The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-07-16

completed last week, when
Department Commander Edwin l..
uindell, Ray Rossberg Of Crookston,
H. O. Chommie, commander of the
thief River Falls Post, and Oscar
Smith, chairman Of the Winnipeg
Tour Committee, visited the Canadian
city to confer with the mayor there.
Mayor R. H. Webb is veteran of
the World War, having attained the
rank of colonel, and he is member
of the Great War Veterans of Can
ada. He assured the visitors that the
Legion and Auxiliary will be welcome
guests, and that he considers the trip
pregnant with possibilities for fur
there cementing the bonds of friend
slip between the United States and
Canada" ~
The trip will be made following adj
journment of the annual Minnesota
Legion state convention on August
18th. Leaving Thief River Falls
about 100 P. M. the Legion special
trains will arrive in Winnipeg about
$50 P. M. and all will prade from
the depot to Board of Trade Building
where banquet will be served and
entertainment furnished by Winnipeg
citizens, with accommodations to seat
1000 at time. Following speeches
and entertainment there will be dane
ing. Thursday the 18th will be
spent sightseeing-then the Gopher
Gang will bid Canadian buddies fare
we'll.
| A feature of the Thief River Falls
Legion Convention and Winnipeg Lee
gion Tour is that the entire trip will
cost Legion and Auxiliary members
only a few cents more than round
trip fare at reduced rate to Thief Riv-
er Falls only. A buddy can ride
from St. Paul to Thief River Falls,
occupy his sleeper duri ng the con-
vention for 3 " days, ride on to Win
nipeg, occupy the sleeper there, and
ride back to st. Paul, all for less
than twenty-five dollars. The regu-
lar convention fare to Thief River
Falls and return is more than seven
teen dollars, so that the extra cost to
Winnipeg with use of sleeper all the
way is only a few dollars more. U.s.
ing lower berth to Thief River Falls
only, and on return trip, without US
ing the sleeper at Thief River Falls,
the cost is twentyone dollars from st.
Paul. The 500 Line special leaves
tSt. Paul at ten P. M. Sunday August
8, arriving in Thief River Falls at
TO GA. M. Monday 10th.
Endowment Drive Advances
| The Mesaba Iron Range in gener-
al and Eveleth this week in particular
are showing a fine example to the
other Legion communities of Mime
sofa in connection with the endow-
ment campaign. With goal of 3d.
400 set by the department for their
city, Eveleth Legionaires have just
finished a campaign which contribute
ed $3,666. is to the fund which is to
relieve the disabled and orphans OF
the world war of worry and suffering
Smaller Minnesota towns with lower
quotas have far overshot the goal SET
for them; but the Eveleth record has
not heretofore been approached by
towns in it's class. Gilbert, another
Iron Range town, with quota OF
$1,000, turned in $1,800.25. Virginia
is hard at work and expects to an
nounce the over-subscription within
the week. In southern Minnesota,
Preston, Harmony and Lewiston have
Just filled their quotas. Wadena,
Becker and Fosston are other COM
munities just over the top.
i Eighteen states have now COM
pleted their campaigns-successfully
The total amount to be collected
| throughout the nation is five million
dollars, none of which will be used
but will be placed in trust fund,
only the interest of which can be
touched. The Minnesota portion of
the fund will be $25O,0O0, of which
Minneapolis will raise 100000, St.
Paul $4,000 and Duluth $4,000.
These three cities are now working,
each having raised substantial sum
by means of preliminary campaign,
and have yet to stage their big
drives.