Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-07-21

Inc 81. raul WHOLESALERS anu MANU-
facturers will visit Willmar next
Monday evening one-hundred strong.
They will arrive by special train at
sos o'clock and will remain here for
the night. There will be something
stirring that evening. They bring with
them the Minnesota State Band of
twenty-five pieces which will give
on the street from eight to ten
o'clock weather permitting. If wealth
er should be bad indoor arrangements
will be made. A continuous moving
picture show will be given during the
concert. A first-class moving picture
camera will be used in taking street
scenes and of the crowds. >, Here is
your chance to get into moving pic
ture. A parade Of the visitors and
others will be organized. Everybody
is invited to come out and swell the
crowds and help put Willmar on the
map. The Willmar Commercial Club
and our citizens generally extend a
cordial invitation to everybody, farm
ers especially, to come to Willmar and
take in the entertainment.
Come to Willmar next Monday eve
ming and bring the family. You will
have big time.
The party of st. Paul Wholesalers
and Manufacturers, which will tour a
portion of Minnesota and North Da-
kota, July 26th to 31st, inclusive, over
the lines of the Great Northern Rail.
way, will travel in special train, con.
sisting of one dynamo Car, one bag
gage car, two dining cars, seven stan.
dard sleepers, and one compartment
observation car The train Is com:
posed of the finest equipment that
can be assembled. Officials of the
Great Northern Railway are accom-
panying the party during the entire
trip, for the purpose of seeing thai
every possible detail is looked after
in the most efficient manner. The
party live upon their train the entire
week.
The object of these trips is to give
the heads of the important jobbine
and manufacturing firms an opportun
ity to meet their customers through
out the Northwest, in their own plac
es Of business. The out of town mer
chants come to the wholesale marke
frequently, and the travelling men, re
presenting the wholesale houses, arr
regularly calling upon the trade, bu
the heads Of the houses have but lit
tie first hand knowledge of the condi
tions under which their customer!
transact their business. To see thei
places Of business, the town in whic]
they are located, and the territor,
surrounding it, always results in
better understanding, and a conse
Quent benefit to both. Trips such a
this provide that opportunity,
These trips have become a regula
feature of the work of the St. Pau
Association of Commerce. Ever
I summer two trips, of one week eacf
are taken. This is the second trip al
ranged for this year. Last month tn
party covered over one thousand mile
, IN southern Minnesota and NOrthWes
ern Wisconsin.
One of the features Of the trip !
the big parade, headed by the Mime
, sofa State Band, made by the part
: at each stop.
The moving picture operator is a
ways on the alert to catch some tyr
ical scene or something with distinc
ly local color which will be interestin
to the people when the moving pictur
reel, consisting of the views taken I
! every town, is shown in the local pi
ture theatre Of each town. The pul
= licity resulting to all of the town
from, the moving pictures is very larg
and Of the best possible character.
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