The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-21

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lns Mitchell viii be Invaded by aa
Jolly and euterpristns lot OF men a.
has assembled In the city for yeara,
The occasion will be the gathering OF
the travelling men OF the stase for
their third annual convention. and
from all reports received the knights
OF the grip are going to take a cou-
| pie of days on and mingle among
themselves II III visitors to Mitch
ell for a right royal good time. Mitch
ell people have banded together to
give the travelling men and the visit
ors ali that they can possibly ask for
in two days amusement n good
times. The southern part OF the
state has been we'll looked after by
the Milwaukee road giving TWO spec
ial trains, one coming from Sioux
City and the other coming from
canton, both arriving at 10 o'clock
and the lrains will not leave Mitch
ell until II O'Clock that night.
The ope.ing feature will be the
industrial parade, which starts
promptly at IL O'Clock Friday morn
ing. 1t will consist of all the travel
ing men, South Dakota National
Guard, ladies battalion on horse
back, with travelling men as escorts.
the bicycle section, decorated car
riages and automobiles, four bands,
Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Redfeld and
a cowboy band. The big feature will
be the floats contributed by the bust
ness men, which will be about 35 in
number, and they will not be con
fined wholly to representing their
business, but will be designed with
the idea of adding beauty and dig
nifty to the parade.
Senator LaFollette will arrive in
Mitchell Friday morning and in the
afternoon at 1880 O'Clock he will, de-
liver an address at the corn palace
on Representative Government. Pre-
will deliver the address of welcome
and he will be responded to by Fred
j. vetsch, of Sioux City, who will
represent President j. NJ. Wood. In
the evening Governor Coe L. Craw-
ford is billed to deliver an open air
address.
In the evening of Friday will be
given the musical comedy, lin Pen
sacola," by local talent, which has
been rehearsing the new comedy for
several weeks, and in which some
excellent music will be heard.
The business sessions of the tray
cling men will be held Saturday
morning and afternoon. At the morn
ing session a number of the travel
ing men are down for addresses on
subjects that are of material benefit
to the members of the association
In the afternoon will come the ex-
citing part of the convention when
the location of the meeting for 1908
will be decided and the election of
officers will be held. Sioux Falls
seems to have the edge on the 1908
meeting, and while Huron is a pass
i've candidate, her claims will not be
presented very strong, hoping to be
in line for the 1909 convention.
The association was organized at
Watertown in 1905 and today it has
a membership of 1,O4S travelling
men of this state and those who COW
e; a portion of it in their travels,
and they are banded together in an
effort to bring about the best results
for the retailer and the man who
sells to him. Mitchell people are
planning to make this meeting the
best that the association has ever
had and to set a pace for next year
that will make the other towns go
some to keep up with the procession.
With good weather Mitchell will en-
tertain the largest crowds that has
come to the city in a good many
years, fully as large as any which
have been present at the corn palace
in past years.