THE BEE-KEEPERS, REVIEW. 



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September and. The first session uf the 

 National convention will be Tuesday, 

 evening. In order to reach Denver 

 Tuesday, it will be necessary to leave 

 Chicago, Sunday evening about six 

 o'clock. We will then be twonightsand 

 one day on the road. The officers of the 

 National Letter Carriers' Association tell 

 nie that the Santa Fe road was the pio- 

 neer in securing the low rates for their 

 Denver convention, and ihey are going 

 there over that road. They wish us to 

 patronize that road as much as we can. 

 I have already made arrangements to go 

 by that road. It will make no diflFer- 

 ence, so far as cost is concerned, over 

 which road we go, and we may just as 

 well all go over the same road. If we can 

 drum up enough to fill a car, the road 

 will give us a car to ourselves. If not, 

 there is nothing to hinder our going on 

 the same train, and saving expense by 

 bunking together. No part of the con- 

 vention will be more enjoyable than the 

 visiting on that train — two nights and 

 one day on the road from Chicago to 

 Denver. The fare will be only I25.00 for 

 the round trip. A sleeping car berth for 

 the two nights, will be 56.00, but, by two 

 occupying the same berth, the cost will 

 be only I3.00 each. I shall go, Bro. Root 

 will go, I suppose that Sec. Mason will 

 go. and I suppose that Bro. York and 

 Dr. Miller will go, Geo. E. Hilton writes 

 me that he is- going. Now, as fast as 

 anyone decides that he will be one of this 

 party to start from Chicago, let him 

 write tome and let me know, and, each 

 month, I will publish the list. 



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THE COMING CONVKNTION AT DENVER. 



Of course, we naturally expected, that 

 if the National Convention went out to 

 Denver that those Western people would 

 do the handsome thing, but the present 

 indications are that they are going away- 

 ahead of anything that any of us have 

 dreamed of. Some things have come to 

 me in private letters, giving hints of what 

 may be expected, but all of their plans 

 are not yet sufficiently completed to be 



given to the public; however, I have a 



letter from Secretary Working, that I 



have permission to publish, and here 



it is: — 



Denver, Colo., Apr. 26. iqo2. 



Mr. W. Z. Hutchnison, 



Flint, Michigan. 

 Dear Sir: 



We have put both feet into it ! 



Yesterday and the day before our Ex- 

 ecutive Coiiimittee (Harris, Gill, Rauch- 

 fuss, and Working) made the prelimin- 

 ary arrangements for the big meeting in 

 September. Following are the chief 

 points decided upon: 



The Colorado Association will meet on 

 Tuesday morning, September 2, and de- 

 vote the da}- to business, in the evening 

 and the following days taking part in the 

 general sessions of the National Associa- 

 tion. Our program Committee will work 

 with yours. 



We' will give a complimentary banquet 

 to members of the National Association 

 coming from other States than Colorado 

 and a "Seeing Denver" trolley ride to all 

 the attractive places in the city to tlie 

 same people. Our members and those 

 of vour Association who have the good 

 fortune to live in Colorado will have the 

 pleasure of sharing in these pleasures for 

 a fixed price — to be fixed later. 



We will plan for special excursions at 

 low rates to places of interest in various 

 parts of the State. 



We gave our committee on Exhibits 

 fifty dollars and the authority to beg a 

 thousand for the purpose of making a 

 great exhibition. 



We decided to "spread" ourselves in 

 such a way as to make the visiting bee- 

 keepers forever proud of having attended 

 the Denver meeting, and those who don't 

 come, everlastingly ashamed of them- 

 selves. And we have persuaded the May- 

 or of the City and the Governor of the 

 State to do their utmost to make the oc- 

 casion memorable; and the men who 

 hold the purse-strings of the city are in- 

 terested. Promises later. Then, too, 

 the Secretary of the Denver Chamber of 

 Commerce, who is a past master in such 

 matters, has become an enthusiastic mem- 

 ber of our l)anquet committee — a com- 

 mittee that is not too big to do things. 



That ought to be enough to tell you 

 now. You are to tell us when we may 

 give the banquet. You are to name us 

 three men, including younself, who will 

 respond briefly and thankfully to ad- 

 dresses of welcome bj' President Harris, 

 Governor Orman, and Mayor Wright. 

 As for the banquet, you are to prepare 

 for it and nothing more — to be in good 



