The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-06-15
DESCRIBES ROTARY TRIP

Editor Paul butcher of the Brook
ings Register, delegate OF the Brook
ings Rotary club to the international
us a few impressions of the trip to
California on the Rotary special train
from Omaha.
Leaving Brookings Tuesday, May 80
our trip to Omaha was uneventful
outside of meeting and visiting with
strangers. We found many changes
had been made in Omaha in the last
20 years, covering the period in
which we had last seen the town.
Like Minneapolis they have the Gay
summer, so we had to be content
with the movies, Of which there are
several good ones. We met a num-
Der of good Rotarians who were anXi.
Gus TO make u stay a pleasant one,
but we missed the noon luncheon by
just one day.
At 10 p. m. Rotarians began to
gather at the Union Pacific depot. The
first mar we met was City Passenger
Agent A.. X. Curtis, who we discovered
was to be our host and give US per
sonal conduct to Los Angeles. Mr..
Curtis is well known throughout South
Dakota, having been travelling agent
through that territory for many years.
We also met DeX Buell., chairman of
the transportation committee. Both
were Rotarians, Shriners and the
prince Of good fellows and from that
time on the BEST was none too good
for us.
There was no finer train pulled into
United States thar our special over
the Union Pacific and this splendid
service was due to the personal eff
forts OF those two gentlemen, par.
ticularly Mr.. Curtis. Before retiring
We met and visited for a short while
with DR.. Ben Bulge of Ames, Iowa,
Billy" Coppeck of Council Bluffs, Ia,
Ed" Robinson Of Sheffield, England,
and Harry Suedecor.
Following one of the most restful
hiSieo VIC huNC CN'Iy put Ill vi Il
sleeper, we awoke to find Charlie
Symm of Sioux Falls, as our neigh
Dor across the isle. Charlie is the
great stunt producer in Shrinedom
and the man who made the 10th dis
trict Rotary convention famous and
the talk Of the entire country. He
now poses as president OF the Sioux
Falls Rotary club and his principal
business seem to be looking after
paying the bills for Judge Oscar
Rofelty and his wife who are said to
nave boarded the train with $3.50.
BE that as ii may the judge is GER
tainly enjoying the situation and for
u man who never enjoys a joke, it
seems to be a good one for Charlie.
At 1880 Saturday morning "a CON
ference was called in the club car.
Frank Smith OF Omaha, the mar
with the loud voice. was made chair
man. Several committees were ap-
pointed, the chief and most important
the candidacy Of Billie Coppeck for
international president. District Gov
ernOr Luther Brewer, Charles Symms
and Paul Rankin were made q COM
mittee to take in charge a banquet for
the delegats Of the 10th district to be
held at Los Angeles on Thursday
night of next week at the Alexandria
hotel.
When we reached Cheyenne most of
our party left the train for an auto
trip over the National Highway to
Laramie, but for several reasons not
the be explained here, Charlie and
myself chose the all rail route. We
We're at six o'clock dinner in the
diner when We reached Laramie and
the autos began to come in from the
highway trip. The Laramie band was
out in full force and played for US for
80 minutes or more. To date we have
not seen any country that we would
trade for old BrOOkings county if we
were offered ten to one
The stop at North Platte was not
long but was marked by an enthusi-
aStic crowd and an excellent band
which was out in force. Here we had
the pleasure of meeting Rotarian Ira
l.. Bare, secretary Of the North Platte
Chamber of Commerce and for 80
years a newspaper man Of hat town.