The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-10-06
DECEMBER MEETING
ButtermakerS and Dairymen Will Come
to Mitchell for Their annual
Session.
The City Educators Were Pleasantly
Enterta ned Last Friday by Mrs
E. D. MaxOD.
Ernest Gregory Was Released From the
Regular Army at The Request Of
His Parents.
.BUTTERMAKER'S CONVENTION
Their Big Convention Will be Held
in Mitchell Dec. 12, Is, Ia.
A Great Meeting.


EDITOR REPUBLICAN,: The ninth
annual convention of the South Dakota
Dairy Association will be held in
Mitchell, South Dakota, December
18th to 18th, 1899, and I presume there
will be large gathering because it
has been the desire of the majority of
the management of creameries also the
buttermakers to hold their con vention
in Mitchell for the past two or. three
past, but other cities have pushed to
the front with their inducements and
secured the desired yearly conven-
tion. 1 having been summoned
to attend a meeting of the board of
directors to be held in Yankton last
week I solicited any offer that might
be forthcoming from the Business Mems
League and was notified to secure
the next convention and to offer 800
cash and the free use of hall for three
days.
There were two other invitations
before he board, from Redfeld and
Brookings, but was very pleased the
| board voted in favor of Mitchell and
accepted the offer as above. In past
years the different cities have made
similar offers. Brookings 1897, and
Sioux Falls 1898, offered in each Gaze
800, free hall and free entertainment
for the officers during the convention.
Last winter we had the Buttermakers
National convention in our state and
right grand did Sioux Falls provide for
that large gathering. During the
national session a meeting of South
Dakota buttermakers was held and as
young as the creamery industry is in
the state a Buttermakers association
was formed. This association has for
its president Mr.. Leland Griffin, of De
Smet, who is also vice president of the
National for 1S99-l900. The secretary
of this association being at Yankton
invited the buttermakers 20 hold their
annual CONVEX tion at Mitchell at the
same time as the dairy convention, and
before left that city I was notified the
buttermakers would join US. There
fore we shall all meet as one conven
tion in Mitchell. 1 need not go into
the details of dairy convention.
think it is enough to know that by
these gatherings the great creamery
industry has been brought along in ou1
prosperous young state and I think
am not going too far by saying th'
farmers of South Dakota have a grea
deal to thank the creamery for. Th'
creamery has without doubt brough
the state triumphantly through YER,
hard times. Therefore, 1, on behalf Q
the officers OF the association, trust tn
city will do everything that can b
done to make the buttermakers com
Portable during their visit.
The Inducements should be plentiful
There will be premiums offered for but
ter and cheese by the association an
y by the creamery supply companies, ]
E. Turner & Son, of Mitchell, an
other large firms, salt companies, colo
: companies, hand separator companie
etc. The transportation agents an
+. commission men will also attend
Now l think Mitchell wants a crow
: and l will tell you my idea of bringin
them. In addition to the premium
offered as above I am confident it woul
be a drawing card if the merchants wi
. donate few smaller premiums, sue
as they have in their stores, not of bi
value but something useful.
This will add to the competition ar
will cause excitement. These ems
premiums will advertise the stores al
70 the buttermakers will appreciate wi
l. n;nn a ,,ron,iu,ro if Il ia Oath Or 0St