Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-15
PAY LEW|STONN
A SHORT VISIT.
MINNIE EAFOLiS EXCURSION
ISTS TO THE CITY.
AUTO TRIP INTO THE JUDITH BASIN

The special train bearing Mime
apolis business men, making the fifth |
annual tour OF the Minneapolis Civic !
& Commerce association, duly arrived !
at the Great Northern depot at $3.50
Friday morning. President w. j.
johnson, the directors OF the Cham |
ber of Commerce and other repre- !
sentative business men of the city |
were there when the train arrived to
extend welcome and bid them make
the city theirs. Headed by Rosster's
band, which is accompanying them on
their tour, the Minneapolis guests
marched up town to the Masonic TEN
PIE, where many others waited to
offer greetings and IA welcoming hand.
Welcome and Response.
In behalf of Lewistown as a city,
Judge e. K Cheadle voiced cordial
welcome and expressed sincere pleas
ure at being accorded the distinction
of a visit from SO notable an assembly
o. successful business men. In behalf
of the Minneapolis eXcursionists Chas
+. Hermann made response, telling or
the pleasure it was to them, in turn,
to have the opportunity to view this
part Of Montana, and the same time
be so royalty received on every hand.
The splendid band which the Mill
neapolis party brought with it played
time or two. then the company dis
persed, some avaling themselves Of
the automobiles waiting to take them
about the city, and others calling upon
local fins with which they have busi-
ness dealings. Their program was
not strenuous, but was entirely to their
liking after the rousing welcome and
| entertainment which they had eXpe-
renced in Great Falls the night be-
fore. AT II o'clock, accompanied by
their local escorts, they assembled at
| the depot again and were soon speed
ing toward Billings where they spent
! Friday night. They were ell thoroughly
pleased with Lewistown and its peo-
rle and repeatedly said 50, with many
| flattering comments.
Lehman Escorts Auto Party.
Those OF the party who arrived in
Lewistown on the special. however,
were not permitted to see the Judith
Basin to the same advantage as did
Is of their number, who made the
trip from Benchland by automobile.
During recent visit in Minneapolis,
A. B. Lehman assured representatives
Of certain banking firms and loan
companies who have money loaned on
farms in this community. that they
should have an opportunity to inspect
the Judith Basin for themselves at
close range. Mr.. Lehman, n B. Mat
thews, cashier of the Basin State bank
Of Stanford: II. S. Woodward, cashe,
of the Hobson State bank: j. d. Waite
r. R. Warren and Kenneth Gaylord OF
Lewistown met the special at Bench
land. In the six cars they took A. A
Bennett of the First National Bank oil
Renvile, Mimi, P. J. Leeman of the
First & Security National bank of
Minneapolis, +. A. Gross of the Ger
man American bank. c. o. r. Sta
beck of the Colds -Stabeck Loan
Credit company. Henry Doerr, of the
Minneapolis Drug company, |. W
,, Chambers of the Minnesota Loan
Trust company: W. f. Briggs of tht
Northwestern National bank Richard
son Phelps of the Phelph- Eastman
company; A. II. Poehler and Kenneth
, Poehler of the H. Poehler company
,, " r. Murray of the Scandinavian
American bank, A. NJ. Sheldon 0
, Sheldon Bros. G. A. Brown of the St
, Anthony & Dakota Elevator company
, !! l.. Seybold of the Wells-Dicke,
, company and NJ. H. Woodward of th
Woodward Newhouse company. The
made the trip from Benchland to Uti
| ca, down the Judith river to Hobson
then to Moore and by Rock creek t.
! Lewistown, arriving here about l
, o'clock. Without an exception, TIL
, Judith Basin was a revelation to thes
men. Many of them represent firm
who have loaned money eXtensiyel
on Judith Basin lands, but none O
;. them had ever really known what TIL
Basin contained. They were delighte
beyond measure with the wealth Q
land they saw Some of them went a
!: far as to say that in all their trip TIL
they had seen. Their approve
|, amounted to enthusiasm; so in
3 pressed were they, in fact, that som
e Of them made the trib back to Hol
l, son by automobile, where they me
the special at 12:45. They felt tina
q it was worth the entire journey jus
l. to see the unlimited expanse c
e sprouting grain
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Z w. P. DevreauX head of the bi
/ grain house of w P. Devereaux & c.
IL of Minneapolis, left Monday after
O three days inspection trip throug
II the county His firm is represente
5, in Montana by w. D. F. Hyde.