard to
make this one of the cardinal feat