Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1903-05-22
HOT SPRINGS. SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY MAY o. 1903

RINGS, SOUTH DAKO
man in such capacity, the following
toasts were given: "The Mayors
Welcome" Hon. A. S. Stewart: "Our
Organization" e. E. Lesh; "Relation
of Travelling Men to the Trade," 8. r..
Hommel; "The Ladies'" +. G. Crandall;
sour Absent Brothers." w. A. Green;
"Our Visit Here" Roy Hoober; "Hot
Springs" s. z. Wilson. There were
many happy pleasantries INDUCED in
by the speakers and some excellent
things said.
Thus closed the first meeting of the
travelling men at Hot Springs, and all
expressed themselves as delighted with
their visit.
THE SHOOTING EVENT,
The travelling men did not get a
team together for this event, but we're
represented by Messrs. Hallet and
Dewey, who happen to be out this way
buying wool. There were but two of
them, while the Hot Springs team had
five men. consisting of Harry Gayhart,
%. r. Juckett, E. Aargens, W. B. Dud-
ley and Dave Kimball. Owing to the
storm they only used 65 targets to the
man and took the average of the two
teams for the result. The two visiting
gentlemen who entered the contest
came with good records, being members
of the Boston Atheletic Association,
and our boys thought possibly they
were up against it by agreeing to take
the average, but the result turned out
all right, our boys being in good mood
for shooting, the average resulting in
SIS per cent for Hot Springs against 65
for the visitors. The individual
averages we're as follows: Gayhart 80,
Juckett Sc, Hargens 81, Dudley IS, and
Kimball -; while the visitors had,
Hallett 81, and Dewey 40. Thus the
Hot Springs team won easily, taking
in the s1OO purse.
TRAVELLING MEN ORGANIZE.
Saturday evening the travelling men
organized the Black Hills Travelling
Mems Association and elected the
following officers:
President, Fred Melius, st. Louis;
Vice Pres, G. L. Thorp, Hot Springs;
Sec'y., Geo. L. Erhard, Omaha;
Treas, I. o. Marks, Omaha.
Executive Board:-E. E. Peck,
Deadwood; w. A. Green, Omaha; o. j.
Schwieger, Omaha; E. E. Wright,
Omaha; Chas. G. Roe, Chicago; Glen
Hart, Sioux City; G. w. Glazier, st.
Joe; r. B. Plummer, Lincoln; j. G.
Carson, Omaha; w. G. Caven, Chicago;
B. H. Stewart, Deadwood: Robert
Croft, Omaha; p. H. Patterson, Chad
ron; j. j. Shook, Pittsburg.
The object of the organization is the
mutual benefits and protection fol
travellers in the Black Hills district
and contiguous territory.
The membership started with 1OC
members. Seventy-two marched in
parade Saturday morning. The head.
quarters of the organization are to be
at Hot Springs for the year at least
Conventions will be held annually al
Hot Springs.
Several resolutions we're adopted
One urging the b. & NJ. r. r. for better
day coach service on its line from
Alliance to Billings; one calling at
tention to the inadequate hotel service
of several Wyoming, Nebraska, and
South Dakota towns, empowering the
secretary to take the matter up with
the respective hotel proprietors with
the view of mitigating the abuses; one
pointing to the inutility of the ex
change scrip mileage books recently
adopted by the Western Passenger AS
sociation for use between the Missouri
River and the Rocky Mountains ane
urging the adoption Of an interchange
able 5000 mile mileage book, good for
presentation on passenger trains
thereby obviating the Inconvenience
of duplicate purchase of tickets; ont
cordially thanking the citizens of Ho
Springs for their generous Treatment
and hearty welcome accorded to tn.
new association; and one expressing
thanks and friendliness to Harry ID
Clark for his hearty cooperation ane
assistance during the convention anc
rendering the appreciation of the asso
citation for the Evans and the genera
courtesies extended by the manage
ment.
Rented the Palace.
w. II. Tompkins, of Rapid City, VIII,
was at one time state railroad commits
S sioner, and afterwards superintendent
of the state reform school at Plankin