The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-24
EASTERN VISITORS
GIVEN RECEPTION
AT State CAPITOL
Governor Shafer Speaks Of Vast
Resources OF North Da.
kota to Travellers
ARE AFTER CONVENTION
Coming From Trip Into South.
west. Are on Way to Mil
Waukee Convention

Jerseyrnen and their wives to the
number Of $50, from the Oranges and
the cataractic Passaic on the north,
down through the country of the
placid Piscataway and CheescQuakes
to the campmeeting land OF Pitman
and the tidal inlets where the brack-
ish oyster replaces the cranberry,
with a goodly representation from
Atlantic City, queen beach Of the
eastern coast. relaxed from the weari-
ness Of long distance touring by rail,
In Bismarck and Mandan Saturday
evening.
They were the members of the Jcr-
sey Kiwanis party travelling on special
train to the international convention
1T Milwaukee, after q preliminary tour
Of the southwest to Denver. up to
Salt Lake and Yellowstone park. and
thence eastward over the Northern
Pacific to Milwaukee.
The entertainment Of the party
was looked after by the Bismarck XII
wants club. which received the visitors
at Mandan at 1 o'clock In the after
noon and. after ON Indian program
at the Mandan depot-where two te-
PEGS were pitched by Sioux tribe
members-brought the Jerseyites to
this side ver the Memorial highway
and bridge. took them through the
tourist camp. the Kiwanis playground.
and Fort Lincoln, BY the state prison,
Aid to the capitol.
The Indian exercises at Mandan
centered about adoption into the tribe
Of 8. z. Cole, governor Of the KiwaniS
district Of New Jersey, q business man
Of Plainfield, q north Jersey manu-
featuring and residential city. The
governor was adopted into the Sioux
tribe at Mandan.
At the capitol a program had been
arranged by Pat E. Byrne. chairman
Of the months Kiwanis entertainment
committee. After viewing the rlemO-
rial building. the statue Of Sakakawea
and the Roosevelt cabin, the visitors
were assembled In the hall Of the
house to meet Governor George F.
Shafer and state officials. including
former Governor J. M. Devine; Mrs.
Berta E. Baker, state treasurer; Miss
Bertha r. Palmer, state superintend-
ent Of public instruction.; Judge A.
O.. Burr and Judge L. E. Birdzell, OF
the supreme court; Robert Byrne,
secretary Of state: r. w. Simons.
assistant attorney general; G. w. Nc
Donnell, Of the railroad board; and
Gilbert Semingson, state bank ex-
aminer.
Worth Lumry. president OF the local
club. then called the gathering to or
der. the Jersey visitors taking seats
by the legislative desks. Governor
0hAler Was called on. after brief
opening remarks by President Lumry.
to speak the welcome Of the city and
state. in his capacity as a past presi-
dent Of the local club and Is chief
executive Of the state.
The governor spoke mainly Of the
state and It's resources. calling atten-
ton to it, ares and the melting pot
character Of It's population. He told
the Jerseymen, some Of whom had ex-
preoDed admiration for the states
magnificent distances and it's food
producing capacities. that they we're
invited to send 10000 Of their good
citizens along and they would be vel
coined into the North Dakota fold.
8. =. Cole. the Kiwanis governor. re-
sponded for the visitors. He spoke in
complimentary terms Of the state and
Of Bismarck and said that, as New
Jersey more and more devoted its