Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-20
COUNTY OFFICERS TO MEET
Fiv. Conventions Will Be Held in Council
Bluffs This Week.
SIX HUNDRED VISITORS ARE EXPECTED
eupervfsors, Treasurers, Auditors,
Recorders and Court Clerks
Will Hold Separate
...-... ..-. Sessions.

Council Buns Will be the scene of a
notable gathering this week OF county
officers from all parts OF the state OF Iowa
On Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday the
state associations Of county supervisors.
county treasurers, county auditors, county
recorders and clerks of the district court
will hold their annual conventions here.
While the five associations will make their
headquarters at the Grand, each will hold
separate conventions. From four to six
hundred visitors are expected here in at
tendance on the 1ve meetings.
The programs Issued by the Ave associa-
lions for their meetings announce that the
sessions will be held in the Grand hotel,
but II Is doubtful IL all 1--WE can be ac-
commodated there. especially II the attend
ance is large. The Grand hotel has three
rooms which could be utilized for the meet
ings and the rooms OF the Commercial club
adjoining the hotel could accommodate one
Of the gatherings, while the court room at
the county court house could be utilized
for another OF the conventions.
The Commercial club will, TO a great ex-
tent look after the entertainment of the
visiting officials and II has been suggested
to hold a joint meeting on one of the three
evenings and have a smoker with speeches
and a musical program Of some sort. II
such a meeting is held It likely will be In
the large hall in the Masonic temple.
For the meetings here the railroads have
made a rate Of a fare and one-third from
all points in the state. tickets TO be on
sale today up to and including Wednesday
and good TO return Friday.
The supervisors meeting promises to he
the biggest gathering. as each of the
ninety-nine counties have several such
officers, while there are only one treasurer.
recorder and auditor In each county. With
but few exceptions the same is true OF the
clerks of the district court.
Up TO date no copies of the program VI
the treasurers' convention have been re-
ceived here, but all the others have been
and have been published. The programs
show that the afternoons and evenings of
the three days will be practically devoted
TO pleasure while the mornings will be
devoted to business and the discussion of
matters of interest to the several organ
nations.
Wednesday afternoon the visitors will be
entertained with n ball game between the
oficials of Pottawattamie and Harrison
counties at the South Side park on Six
teenth avenue and Sixth street, which
promises to be something out of~the usual.
Mayor Macrae is booked to deliver ad-
dresses of welcome to the supervisors and
clerks of the district court, while City
Clerk sapp. who would have been mayor
II DR.. Macrae had not received the ma
5oritygcf the votes last March. will deliver
the welcoming address to the recorders.
Councilman Wallace. who is recognized as
the orator of the city council, will. 1t is
expected, be called upon to welcome the
treasurers, while Councilman Knudsen, who
comes next to Councilman Wallace in the
matter OF oratory, will be assigned to greet
the auditors.