The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19
RETAILERS TO MEET.
South Dakota Association Plane i'm.
portant Session.

pOFIdnt session..
The ninth annual convention of the
South Dakota Retail Dealers associa-
ton will be held in Mitchell on Tues.
day, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan.
90; "a and IS. President Grimm of
Parkston and Secretary Tyler of
Sioux. City lave been here for the
past two days arranging the program,
and they lave succeeded in securing.
some good speakers from, outside
cities to present papers on questions
of vital Importance to the retail deal
ers.''' -
The sessions will be held in the city
hall auditorium. Local committees
have been appointed among the bust
ness men to look after the general ar
engagements for entertaining not only
the retailers, but the live stock men.
the poultry fanciers, the hardware
men and the lumbermen. when they
come to Mitchell to attend their con-
ventions
Following is the program outlined
for the retail dealers association.
Program for Convention.
Tuesday evening. Jan. 23-"Cur
Purposes and Why We Come Togeth-
err A. F. Grimm. president; well
come, Mayor George A. Silsby; re-
ID IN ;ol- 80 l,,;,
announcement of committees by the
president.
Wednesday morning, Jan. 24-Re-
port of the secretary, l.. S. Tyler of
Sioux Falls; report of treasurer, w.
J.. Andrews; Especial Sales j. e.
Goltra Madison; discussion by A. j.
Berdahl of Garretson, A. Mittelstadt
of Milbanl1, Elmer Waters of 1roquois,
B. +. Cords of Oldham, Adam Harms
of Wentworth; GLOW Will We Get
Needed legislation" f. F. Gross, Get
tysburg.
Wednesday afternoon, Jan. "a
"Competition of Catalog Housewife
South Dakota Plan" r. ]. Mannix,
editor Of Commercial News, Sioux
Falls; discussion by J. D. Barlow Of
Planlinton, c. P. Hanson of Bridge
water, E. F. Henry of Flandreau, D.
H. LOTUS Of De Smet, Oscar Kval-
shang of Beresford. E. L. Meisch of
Alexandria; "Retail Advertising" G.
T. Broders Minneapolis; discussion
by o. B. Anderson of Cotton, w. H.
Bennett of Castlewood, p. w. Ashley
of Coleman, George Mcbride of HUI
ron; Cooperation of the Travelling
Man and the Retailer, and the Travel
ing Mems Association" w. F. Enright,
st. Paul.
Minneapolis Man to Speak.
Wednesday night, Jan. Existence
of Government" H. M. Jones, Sioux
Falls; address. George w. Irving,
Chicago; discussion on the subject
of Premiums" Owen Carney OF
Yankton, A. Fergen of Parkston Noah
Keller Of Woonsocket, G. E. Fickes of
Sioux Falls, R. S. Vessey Of Messing
ton Springs, August Kludt of Emery.
Thursday morning Jan 25-"Health
Insurance for Commercial Men," A. j.
Alwein, Milwaukee, Wis; pure
Foods" 2. W. Small, state dairy and
food commissioner Webster; address,
S. B. Nelson, Luverne. Mimi; ad-
dress, H. V. Jones, publisher OF Com
mercial Bulletin and Northwest Trade,
Minneapolis; address, A. E. Young Of
Finch. Young & McConville, st. Paul;
"How l Treat the Customer of the
Catalog House in My Own Business"
d. II. Evans, Tracy, Mimi; address,
w. l.. Williams, editor of the ST. Paul
Trade Journal; "The Benefit the
Banker Derives from Catalog- House
Competition" ]. E. Walker, Chester;
report of committees; election of Of
icers; arrangements for place and
date of tenth annual convention.