The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-12-15
HAVE CONSOLIDATED
The EuttermakerS and Dairymen
Unite Their Forces in One
ASSOC alton.
Successful Meeting Of the Two Organ
iZati0n Was Held Here For
Two Days.
Largest Exhibition OF Butter at Con-
Yentions in q Good Many Years.
High Scores.
THE CONVENTION OPENS.
The First Session Of the Dairymen
THE CONVENTION OPENS.

The First Session Of the Dairymen
Was Held Tuesday Night and
All Welcomed.
The delegates to the dairymens and
buttermaker's convention came in slow
l3 Tuesday and it was not until the
kes roads had arrived before there was
. good crowd present. President
Wheaton and Secretary Sherwood, with
number OF delegates, came in on the
Omaha at $3.50 and brought with them
tho enshusisem of the meeting. Sow
eral of the speakers who wore expected
to arrive in the afternoon were delayed
1t home and came in this afternoon.
Prof. Saunders was the first to arrive
from Brookings
1t was designed to hold exercises at
the opera house in the evening to ex-
tend Welcome to the delegates and
At sensonable hour there was fairly
good crowd at the place of meeting to
listen to the remarks of the evening.
Aside from the IS dairymen who were
seated in the front part OF the hall
there were number of citizens of this
city present and also the good nstured
representatives of the manufacturers
of the east, who had come out to see
that their business was duly advertised.
While the crowd was gathering the
State Juvenile band was seated on the
stage and rendered a number of pop
ular selections and they also furnished
the music during the program of the
evening, the male quartet, which was
advertised, being unable to be present
owing to the absence from the city of
one of its ms embers. The address of well
come was made by 0. L. Branson.
cashier of the First National bank, and
his words were that sincere that there
was no doubt in the minds of the dairy
men that they were really welcome to
the city of Mitchell. Mr.. Branson
said be desired to welcome those men
to Mitchell who had done more to bring
prosperity to South Dakota than any
other class of men, and citing an in
stance OF what the COW had done for
Dawson county stated that since the
oreameries had started in this city and
county that more than 100000 had
been paid out to the farmers for their
milk. He referred to the time when the
people first came to this country that
they were imbued with the idea that
all there was to do was to put the grain
in the ground and let it grow; they
left the old COW back in the states, re-
| garding her as an UNNECESSARY incum-
brsnce in this country. AS result a
good many people had to leave this
country on account of the failure OF
crops snd hard times. Many of these
people cams back a few years later and
he noticed that when they came the
second time they brought with them
the COW. The old animal had grown
into vast herds all over the state
the creamery was established
and the results of its patronage has put
thousands of farmers on their fee,
financially and has bsen the making o
South Dakota. Mr.. Brapson realized
that this industry was very important
factor in the business interests of the
state and looked for au even create,
standing OF it among the people.
In responding to the Welcome addres.
President Wheaton was very kind IL
make so many mplimentary allusion
to this city. He was very glad indeed
to meet in this city because her citi
zens were the most hospitable of an,
city in the state, and because the towl
WAS in the center of the most pros
porous creamery district of the state
and the further fact that Davisol
county had some OF the best manage,
and most complete creameries in Sout]
Dakota. Mr.. Wheaton said that tn
association met in this city under tn
most favorable auspices in good man
years, when the dairy interests wer
in better sbspe, the product was ir
crossing in qua tiSy aud quality and c
the same time the prices wer
better than in good many years. !
was ten years ago that the dairymen
sssociation WAS first organized and tn
promoters merely hoped that in tim
the association would bs Of some ben,