The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-11-24
WILL TRAVEL 1000 MILES
Unique Train Will Show Products of
West in Cities Having Total of
100000 Population.
(By Herbert H. Smith. }

(By Herbert H. Smith,
st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
More than one manager of a coun-
ty fair, Chautauqua course or high
school dedi alton can testify to the
trouble often met in getting the con-
sent of governor of a state to be
present. What, then, can be thought
of the colossal nerve of man who
would ask ten governors of as many
states to meet in one place not only
for one day, but for twenty-one days.
This is what James H. Brady has
done. Brady comes from the west
and was recently governor of Idaho.
He is now the brains behind the gov
ernors' special which will start from
st. Paul November 81 carrying the
chief executives of at least ten OF the
western states. These men are bound
on mission of education and good
will to the peoples of the east. Stop
ping at 81 cities between Chicago and
New York this party will travel 1000
miles and give an opportunity to H.
100000 people to know more of the
west.
First of It's Kind.
This special train is the first of its
: kind ever run and is the first time
any advertising event as large as this
has even been attempted. 1t is al
ready attracting the attention of the
leading journals devoted to advertis-
Ing as one of the biggest stunts ever
tried, and papers throughout the east
are devoting good deal of space to
this visit of the west to the east.
The governors will have nothing to
SELL They will have something to
say If they are given a chance, but
there is nothing OF commercial
tinge to this flash of governors to the
Atlantic seaboard and back. The gov
ernors will carry their card cases and
will extend to the people of the east
the good wishes of the people beyond
the Mississippi river. There have
been In the past many visitors of one
sort, or another from the east to the
west, but never before has there been
an organized method of returning
these visits. The governors will ex-
tend the thanks for these visits and
meanwhile tell little about the
country from which they came.
Carries Four Exhibit Cars.
This train in which the governors
will ride will also carry four exhibit
cars, each state to have half a car
showing what can be raised in each
commonwealth. Through these cars
the school children and general pub
lie of the cities visited will be invited
to pass and look at the exhibits. The
oV'S iAoio WAli dSI dS Suiu0S 10 LQ0
parties and explain some of the ad-
vantages of living in the west, where
land is cheap and yet productive.
This in itself will be a great edu-
cation to the school children of the
cities. Many of them have never seen
the present governor of their own
state. To have a dozen governors
from as many states take their time
to explain the exhibits will make the
lesson one which will always abide
with them. AS geography lesson it
has every advanced means of teach
Ing far surpassed.
Here are the cities which will be
visited by the Governors and the
dates as they are now arranged:
IoWn. Date.
chicago, III. ....... November % :
kalamazoo, Mich. November 20
Grand Rapids, Mich. . November 20
Detroit, Mich. .... H.. November 80 ,
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