The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-28

AZ&|A marching OTder,
HA4& RSA week in and
MA 6AEH week out, in
RS k5 good weather
SAI 81 and bad, in hard
NS ~ ii lines and in
prosperity, scours our country from
north to south and east to west-the
flying squadron OF the commercial
travellers.
National Patriotic League.
And in the present emergency they
have not been found lacking. The
Commercial Travellers National Pat
riotic league, which is to be organic
ed on q national basis, had its incep-
ton in a little gathering of CONNER
cial travellers held April at Grand
Forks. After considerable discussion
a second meeting was called for the
Commercial club rooms in the Forks
the afternoon of Sunday, April Is,
when the boys turned out generally,
and formal organization was effect
ed with the election of 0. B. Berge-
son president, J. Nelson Elvebach,
secretary, and W. w. Fegan, treasur-
err.
Resolutions we're adopted in favor
of the organization of a Commercial
Travellers National Patriotic league,
and there was appointed commit
tee consisting of D. B. Bergeson, H.
w. Num-, N O. Twite, w. w. F'egan,
l.. G.. WalstrOm, r. F. Stokes and j.
n. Elvebach to take steps necessary
to calling Of general meeting for
the purpose Of organizing such a
league.
Purposes Of Organization.
All the boys felt that the league
should be national in scope; that it
should undertake not only the raising
Of funds for patriotic purposes and
when necessary to aid and protect
families of members of the craft who
may be called to the colors, but that
through such an organization the
commercial travellers should and
would become power in the dissem.
ination of patriotic sentiment, as we'll
as in the gathering of reliable infor-
nation with respect to trait0rOus
and undesirable citizens-a reserve
corps to the secret service Of the
United States, which is the finest in
the world.
Membership Active.
The committee says: "Such So
ciety would in it's membership cover
the entire United States; it's men,
bers would be continually on the go;
on trains, in hotels, in stores, on the
streets, everywhere, the commercial
traveller is present. (And, it might
have been added, always, he has his
eyes OPEN. 1t cannot be questioned
that as profession the members
have more intimate knowledge OF
what is going on generally through.
out the United States and could gain
a more intimate knowledge Of the
sentiment Of the different communi'
ties throughout the United States
than any other one organization.
Thus the craft, if properly organized,
could be of inestimable value, not
only in disseminating proper and 10y
al sentiment but in pointing out CON-
munities and persons who had senti-
ments of contrary character, and
thus could the proper officers Of the
government be aided on determining
who should be under surveillance.
"The communities appointed to
take charge of the general meeting
decided to call the meeting for the
city of st. Paul, in the state of Min
nesota to be held the 18th day of
May, 1917. In accordance with such
resolution, we are sending this letter
asking that the commercial travellers
of the country join with us in a meet
ing to be held at st. Paul on the day
above mentioned for the purpose OF
organizing a Commercial Travellers
National Patriotic league.
Ask Representation.
"Whie it is desirable that every
commercial traveller who can should
be present at that time and place, we
would suggest that where there arc
several making headquarters in any
particular place that if they cannot
all attend, they should meet and send
a number of representatives of all.
LET us have a monster meeting Of
commercial travellers determined to
take such action as will show to the
president and the country at large
that the commercial travellers are not
only at the front in commercial af.
fairs of the United States, but at the
forefront in patriotic sentiment ana
action. This committee will have
headquarters at the St. Paul hotel"
and" there should be added to
the Introductory quotation, FIRST
IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR COUN.
TRYMEN"
About the most sensational thing
William Ephraim WEIGH has done
since he misplaced an eyebrow and
claimed cards and spades on Adonis
was to drift in from Fargo this week
with the announcement that he is
some general representative of the
White Company, manufacturers OF
motor trucks par-excellence and also
cars pleasurable and otherwise Who
told us his name was William Eph
rain? Nobody. But that fits his inl
ing, Walter Elbertus WEIGH, who
used to train with the Missouri Val
ley Motor Co., could sell us Roman
gold brick if he wanted to, and we
opine that he is going to land certain
juicy contracts on which he is fig
germ at this writing.
A. J. Robinson, the liquid carbonic
man, carbureted in from Minneapolis
this week and simply ate EN- up.
=
Royal Standard typewriters, is back
from conquest of Montana, where
he left EN- all gaspin'. Charles says