The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-03
DULUTHIANS
To Be HERE
!. ON SATURDAY
Will Give Parade Headed by
Crack Band
Frank K. Gravel Heads Big
Duluth Delegation
Will Be Big Addition to Civic
Day Doings

Saturday evening, June 7. Fargo will
Duluth, who will then be completing
the last lap of a weeks tour through
the eastern part Of North Dakota.
The special train bearing the Du-
luth boosters and the Third Regiment
band of that city will arrive in Fargo
at 5;25 Saturday evening and will
leave at midnight for the zenith city
In the. ,tirne between the Duluth peo:
| pie will make themselves at home in
Fargo. and incidentally will make Du-
luth and its people better known
Coming on Civic day, the Duluth
boosters will add greatly to the festive
occasion.
Headed by the band, the Duluthians
will hold a parade, which If it is post
poned until darkness falls will be
characterized by red fire. The parade
will be headed by the band, and the
visitors will carry Duluth pennants
and distribute souvenirs and literature
of Duluth along the route. They will
be 'live' visitors out to make their
presence known and Fargo will well
come them.
Duluth has during the last three
years made one or two trips each year
to the towns in Duluth's trade terri
tory, for the purpose of establishing
make themselves known, and boost for
their city but at the same time they
gather impressions and the education
on both sides is the foundation for a
better mutual understanding.
Duluth has real interest in North
Dakota. AS the head of lake naviga-
ton, Duluth is the natural gateway to
this state, and much OF the production
of North Dakota fields passes through
it's elevators. Duluth business men
want to know the business men in the
territory of which Duluth is the gate
way, so Duluth business men go out
en- masse to pay their visits.
Secretary Hardy Of the local COM
mercial club urges all members to be
on hand Saturday to give the Duluth :
ians a welcome worthy of the gate
city.
Frank X. Gravel, well known in this
city, who is the head Of the sales de-
partment of the Stone Ordean- Wells
Co. which has a branch house in this
city, is chairman of the trade eXten-
sion committee and he will head the
party. In speaking of the trip The
Duluth Herald had the following:
"Frank K. Gravel. sales manager Tor
the Stone Ordean Wells Co. and
booster extraordinary, is chairman Of
the trade extension committee of the
commercial club, which is arranging
the trip Mr.. Gravel and his assist
ants have worked hard on the ar
rangements and they believe that the
trip will be the most successful ever
taken by Duluth business men.
without Frank Gravel at the head
of the procession no trade excursion
parade would be complete. To those
who have travelled with him on for
.mer excursions, it seems that he
knows every man, woman and child
in Duluth trade territory, and he mod
estly says that he believes he will be
able to call even the children by their
first names on the trip starting tomor-
row.
"The trade excursion party will in
clude representatives from almost, ev-
ery line of business in Duluth. People
not directly interested in sales In trade
territory will go along to do general
boosting and to attract attention to
Duluth as the gateway to the north
west. The indirect results of the trade
excursions, in the establishment Of
friendly relations between Duluth and
the towns In Duluth trade territory.
have been found to outweigh all other
considerations in trade excursions,
and Duluth wants to be on the same
footing with North Dakota that 1t
holds with other parts Of the country
adjacent to the city,"