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Show Would Move See America First Headquarters to flic H Twin City. I QUESTION RESTS WITH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE James A. Metcalf of Missoula Accepts Cliairmaiisliip Dc-partnicnt Dc-partnicnt of Publicity. From the executive committee In charge of the fair to be held In commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Vn Secretary FlHher Harris of the Sco America leugue yesterday received an Invitation to hold the convention of the league at Jnmus-ton Jnmus-ton In 1907. The commlttco agrees to fur-ulsh fur-ulsh heudnunrtcrs for the convention, to widely advertise Its coming, if tho league shall agree to accept the Invitation, and to set asldo a special day to bo Known as "Sue America First day." Tho Invl-j Invl-j talion will be referred to the executive commlttco of the league. Rival for Headquarters. Although the league to but a week old. Salt Lako already has a rival for per-mancnt per-mancnt headquarters In the city of Minneapolis. E. J. Wcstlnkc, the dele-gate dele-gate from Minnesota to the Sec America convention, has been stirring things up j In his home city since his return, with the result that the papers of that city are trying to prove that Minneapolis Is the bent city in tho country in which to er-tublish er-tublish the permanent headquarters of the league. Rests With Committee. The question of selecting permanent heudqunrtcrs will of course rest with tho executive committee from present indl-cations, indl-cations, the original executive committee, none of those named at tho convention having thus far declined. President Jor-dan Jor-dan of Stanford. Dr. N. C. Schuefer of Pennsylvania and David R. Francis of J.IIesouiI have not yet been heard from, but the acceptance of the following mciri-bcrs mciri-bcrs of the committee have been rc-ceived- R. L. McCormlck of Washington, Irtlng Howbart of Colorado and T. B. "Walker of Minnesota. Uetcalf Accepts Place. With the executive secretary of the league was left the choice of n chairman of the department of publicity, and this Mr. Harris promptly olfered to James A. Met calf of Missoula, Mont., who did such efficient work during the recent conven-tlon conven-tlon here. Mr. Mctcalf has accepted the position and will be here early the eom-Hj eom-Hj Ing week to begin to dispose of the great mass of matter that has collected In Just a week. Richardson Makes Good. Complying with a pledge made by the several delegates to call "Sco America" conventions In their respective cities, Tom Richardson of Portland is the first to make good. He has already succeeded In arranging for a convention In the city by the Willamette, to be held there on j February 15. Fisher Harris of this city Is among those who have been Invited to attend the convention and make an ad-dress, ad-dress, and has decided to accept the Invl-tntlon. Invl-tntlon. From Portland Mr. Harris cx-pects cx-pects to go to Minneapolis, then to Kan-sns Kan-sns City, then to New York to attend a meeting of tho Sphynx club, stopping off on his way back to attend a convention j that Is now being planned In Denver Must Know Your Country. Apropos of tho "See Amorica First" moemont, Henry Russell Wray, secre-tary secre-tary of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, has dug up a book of the sixteenth century, Corynt's Crudities, the writer In that early day pointing out that no knowledge was so necessary to a j man as that pertaining to his own coun- try. Horo are a few paragraphs from the rare old book: "Aro you not constrained (my fellow Academlcks) to subscribe to this my opinion, that tho knowiedgo of no nation is so necessary as the 'searching out of a man's own country and the manners thereof and the right understanding of the Commonwealc whereof each one of us Is a part and member? "Tho Lamlac. that are a certain kind of rronstcrs, aro laughed at In the Poetlcall Vj Fables, in that they are so blind at homo that they could not sco their own affairs, Vj cculd foresee nothing, but when thov Vj wero onco gone from home they were counted the most sharp-sighted and curl-BS curl-BS ous searchers of all others. BVJ "Are not they very ridiculous as when by taking long voyages unto far re-j re-j mote people after they have curiously sought out all matters among them, are BVj ignorant of the principal things at home, BVJ and know not what Is contained within BVJ the precincts of their country and reck- J oned altogether strangers on their native I JBJ |