The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-15
CONVENTION OF
UTAH merchants
Ample Preparation Made at
Ogden for the Entertain
ment of Delegates.

Everything has been put in readiness
for the big cOnventiOn-the retail mer-
chants of the state-which will meet in
Ogden for a two days session on Wednes-
day. Elaborate preparations have been
made for the entertainment Of the visit
ing delegates who are expected to num-
Der about 80 The convention will be
held in the city hall There will be two
sessions each day. The first will be called
to order Wednesday morning at 10 CLOCK
by President j NJ. Marriott OF the state
Retail Merchants association. The pro
gram for this session includes an address
of welcome by Mayor E. NJ Conroy.-
Following the addresses of President
Marriott and the mayor the only other
business that will be transacted Wednes-
day morning will be the appointment OF
the various committees. An adjournment
will then be taken until O'Clock IN
the afternoon, when the real Work OF tne
convention will be commenced. Among
the important matters that will be taken
up and acted upon by the convention VIII
be the election of officers for the ensuing
wear the discussion of legislative matters
pertaining to the protection of the retail
ers of the state and the establishing OF a
bureau of collections and credits Whether
or not there will be local bureaus or only
state bureau for collections and credits
will be decided by the convention, but II
is conceded that one or the other and
probably both will be launched.
This is the third annual meeting of the
state association. The organization IS now
considered one of the most perfect that
has ever been formed in the western coun-
try. Its origin was found in small OF
ganization of grocers and butchers IN Os-
den A short time after the local mer-
chants had commenced the task OF Dand-
ing themselves together for their mutual
protection against dishonest creditors the
Salt Lake butchers and grocers TOOK up
the movement and from these two bodies
the state organization was formed At the
first annual convention held in Salt Lake
three years ago, there were delegates pres
ent from Ogden, Salt Lake Provo ana
Logan only. Since that the association
has expanded until the present when VIZ
tually every town in the state IS organ
lied
Among the things that have been
planned for the entertainment of the Wis
itors at the convention this week are a
smoker and open meeting given by the
Ogden lodge on Wednesday evening In the
knights of Columbus hall, TO which all OF
the retailers of the city have been in
vited: a trip to Ogden canyon at O'Clock
Thursday afternoon, and at $50 CLOCK
Thursday evening a banquet given at the
Hermitage by the jobbers of Ogden
Present Officers.
The state officers Of the association
PRESIDENT. NJ. Marriott, Salt Lake
First Vice Presidential. E. Weatherby
Ogden.
Second Vice President-James w
Quayle, Logan.
Third Vice President-T. c. Thompson
Provo.
Fourth Vice President-E. 7. Pierce
Brigham City
TTeasurer-James Carver Ogden.
Secretary and Manager-W. J. Donnel
lin 50S Atlas block. Salt Lake City.
Board Of Directors-A. Hudson. G. NJ
Lees. w j. Hickman, Frank Castleton
w. II. Strong, c. J. Foulger, all Of Sal
lake C,ity. Edwin Williams Fred FOulger
John GreenwaI, all of Ogden; A. Town
send. Joseph Lindsey. all of Salt Lake
county; H. F. Erdman. c. Hoist, BOX Eli
der county: Stephen HailstOne. A Bate
son of Logan: Ralph Poulton, PhllII
Speckhart Of Provo; S. T. Goodwin, Lehi