Morris tribune., 1919-05-16
TRADE TOUR OF SIXTY
TOWNS IS ANNOUNCED
Minneapolis Business Special Will
Visit Morris Thursday, June
9th

J. E. Tatam, assistant secretary of
the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce
Association, was in Norris last Sat-
urday making arrangements for the
bushes men of Minneapolis to meet
the business men of Morris, when
their special train comes thru here
on June 5th. Representatives. of every
business element in Minneapolis
will be abroad the special train which
will carry the party.
The tour is attracting special at
tentiOn in Minneapolis, not only be-
cause of the fact that there have been
no trips for several years, but be-
cause the route lies entirely within
the borders of the state. Sixty ci-
ties will be visited and it will take
the party from June End to 9TH to
make the more than 1000 miles to
be travelled. A crack military band
which will furnish musical enter
tainment at every stop will be an
attractive feature Of the visit in each
city and town.
It is hoped that the coming of
the visitors will be made the occasion
for peace celebration day in each
place visited. Some very interesting
features still are being developed
for the tour and if some of the neg
citations now being carried on are
successful, the coming of the tourists
will have much more important
significance than will the usual visit
of city business party.
The present plan is to make the
visit to the various Minnesota centers
of particular interest to the chill
dren. The dicision to hold the tour
on the dates announced was made in
the expectation that most of the
schools would be closed at that time,
making it possible for the children
to be present at the ceremonies.
Further announcements will be
made from time to time in order that
residents along the line of the route
may be kept fully informed of the
plans of those in charge Of the trip.
Lewis F. Bolser is chairman of the
Minneapolis committee and will be in
immediate charge of the tour.
The complete itinerary of the tour
follows:
st. Cloud, Roya1ton, Little Falls,
Aitkin, Deerwood, Ironton, Crosby,
Brainerd, Pequot, Pine River, Back
us, Walker, Cass Lake, Bemidji,
Bagley, Fosston, Mcintosh, Erskine,
Crookston, Fertile, Cary, Twin Val
ley, Ulen, Hitterdal, Hawley, Moor
head, Sabin, Barnesville, Rothsay,
Fergus Falls, Breckenridge, Wahpe-
ton, N. D., Campbell, Elbow Lake,
Evansville, Brandon, Alexandria,
Osakis, Sauk Center, Willard, Glen
wood, Starbuck, Norris, Browns Val
ley, Beardsley, Graceville, Clinton,
Ortonville, Appleton, Milan, Monte
video, Granite Falls, Sacred Heart,
Renville, olivia, Bird Island, Hector,
Buffalo Lake, Stewart, Brownton,
Glencoe.
In 1916 Minneapolis business in
terests Joined in two tours, one in
June in North Dakota and Montana,
ana IN OCTOBER TO points In Northern
Wisconsin, including Bayfield,, Ash
land and Superior.
Minneapolis business interests had
hesitated about inaugurating the
trade tours again this summer, but
recent developments, including the
visit recently Of Director Gen
eral Hines of the Railroad admins
tration, together with the work OF
the industrial board at Washington
in obtaining cooperation for the re.
duction of basic materials prices
have given them confidence in g
speedy readjustment Of business con.
ditions and they decided to under
take the tour as the first gun in ar
energetic campaign for business ex