The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03
HELLO MEN ARE COMING
Annual Convention of Telephone
Owners to Meet IN Mitchell
Two DAYS Next Week

One OF the biggest gatherings that
Mitchell will have this winter will
be the convention of the Sopth
Dakota Independent Telephone AS.
soclatlon in its fifth annual MEETING.
Which will assemble on "Wednesday
January 8 and continue i'm session
tor WI days, closing with a BANQUET
az the Wldmann hotel on Thursday
evening. The officers OF the associ.
alton are Judge c. b. Kennedy. of
Canton. president; j. a. Stenipger.
of Parker, vice president: secretary
and treasurer, r r. Buck. OF Hua-
son. The executive committee is
composed of Geo. W. Burnside, of
Sioux Falls, II. p. Hartwe]l. of
Irene, M. B. Ryan. of Beresford.
Il. p. Croutbers, OF Bookings.
1t is doubtful if there is an as,oci-
alton which turns out a larger or
more enthusiastic set OF. delegates TO
a convention than those who come i,
the telephone conventions. which
have been held in past years. There
are a large namber of independent
lines and farmers lines throughout
the state that DIRE working in fairly
good harmony and the convention
promises IT, be one that will result i'm
great good to the. delegates Ii is
expected that there will be a large
and handsome exhibit of telephone
appliances at the convention as the
various supply COMPANIES have been
Wrltlng Tor space in the city hall
building, where the convcn. ion is to
be held, and where there is plenty
OF room TO make a pig display and
still have room enough for the dele
gates to assemble.
The convention will be called to
order Wednesday afternoon at a
O'Clock after the arrival OF all the
trains, with an address by Mayor
Branson followed by President
Kennedy's annual address. This will
he followed by short addresses by
Theo. Cary, of Macon. Mo-, on "The
International Independendent Tele.
phone Association" by r. e. Matti-
son, OF Lincoln. Neb., and by the
secretary of iii" as%soriations Of Iowa.
Minnesota and North Dakota. Sec !!
Rotary Buck, Of Hudson, will make
his annual report. In the evening.
"a. 7. Hartwell, of Irene, will speak
on state Control of the Telephone
Business Of South Dakota jacob
Hotter, OF Canton, will speak
on "Farmers' Mutuals." s'should
Telephone Lines, Independently
Owned, eve Exchange Business
Free?" will be discussed by p. r.
C%routhers, of Brooklngs. Jas. FL.
Shoemaker, of Waterloo. Iowa, will
speak on 'sProfits, or Getting the
Money" The papers will nave a
free discussion.
Thursday forenoon will be given
TO looking over the exhibits of the
supply houses. In the afternoon j..
L. W. Zeitlo v. of Aberdeen, will
speak on "Telephone Conditions in
Europe" P. A. Zollman, of Alex.
andria. will speak on "Would con-
solidation Of the small companies
into large companies prove a benefit
to either the stockholders or the
public?" Training Operators and
Trouble Men for Small Exchanges,
is the subject Of j G.. Funston, CT
Geddes, A. S. Hall, OF Redtield,
will speak on THE Future Prospects
for the Telephone Business in South
Dakota" The business meeting.
the election of officers and choosing
the place for the next convention will
be the closing features of the after
Moons work. In the evening until
the banquet is ready the phone men
will take up The matter Of unfinished
business.