Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-01-23
FOR IMMIGRATION.
AZ ENTHUSIASTIC CoN'ESIiVA
HELD AT MITCHELL
An as~seiaIion Formed
work for tie Good OF fhe
Tnr~~ Hundred EntaIusiassfe AN"
Patriotic Ven Discuss Way
Increasing south DaA"-
ia. Population

Mitchell. : D, Ian 1.-The jlaInl-
~-ttan r--.urentian. Which Ee1d IL s
sSCnx bsvr tg-Iay. vas the largest anu
/ most enthusiastic c-. 81 LIE So
which has ever ass sd II the SAT-
Three hundred Ge.e@.s% TeIE1s+11.L-
practically every equity east OF LL
Missouri river were present ~
Fails sent rs. Aberdeen IA ana "A1'
| cities il Ike propoEtiuL NE pEop.e
If Mitchell had not expected 4LAEtI
n tie number and wer- Eer"-@i!ae~'
bur rallied and entertained = guests
royaly-
biz II. +. Beebe u Ipswich WHO i
ore Of The executive committee Tor
south Dakota. appointed by the North
western convention IN ST Paul last
Sevembar +. 4. Morris q HutcnLn-
son was made temporary chairman
and Mons Dist Of Chamberlain secre-
! tary. Tie chair appointed tEe t2-Ae"-
ing committees and cEalrLea. IRE
| dauriagS. K. :. BuShIell q Aberdeen:
/ -parmauenr organization. J. ii BIC OF
| Huron: programme. J. TomlinS"ar 81
| n sioux Falls: resolutions. ". L lip
| ton. Jrage Ii. II. Keith II Sioux Fans
was made man chairman ana
T. G. Burns Of Mitchell permanent
| secretary. Judge Keith made a FlEor-
| Gus address. stating that me state AAd
| been injured as severely by 4 lies OF
| the boomers as bE any otter cause
| and declaring that 10 WORK Successful
| In 10 secure immigrants who wouIu
| Build I'd the state and remain here as
| Igyag citizens. we Just tel the actual
| truth about every .-@tiOn. its resources
| and drawbacks. This sentiment was
| loudly applauded. After recess the
| convention reasserlbled. and Judge
| HaRaT OF Mitchell delivered 4 scholar
I In address Of welcome. Capt. HouSer
| OF Aberdeen made q most eloquent ~
| rlCnse. which was loudly a~ppla1ded.
| All the speakers of the day Insisted
that the new organization must. In IT'S
| advertising. o attempt to overdraw,
| bat must tell the strict truth Ine
following plan Of action. submitted by
the committee Cd programme, was
adopted:
4 statewide organization is 10 up
formed. to he called the South Dakota
!g.missat!2a GSscc!2:!c= =-s.c! = 20
be Incorporated. The delegates, from
| every judicial circuit. elect a member
Of the executive committee. and the
| convention elects the president. secrc-
tary and treasurer. Al these officers
IRE 10 give bend for $1,000. they are
% hold their offices one year. and are
10 call annual conventions The dele
gates from each convention elect 4
cCunty director. 10 report and 10 be re-
syonsible to the member of the ON
mittee from his judicial circuit. In
making Up the literature to be sen To
the East. each county Is 10 prepare lis
OWE matter, Describing its resources
and advantages in its ~ way, aud
the executive cn1nruittee is to compile
these articles. removing all discrepan-
cies and e~QualiziEg tile le2~th. Ii is
net. however, 10 alter material points.
The ways ard means. as well as the
methods Of work are left entirely to
the executive committee; but il was
decided forthwith TO get out some ad-
vertising literature en- The above lines.
All salaries are forbidden. and mem
bers are to order from funds only their
actual and necessary expenses. The
convention also instructs the members
Of the executive committee TO proceed
as 500 as possible TO call district con-
ventions in their respective circuits.
The conventions are 10 form district
associations. which are 10 Cooperate
with the state organization. and also
70 e that Independent and thorough
advertising of their own districts is
done. Several warm discussions took
place over the question whether
ties which refused TO contribute to-
ward the work shoIld be advertised.
The matter was left TO tie decision OF
the executive committee. but the nnaa-
imous sentiment was that they should
not.
The following executive committee
was selected: f. w. Morris Of Trip;
I. III. Brown Of Sioux Falls; s. y. Mar
raglan Of Aberdeen: J. II. Greene of
Chamberlain: \. J. LoekhaFt Of Clear
Lake; j. III. Baldwin. +. w. Morris
IA elected president: :. w. Nara
gang, secretary; 7. II. Brown. treasur-
er.
Mitchell. : D.. Special. Jan. IG-The
pS&ath Dakota Immigration association
is now an institution Of fact the coz
yention having finished its labOrs this
afternoon and adjourned. This morn
ing The convention listened TO an ad-
dress by Prof. J.. +. Tabor. on the
formation of artesian wells. their
source, and by what means they re-
ceiye their supply Of water. Gov. Shell
don delivc..d an address on the re-
sources of the state. ID. II. McGinnis.
secretary of the Northwestern lmmi-
CRATIC. association. gave the delegates
a most excellent talk. His remarks
were heartily received. DIR. McLouth.
of the Brookings Agricultural college.
spoke on artesian wells from n scien-
tific standpoint.
The committee on resolutions report
ed this afternoon, among the most i'm
portant resolutions being one i'm refer
ence 10 a recommendation TO the state
Legislature requesting that body to ap-
point a commissioner of immigration
Their was n strong sentiment against
the resolution. owing TO the political
phase of the office, many thinking II
would be useless on that account. The
resolution was unanimously voted
down. The executive committee will
labor with the Western Passenger as-
ISOLATION for excursion rates on all
lines running into this state, the same
as are now given TO induce immigra-
ton into southern .sartions Of the
United States.