The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-09-03
ROCK ISLAND
OFFICIALS VISIT.
PRESIDENT GORMAN OF THE
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM AND
OTHER PROMINENT RAIL
ROAD MEN VISIT THIS SEC
TON OF THE ARROWHEAD
COUNTRY FRIDAY.

KOAD MEN NiSil l6io oGS-
TON OF THE ARROWHEAD
COUNTRY FRIDAY.
The party of railroad officials
mentioned in these columns last
week arrived over the Ely-Finland
road Friday at about / o'clock. The
party made the trip from Duluth In
cars furnished by officials of the
Duluth & Iron Range over the Lake
Superior international Highway to
Little Marais and then to Ely
through the Superior National For
est.
They were met at the dam by
several cars containing members OF
the Ely Commercial Club headed by
Mayor Hanson, James Moonan and
Chas. Trezona and escorted to the
Community Center where the ladies
of the Swedish church had prepared
a dinner for the visiting guests and
local members of the Commercial
Club. The dinner was welcome
one for the party as they had break
tasted early that morning and their
appetites had been whetted to fine
point by the long ride through an
appetite laden climate for which this
section of the country is famous.
Sixty people were seated at the
tables and the good things to eat had
small chances. President A. l..
Richey of the Commercial Club act
ed as POSTMASTER. Mayor Hanson
welcomed the guests in his usual
happy manner and the visiting
guests of the Rock Island were in
troduced in turn by POSTMASTER
Richey. President German, in
whose honor the trip was made when
introduced made short address in
which he expressed his utter salts
faction over what he had seen in
the Arrowhead and predicted much
for the recreational possibilities of
this section and the advertising that
was to follow his visit. Mr.. German
is of the outstanding type of Ameri-
can citizen who has worked his way
from a car checker in the yards at
Chicago to the presidency of one OF
| the largest railroad systems in the
country. He is pleasing speaker
with a humorous conception and a
| master of words. He is hailed as
"Jim" by his acquaintance and his
army of employees. Hal d. Ray, IN
| charge of Public Relations with the
Rock Island spoke briefly and cap.
tured his audience with his stories
of the Mexican judge and DAME
Webster.
In the party were James E. Cor
man, president of the r.. /. & P.
Carl Nyquist. vice president anC
secretary and treasurer; L. M. Al
len, vice president and in charge o.
the passenger department; w. II
Burns, vice president and genera
Iauditor; A. Mckenzie, general traf
fic manager; T. A. Mathews, assist
ant general traffic manager; A. %
Dove, district passenger agent of st
i Paul; Hal D. Ray, in charge OF pub
Lie relations. In addition Their
were Horace Johnson, president o
the Duluth & Iron Range; w, A
lMcGonagle, president of the Dulut
Missabe & Northern; James d
| Harper, president of the Minnesot
| Arrowhead Association; E. B. Dun
ming and Frank E. Parker, vic
). presidents of the Duluth Chambe
/ of Commerce; M. l. Stewart, chan
man of publicity of the Arrowhead
|, Senator Fred D. Vibert, in charg
) of the demonstration publicity an
flor Amendment No. 2; Waite
Brown of Overwhelming Brown
, Geo. H. Crosby, president Of tn
: Crosby Land Company and the Gro
5 lby interests on the Guyana Rangt
3 lis. v. Saxby, secretary of the d.
8 | lh,th Chamber of Commerce; A.
e Kaplin of the Duluth Herald; Pa
: Saunders Of the Duluth New
v Tribune and last but not least,
o B. Arnold of the land departures
r Of the Duluth & Iron Range.
The party left here after circ
: trip Of Lake Shagawa and visit
4 BURNSIDE Lodge, for Tower al
s from there to Virginia and HIbbln
& Following his tour of the AFRO
& head Country, Mr.. German piedg
3 himself and his road to advertiser
81 this region and as great recr
81 ational area and a tourist and '
81 cationist playground. He has !
3 structed the publicity departing
8 of his road to prepare material q
s. vertising this section and to see tn
b this advertising is properly d
81 tributed.
i This advertising on the part
s the Rock Island system will undoul
Il edly have good and far-reachi
h effect. The Rock Island opera'
B 1000 miles of road in IA stat
5 principally in the central west a
81 southwest.
\ In its territory are millions
3 people who every summer look
8 some place to go which will atft
Il them relief from the excessive ne
b The Rock Island road has alws
5 been active in promoting tour
8 travel and in advising people VIII
= to 90. It arranges many excurslo
4 tours and trips. and carries ms
b thousands of people on these to-
3 annually.
s In the past, the Rock Island
B advertised tours particularly to {
3 orado, which has mountain seem
s and a cool summer climate In
s higher attitudes. But in the futr
Il thanks to Mr.. Germans perso
3 inspection of the region. the r
s. Island will advertise the MINES
s. Arrowhead Country EXTENSIVE
s and summer tours to- this section
3 Minnesota will be arranged and +