The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-05-25
Are Making Their Second Trade Ex-
tension Tour Through the
North Country.
TO BRING R6ssIrER's BAND
Famous Organization May Play a
Short Concert During Stop in
This City.

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Falls by special train, with night
stops at other important cities in
! the north country, and a halt for
greetings in about one hundred cit
les and villages, the second trade
extension excursion of the Civic and
Commerce association will start out
from Minneapolis June 16.
The itinerary for the excursion
was announced yesterday by S. d.
Andrews, chairman of the associa-
tion's trade extension committee.
The party will spend day at Inter
national Falls, attending the first
days sessions of the congress of the
Northern Minnesota Development as
sociation. An afternoon and night
will be passed in Winnipeg.
Accompanying the party will be
Rossiter's military band. The special
train will consist of dynafno-bag-
esse<ear, five Pullman sleeper and
drawing room cars, two dining cars,
a Longing, buffet and observation
car, and two or more Office cars of
officials of the five roads over which
the train will run.
Nearly one hundred cities and vii
lagos will be visited. The five roads
over which the train will travel are
the Northern Pacific, Great Northern
Canadian Northern, Minnesota and
International and the Big Fork and
International railways. In many OF
the cities there will be smokers and
other entertainments. The excur-
sionists will make their home for the
week on board the train, which will
be sidetracked each night. Table
d'hote meals will be served aboard
the train.
The train is scheduled to leave
Minneapolis at 10 p. m. Sunday, June
Is, and to arrive in Staples about 2
a. m. Monday, leaving there at $3.50
a. m. At each stopping place every
member of the party will be expected
to preach the gospel of Minneapolis
goods, but no excursionist will be out
in behalf of his own house.
The train will arrive at Interna-
tional Falls at $3.50 a. m. on Thurs
day. After breakfast there will be
an automobile tour of the city and
inspection of. its power and its In
dustries. At 10 q. m. the program
of the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association will be taken up,
and the middle hours of the day will
be passed in convention. At $3.50 or
IA D. m. the members will go out for
steamboat trip into Rainy lake and
river, and will return for "a smoker
in the evening. The night will be
passed there.
Aside from the long stop at Inter
national Falls there will be halt
and entertainment the second night
out at Crookston: and afternoon and
evening at winnipeg; a night in Be
midi ana q night in Brainerd. with
programs. Of entertainment for each
evening.
Following are the cities and VII
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Monday. June 17-Stapies, Al
drich, verndale, Wadena, New York
Mills; Perham. Frazee, Detroit, Au-
dubon, Lake Park, Hawley, Glyndon,
Moorhead, Perley, Hendrum. Halstad.
Shelley, Climax, Crookston.
Tuesday. June Is Shirley, Euclid,
Angus, Warren, Argyle. stephen.
donaldson, kennedy, Hallock, North
cote, Humboldt. Emerson and Win
nipeg.
| Wednesday, June 1s-Warroad.
Roseau, Fox, Badger, Greenbush,
lstrathcona. Middle River, Holt, Thief
River Falls. st. Hiliare, Red Lake
Falls, <Tilden Junction, Dugdale,
Mentor, Erskine. Mcintosh, Fosston,
Lengby, Ebro. Bagley, shevlin. Sol
tway, Wilton, Bemidji.
Thursday, June 20-International
Falls
Friday, June 2 Little Fork.
lGrand Falls, Big Falls Gemmel, Nis-