The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-07-13
OVER 200 RESERVATIONS MADE.
tBy !. q. Goodwin

,By ]. q. Goodwln)
The forthcoming annual meeting o.
the Nebraska Press Association will
be an unique occasion. AT the last
meeting of the association in Omaha
an invitation was extended by Scots
bluff and Gering, two sister towns In
the irrigated valley of the North
llatte river, in the extreme western
part of the state, TO hold the 1915
meeting at those places. A substGn.
tial bonus WAS offered 10 help defray
the expense in taking a special train
Of editors to that distant part of the
state. In an unofficial way 1t was
thought that the two transportation
companies that pass through the Nile
valley Of Nebraska would be interest
ed In the excursion of the scribes and
would assist in the matter of trans.
portation. The invitation was accept.
ed in tentative way and it was left
Tor the executive committee to cOnsid-
or the matter from every angle and
finally to fix the time and place. Later
the towns of Chadron, Crawford, Sid
ney, Alliance, Bridgeport, Broken
Bow, Kearney and North Platte asked
for stops and offered to feed the Wis.
itors and furnish entertainment and.
in some cases. give small cash boni.
The fact that Nebraska has a strict
nntipass law finally made it impossi.
bic for the railroad companies to do
other than to charge the regular fare
Of cents per mile. From assur.
ances already received II seems Ger.
tain that about three hundred bona
fide newspaper men and women Of Ne
braska will start from Grand Island
Of Pullman cars for weeks trip into
the western part OF Nebraska. The
train is scheduled to reach Broken
Bow about G o'clock, where supper
will be served by the good people of
that town The visitors will spend
the most of the evening there and
will leave In time to reach Crawford
at an early hour the next morning,
where breakfast will be served The
train will be parked for the day and
a trip across country will be made by
automobiles to Chadrop, where lunch
con will be served on the grounds of
the new state normal school. A stop
will be made at Crawford again on
the return trip and II is planned to
reach Alliance in time for supper. The
evening will be spent at Alliance and
short night run will take the train
to Sidney by early morning. 1t Is
possible that few Of the newspaper
men will avail themselves of the in
vitation of the Kimball Commercial
club to leave the special train at Sid
ney and take side trip to Kimball
and from there auto across to Gering
in time to meet the train upon its ar
rival there,
The party will breakfast at Sidney.
take a look at the town and country
and leave in time to reach Bridge
port about noon. While the train is
being transferred from the Burling-
ton to the Union Pacific tracks the
editors will be the guests of Bridge
port hosts for luncheon. Gering will
be reached by mid-afternoon and the
train will be parked until II o'clock
the next night In the meantime the
principal meetings will be held at
Scottsbluff and Gering and side trips
will include Mitchell and Minitare.
On the return trip stops will be
made at North Platte and Kearney
for breakfast and luncheon and the
train is scheduled to reach Grand
Grand Island in time to permit large
part of the association members to
get trains to their homes Friday even.
ing, II Is estimated that the local
purses that are offered by the towns
visited will pay for the hire OF the
Pullman cars, probably five or six,
aside from the arlor-observation and
cafe car, the baggage-dynamo car and
the car for railroad officials that will
accompany the party.
To work out the details to a point
that assures reasonable satisfaction
to all concerned Is not a light task
and has kept the executive committee
thinking hard. Several meetings have
been held and on nearly every occa.
sion there has been a full attendance
of the committee which Is made up