Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-07-19
AUTOMOBILE TOUR
OF Potato. DISTRICT
Development Association Tour Starts
at Moorhead Thursday Morning
This Week and Terminates
MahnOnlen Following u .s#s II.
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II weather conditions are favorable,
the two day auto tour of the southern
part OF the Red River valley to be
made under the auspices of the Min
nesota Red River Valley Develop
ment Association Thursday and Fri
day OF this week should prove to- be
one of the outstanding events Of this
section OF the state. No attempt has
been made to arrange a tour nromi-
nent only on account Of the large
number participating in it. On the
contrary, only a moderate number, it
is expected, will constitute the tour
ing party but among these will be a
number whose prominence will make it
OF more than passing Importance.
Among those who will be members
OF the tour are State Auditor r. P.
Chase; Commissioner Of Agriculture
n. j. Holmberg; Commissioner of I'M
migration 0. H. Smith; Commissioner
OF Highways c.: M. Babcock, and
Deputy Commissioners J.. H. Mullen !:
State Forester W.. T. Cox; Division
Engineers A. L. Flygaare, b. w. Sc
we'll and c.. A. Forbes of the High
way Department; r. IT,. Hathaway.
chief of the northwest division of the
FEDERAL department of highways; HI.
w. Byerly, General Immigration
Agent, and E. f. Benson, manager of
the Department. Of immigration and
Industry, and Ashael Curtis, official
photographer, of the Northern Pacific
hallway; G. P. Bull, state weed in
spector; w. r. Low, district weed in
spector; President r. G. Mathwig, OF
the Development Association. and
other ASSOCIATION officials. -.
In addition to these will be the
members Of the university Tour"
which the Development Association
tour is to meet at MOOrhead and ac-
company while in the valley on it's
tour to the various agricultural
schools and experiment stations Of
the state. This party will include
members of the board of regents of
the University; heads of various uni
versity departments representatives
of some Is or 20 farm journals; and
representatives of the twin city pa-
pers. -.
On the morning of the Goth the two
parties will leave Moorhead at $50
a. m., visiting the following towns
where short stops will be made, Krag-i
mes, Georgetown; Perley,~ Hendrum,
arriving at Ada at II O'Clock, and
then going back to the Red River first,
touching Halstad then Shelley, Neils-
vile. Climax, Eldred, arriving at
Crookston at 3 p. NJ The tourists
will be entertained lat noon luncheon
by the citizens of Ada on Thursday
and by the citizens of Crooksto1l and
the Northwest School of Agriculture
at dinner the evening Of the same
day.
Friday morning, July 21st, the tour
will leave Crookston at $50, going
to-, Erskine by way of Maple Lake,
touching Dugdale and Mentor, with
a short stop at Erskine, and then
coming to Mahnomen, coming thru
Winger arriving here about II o'clock
and after a short stop in town will
go on to the Ranch, where a cafeteria
dinner will be served to the. visitors.
The Development. Associa ton, piloted
by Mr.. 4. J. Robinson, will then make
short tour of inspection to Oak
Crest and st. Pierre farms, getting
back to town for the main business
meeting Of the Association which will
he held in the Rainbow theatre that
afternoon. r ssr, - -, III. Z. "a !