Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-05-30

hundred miles out of their way to reach
the headquarters, because of the fact
that there is no direct route from north
eastern Montana to Helena.
Great Falls Is Gateway.
Although members of the Great Falls
post concede that it is slight advantage
to have the state. headquarters located
near the capital of the state, that slight
advantage is of no Importance as COM
pared to that of having it located at
the logical gateway to both the north
ern and southern halves of the state.
Although Great Falls is not IN the
central part of Montana, as regards the
east and west boundaries, it is the most
accessible city in the state eligible for
the state headquarters.
The advantage of locating the state
headquarters in city which has already
proved it's support of the American Le-
gion is also apparent. At a recent meet.
ing of the board of directors of the Com
mercial club, the plan Of the local post
to bring the state headquarters to TINS
city was enthusiastically endorsed, and
aid was promised. Many of the unions
in Great Falls have endorsed the work
of the American Legion. and the fact
that over half of the members OF the
local post are union men is conclusive
evidence Of cooperation.
Can Handle Head Office.
Great Falls is also claimed by legion
men to be one of the few cities in the
state which is adequately prepared to
handle the growing strength of the
American Legion in Montana Confer
ences of various kinds will have to be
held from time to time at the state head
quarters, which will require adequate
room. Office space will have to be ex-
tended from time to time, and with many
large office buildings now in use, and
other modern fireproof structures to be
erected in the near future, Great Falls
will be adequately prepared to handle
The fact that this city has already
been chosen by many commercial organ
izations for their home offices is evil
dence that Great Falls is recognized as
the leading business city Of the state.
A special train from Great Falls to
Livingston, to carry at least 2o mem
bers from the local post and delegates
from all northern Montana posts. is
planned by the convention committee
of the Great Falls post. Pullmans will
be used, and sidetracked at Livingston
to provide accommodations for the dele
gates while attending the convention.
Committee Handling Plans.
The convention will be held on JuEe
IS and % at Livingston. The special
committee of the local post which has
been appointed to attend to the arrange
ments for the Great Falls delegation is
composed of l.. j. Molumby, chairman; ;
P. j. Woodward, Fl. A. Vau Dusen. O.
I. De Schon. Harvey Blomquist and L.
J. Fitzpatrick The following have also
been added to the committee by Chair
man Molumby: Bill Guinness, Bill
Floweree, Harold Hoover, Chet McNair
and Aaron Singer. Sub committees. COM
posed of McNair. Blomquist and Singer,
to line up local men to attend the con-
vention. and De Schon, Van Dusen and
Fitzpatrick, for publicity, have also been
appointed.
Support to the plan Of the local post
to change the state headquarters from
Helena to Great Falls has already been
promised by Butte and Missoula, ac-
cording to c. c. Smith, who made a re-
cent trip to those places. Chairman Mo-
lu nby, after the trip on the "his., line"
reports that Wolf Point. Glasgow, Havre
and Cut Bank are in favor OF the change,
and will support the amendment on the
floor of the convention. Commander IL.