Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-18
RETAIL DEALERS MEET.
Ninth Annual Convention of South
Dakota Association.

Mitchell. s. d., Jan. 9.-The ninth
annual convention of the South Da-
knta Retail Dealers association will be
held in This city on Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday. January %. "a and
-. President Grimm, of Parkston, and
Secretary Tyler, of Sioux Falls. have
been here for the past two days formu-
latinS the program for the occasion.
and they have succeeded in securing
some strong talent from outside the
state to present papers on questions of
vital Importance to the retail dealers
of the state.
The following is the out
lined for the three days:
Tuesday, January %
"Ouf Purposes, and Why We Come
Together" a. r. Grimm. president.
Welcome to the City of MITCHELL
Mayor George A. Silsby.
Response, % p. f. Wickham, of
Alexandria.
Wednesday, January "a
Report of the secretary. l.. S. Tyler.
of Sioux Falls.
Report of treasurer. w. j. Andrews.
Special Sales" J. f. Goltra, of Madi-
son.
Discussion. A. J. Berdahl of Garnet
son, A. Mittelstadt of Milbank. Elmer
Waters of I%roquois. b. +. Cords of Old
nam and Adolph Harms of Wentworth.
How Will We Get Needed Legisla-
tion?" Hon. L. F. Gross, of Gettys-
burg.
Competition of Catalogue Houses
The South Dakota Plan" T.. j. Hannix
editor of the Commercial News. Sionx
Falls.
Discussion. J. ID. Barlow of Plankin-
ton. G. p. Hanson of Bridgewater. n.
F.. Henry of Flandreau. d. n. Loftns
of DeSmet. Oscar kvalshaug of Beres-
ford and f. l.. Meisch of Alexandria.
Retail Advertising,' c. r. Broders
of Minneapolis.
Discussion. o.. II. Anderson of Cotton.
w. H.. Bennett of Castlewood, p. w.
Ashley of Coleman and George Nc
Bride of Huron.
"Co-Operation OF the Travelling Man
and the Retailer. and the Travel
ing Mems Association w. f. Enright.
of st. Paul. Mimi.
Discussion. Rural Mail Carriers Car
rying Merchandise" II. O. Rhine of Dell
Rapids. w. a. Duxbury of Canova. T.
J. Courshon of belmont. II. W. Schmidt
of Valley Springs and J. II. Mallett of
Groton.
Science of Government H. M.
Jones. Of Sioux Falls.
Address. George w. irving. represent
ing the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.
Discussion. ''Gfving Of Premiums-Is
1T Il Benefit to the Merchant? Is 1t
Fair Competition! :" Owen Carney of
Yanktcr1. A. Fergen of Parkston, Noah
Keller Of WoOnsocket. G. F.. Ffckes of
oiouA rdIlS. II. .. NeSSey OF WeSSing-
ton Springs and August Krudt OF EN-
cry.
Thursday. January IS
Health Insurance for Commercial
Men" A. j.. Alwefn. Of Milwaukee,
Wis.
Pure Goods" George L. Dingman. of
Minneapolis. MINI.
The Work in South Dakota on Pure
Foods" f. w. Small. state dairy and
o commissioner. OF Webster.
Address, S. Is. Nelson. of Luverne.
MIMI. manager of the largest depart-
mcnt store outside Of Minneapolis and
st. Paul in Minnesota.
Address. Fl. V. Jones. publisher of the
Commercial Bulletin and Northwest
Trade. of Minneapolis.
Address. A. e. Young. of Finch,
Young 6 McConville. st. Paul.
How I Treat the Customer Of the
Catalogue House in My Own Business"
Hon, ID. H. Evans. Tracy, Mimi.
.. Address. w. L. Evans, editor of the
st. Paul Trade Journal.
The Benefit the Banker Derives from
Catalogue House Competition" ]. r..
Walker, of Chester.