Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-01
Arrive in Large Numbers to
Attend Their Annual
Convention
Meetings Will Be Held in
the New Commercial
Club Rooms

The bankers of the state who are
members of the North Dakota Bank,
ers' association, are beginning to ar
| rive in the city. A number arrived
yesterday from all directions and
spent the day in looking about the
| city. Among those who were on the
ground early are w. o. Jones, as
sistant cashier of the National Park
Bank of New York city. He has been
on the coast attending bankers con
yentions in Oregon and Washington;
&c. w. Ross of the Commercial Nation
al bank Of Chicago; Edmund Meade.
representing the Commercial West, a
bankers magazine published in st.
Paul; H. "A Willoughby of the First
National of Minneapolis; G. b. Batch.
| eller, president of the North Dakota;
Bankers association, of Fingal. He
i is accompanied by Mrs. Batcheller,
who is a charter member and has at
/ tended every meeting of the associa-
/ ton.
] w. G. Macfadden, the secretary of
the association, is on hand to look af.
ter affairs generally. The first ses-
sion will open at O'Clock Wednes.
/ day morning at the new Commercial
club rooms on Third street.
The following is the program: !
Wednesday, July H.. IS
i 900 a. Monumental club roons.
]! Meeting of executive council.
j 10000 a. Convention called to
order. by the president. Prayer, Rev.
&c. w. Harris, First Presbyterian
church, Bismarck. Address of vel.
come on behalf of the city of Bis.
1 marck, F.. r. Smyth, mayor of Bis.
marck. Response for the association,
I'M. B. Cessell, First National bank,
Hope. Annual address by the presi-
dent. Report Of secretary. Report of
/ treasurer. Report of executive coun-
! Gil. Annual reports Of standing com.
lmittees: Protective committee, hdel.
ity and burglary insurance, time
A locks, membership, taxation, legisla.
ton. Appointment of special commit
tees. Presentation of subjects for dis
cussion at this convention. An.
nouncements. Adjournment for
lunch.
i 2::00 p. Convention called to
order by the president. Report Of
delegates to American Bankers as
ISOLATION convention. Report of gen.
1 eral conditions throughout the state
by district members Of executive
lcouncil. Election Of member of ex.
ecutive council American Bankers as
ISOLATION convention. Address, Cur.
rency and Financial Methods at Home
i and Abroad, James E. Boyle, Phi. d.,
North Dakota university. Grand
Forks. Address, Publicity, Emerson
DePuy, Northwestern Banker, Des
Moines, Ia. Recitation, Troubles of
the Country Banker, G. R. Very,
cashier cCitizens' bank, Lankin, N.
ID. Address, Our National Resources,
How to Conserve Thhem, President ].
HI. Worst, North Dakota Agricultural
college, Fargo.
| Thursday, July 2.
! 10000 a. M Convention called to
order by the president. Address, The
North Dakota Country Banker, Yves.
Hey G. Mcdowell, First State bank,
Marion, N. D., Address, Bills of Lad.
ing Clay H. Hollister, chairman bills
of lading committee, American Bank
ers' association, Grand Rapids, Mich.
General discussion Of subjects pre-
scented for consideration. Currency,
Legislation, The Central Bank of
State Clearing House. Insurance of
Bank Deposits, "A Purchasing Depart
ment, An Association Attorney,
Group Meetings. Reports of special
commit ICES. Auditing, resolutions,
nominal atoms. Selection Of place for
next convention. Election and install
Iation OF officers. Adjournment. I.