The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
STARTING THINGS ALONG
United Movement Among Travelling
Mcn and business Men for the
june Convention.

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the Commercial Committee, the busl-
ness men and the travelling men was
held at the Mitchell club rooms for
the purpose OF starting the enthusi-
assn for the big convention of the
South Dakota Travelling Mems Asso-
citation, which will be opened in this
city June 21-22.
There was a large representation
of all classes at the meeting and the
enthusiasm was of a character to in
dictate that every man was heart and
ton the best that has yet been held
by the association. With the records
of Watertown and Aberdeen as pace
makers for Michel to surpass they
all agreed that we would have to be
up and doing to make a greater dis
play than our rivals.
To ascertain what had been ac-
complished by the heads of the var
ious committees, President Wood
asked each chairman to make a re-
port of the work so far as it had pro-
Commercial Committee, assured the
travelling men of the loyalty of the
Mutchell'S business interests in the
convention and hat citizens will
stand behind the movement to make
it a grand success. George A. Silsby,
in charge of transportation, stated
that the Western Passenger Asso-
citation had agreed to give a rate of
one fare plus so cents for the round
trip. Mr.. Silsby was authorized to
take up the matter with the Chicago,
cure special trains from the east and
south on both days of the convention,
and, if possible, to secure a popular
rate for those trains. The train ser
vice from these directions is such as
to make it i~nconvenient for people
from those directions to reach Mitch
ell on the first day without coming
up the day previous. T. c.. Burns,
in charge of the floats and decora-
lions, made a report of the commit
tee that he had selected TO look after
the floats and decorations. The floats
are to take a place in the Industrial
parade and this will be a strong feat
ure of the convention. 1t is. designed
TO nave a great many business houses
of the city represented in the parade
and it will be the duty of this COM
mittee to interest the business men
and gentlemen actively engaged in
preparing their floats. Ed Leehan. in
speaking on this question, said that
the business men should get busy on
their floats at least a week or ten
days before the convention in order
that something good and something
representative of the business of this
city can be presented. He referred to
the splendid success of the Aberdeen
merchants in making the industrial
parade such a fine thing and he did
not believe that the Aberdeen mer-
chants held anything over Mitchell's
merchants in this respect, but he de-
clared that they could not put off the
float proposition until a day
or two before the meeting
and then expect to have some
thing that would approach Abb
erdeen. In reference to the speakers
for the occasion MI. Leehan stated
that his committee had secured Sena-
tor Robert M. La Toilette, of Wiscon-
sin, who would speak on Friday af-
ternoon, and that Governor johnson
ford, of South Dakota, would both be
here and that they would be divided
on Friday evening and Saturday.
Will Scallin said that his committee
had secured the corn palace, Gales
theater, the city hall building and
the University athletic park in which
to hold the festivities of the two
days. H. G. Nichols, chairman of the
entertainment committee, announced
that work had already begun on the
entertainment that will be given on
Friday evening, which will consist
of vaudeville features in the first
part and a musical comedy for the
second part. Travelling men and local
talent will enter into the combina-
ton for the show. There is some eX-
cellent talent among the travelling
men and this will be one of the lead
ing features of the two days.
j. b. Wolgemuth, c. d. Tousley,
and others made brief alks concern
ing the affair. Fred j. Vetsch, of
Sioux City, presented some ideas on
the Watertown and Aberdeen enter
tainments and complimented the Nit
chell hustlers very cordially on what
had been done and figured that from
the present outlook Mitchell was go