Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-08-13

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gotten. In recounting the cordial treat
ment Of the editorial party, and which
they balieve should: BE- harbored In
their minds hereafter. Is the way the
Northern Pacific road handled the at
fai5, so far as It WIS concerned with
# This railway furnished the
special train ont of the Twin
Cities to Duluth and return. Not con-
tent with giving It's usual good service.
the road gave to the excursionists its
most modern equipment. The train
consisted Of five sleepers, all Of steel
construction, and 90 excellent were
the accommodations that nobody, not
even Frank Day, had q chance to COM
plain OF having to climb into an upper
berth, for none but lowers was used.
Besides furnishing the train with an
efficient crew, J. d. Zook. city tick.
ct agent at St. Paul, and !. L. Pe1l,
advertising manager, came along to
see that everything was right. Most
of the officials Of the road are we'll
known personally to a majority OF the
newspaper men Of the state, but the
committee in charge Of the excursion
Just ended recommends that the edt
tors Of the state who may not have
had the advantage Of moving the off,
Gals OF the road who we're present
ON this trip lose no time in getting
acquainted. The road took especial
pains to make the trip a pleasant one,
and the many instances Of good serv-
Ice which have. been given editors
we're set a new mark In this instance.
The same was true OF the service
given on the Duluth. Missabe & North
ern road ON the trip to the range
cities. The equipment Of the train
was Of the latest, and the M1ssabe
road, where no thought OF disaster Is
ever entertained because Of the gu.
per1or quality of rolling stock and
roadbed, took especial pains to see
that nothing would beset what Supt
Kreitter, who was With the party, de-
scribed as the brains Of the state. :"
c. w. Kieswetter, general agent Of
the road at Duluth, was also On the
trip, and he and Mr.. Kreitter did ev-
erything possible to make the trip q
memorable one.
Special Reaches Duluth.
The special arrived from the Twin
Cities in Duluth early on the morning
of Friday, Aug. 6, and the morning
was spent informally. Most Of the
time Secretary Rutledge and Will
Wilke, of Grey Eagle, we're receiving
registrations at the Spalding hotel
and members of the party looked for
rooms and generally got ready for
settling down. although nobody could
understand why under the sun they
wanted rooms, for few used them.
During the morning A. c. Weiss,
publisher of the Herald, of Duluth,
, one Of the leading datlies of the
state, invited the visitors to sec Du.
luth from it's highest point aside from
the top of the hill That was the top
Of the famous Alworth building, which
Is seventeen stories high and all tall
| stories. but not OF the newspaper Va,
Eety.
Commercial Club In Charge.
! Following the routine work Of reg
| istering, the general committee, ap
T! pointed by the Duluth Commercial
| club, the lfvest organization. by the
| way, that exists In Minnesota, tool
charge of affairs, and until Sunday
! morning when the special pulled out
, of Duluth. the Commercial club men
; had charge and command. Col. H. v
Eva. secretary OF the club. and George
D. Mccarthy, assistant secretary
] headed the work Of entertaining. but
it seemed as though every other man
In Duluth was a member Of the con-
! mittee Stillman H. Bingham, edt
torial writer Of the Duluth Herald
c. 8. Mitchell. who occupies q similar
position on the Duluth News-Tribune
and A. c. Weiss, Of The Herald, were
all on hand and took leading parts.
At the banquet and at other times.
Mayor w. l. Prince, City Commission.
ers Bernard Silberstein, ]. A. Farrell
Fred Voss, and others were on hand
to aid,
Fifty Autos Communicated.
On Friday afternoon in the neigh
borhood Of fifty autos, furnished To
the club and Communicated for use,
took the visitors out around the city.
The drive that day started In at the
lakeside end OF the famous boulevard.
q wonderful driveway which extends
from one end of the city to the other
along the brow of the hill. This was
taken. It gives view Of Duluth and
the harbor which gave to scores of
those on the excursion, their first real
conception Of the fact that Minnesota
contains within it's borders one Of the
greatest ports Of the world. Minnesota
point, that protecting arm that runs
out into the lake and forms the har-
Dor, was seen in all its beauty for the
day was clear; ships were seen COM
in1 IN and leaving tho harhor and in