The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-05-23
BANKERS MAKE GOOD.
Elect Officers, See the Town, and Have
a Good Time.

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''has them all skinned" as State
Secretary Chapman put it at the
banquet, comparing the convention
with the half dozen others that he
had attended this spring in Wiscon-
sin and this state. The attendance
was beyond expectation, the wealth
er perfect, and most of the speakers
wise or entertaining.
At the afternoon session County
Attorney Howard was at his best
in his speech Of welcome. After
dwelling on the privileges of the
local banker as the moving spirit
in the varied enterprises of his COM
munity, he held up to view their
responsibilities, and showed how a
selfish and rapacious banker was
sometimes curse instead of bene-
fit to his constituency. President
Orwall voiced his appreciation of
the welcome and eloquent way it
was rendered, in a brief and bust
ness-like way and announced the
quartette Messrs. Albrecht, Milne,
Odekirk and Ward whose fine sing
ing drew out an insistent call for
more on the part of the visitors.
Brother G. L. Morrill, was next an
nounced. He also succeeded in pleas
ing the visitors and the citizens who
had gathered to hear him.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year was without any con-
test, the bankers accepting each
nomination made and waving pro-
perhaps from force Of habit.
Senator L. O. Thorpe of Willmar
was the unanimous choice for presi-
dent, H. M. Hansen of Hanley for
vice-president and F. R. Putnam of
Morris reelected secretary, D. A.
McLarty of Granite Falls and H. E.
Sorlien of Appleton were elected as
the executive council.
The program outlined last week
was followed, the most interesting
feature to others than bankers be-
ing State Examiner Kerst's state
ment of the rapid increase in the
number of banks and amount of
banking capital in this state during
the past five years 800 state
and national banks having been in
corporated in that time.
After talking shop for an hour
or two the bankers were taken in
carriages with the exception of
those who preferred the ball game
and all seemed greatly impressed
with the fine natural scenery and
the progressive spirit manifested in
Redwood Falls.
POSTMASTER Putnam, after the
evening banquet at K. P. hall, stat
ed that the present convention had
reached the highest mark in it's four
years history. Starting with about
35 and increasing each year, the
attendance this year reached IS
strong. The speaker gracefully COM
plimented our city and the local
management, and introduced M. J.
Bowling, who rather recklessly adj
dressed the visiting capitalists as
fellow thieves" and proceeded
from grave to gay with his subject,
Character as a Basis of Credit. His
"fellow thieves" took Mikes rail-
lery in good part and rewarded it
with applause. Hon. M. Lauritsen
read a paper on good roads well
worth listening to. 1t started out
with the assertion of foreigner
that only rich country like Amer
lea could afford such miserable
roads, and showed up the enormous
waste of continuing our present in
difference to good management
about roads.
Rev. G. L. Morrill, was the NOV
ing spirit at the banquet. Aside
from his entertaining response to
the toast, Politics, Religion and
Banking, Morrill, kept up an almost
continuous entertainment, present
ing big bouquet of lilies to Till
Tibbetts as tribute of appreciation
for his leadership of the orchestra,
jollying the ladies who served the
banquet, and keeping things going
at the piano when the speaking
tagged.