Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-07-10
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ENTERTAIN
MERCHANTS
(Specjal to the Tribune)

! men of North Dakota have arrived In
this city to attend the annual con
vention of the North Dakota Retail
convention of commercial clubs of
F.! North Dakota, called for the purpose
of forming state federation of COM
mercial clubs. The first session of
tie merchants convention will be held
tomorrow, and the convention will
continue in session Wednesday and
Thursday. The commercial club con-
vention will be held Thursday and
Friday.
Minot expects about one thousand
delegates to both conventions and
every effort is being made to enter
tain the delegates in royal manner
Governor Burke is expected to attend
and invitations have also been sent
to Senator McCumber and Congress-
man Hanna. - ~;
The session tomorrow will be called
to order by President A. M. Thomp-
son of the Minot Commercial club.
President J. T. Nelson of the associa.
! ton will give a response, and the
delegates will be welcomed to the city
by President Halvor l.. Halvorson of
tie Minot commission. This will be
! followed by the appointment Of com.
mlttees and other miscellaneous bust
ness. There will be ball game at
$50 o'clock, followed by a band con-
cert and a smoker at the Commercial
club rooms.
Some of the problems that the
North Dakota merchants have to con-
! tend with will be discussed Wednes-,
day morning by President J. T. Mel
| son. Secretary w. w. King will pre-.
sent the treasurer's report. This will
| be followed by question box, in
which every phase of activity of the
| North Dakota merchant will be COW
cred.
One of the principal addresses of
the convention will be one on "The
/ Credit System in North Dakota" by J.
| 7. Williams of Minneapolis. In the
| afternoon session J. J. Ryan, secre-
tary of the Minnesota Retail Mer,
chants association, will talk on "Or-
ganization," outlining what the mer
Giants of Minnesota have accom-
plished through cooperation and what
the North Dakota merchants may do
in the same manner. "The Trials of
Secretary" will be discussed by N. s.
Tyler, secretary of the South Dakota
Retail Merchants association. John
w. Lux of St. Paul, president of the
| national association, will talk on
What Is Doing in Our National AS.
sociation"
The parcels post will come in for it's
share of the discussion, following the
address of John A. Green, secretary of
the national association, Of Cleveland.
O., who will talk on Parcel Post and
It's Relation to the Retailer" Prof.
f. F. Ladd, North Dakota food COM
missioner, who has made a national
record in his war on adulterated foods
in North Dakota. will tell what the
state has accomplished along this line.
On Thursday morning Fred Mason,
manager of the Shredded Wheat COM
pany and former secretary of the ma
tional association, will make an ad-
dress on What Is Doing in the East"
This will be follow ed by an open dis
cussion of questions CT interest to
the merchants. President J. H. Worst
of the Agricultural college of Fargo,
will talk on the work of the agricul.
tural college. A. T. Kraabel of Cliff
ford, N. D., will discuss ''Legislation."
and J. S. Taylor will talk on Mutual
Fire Insurance" On the afternoon of
Thursday there will be street parade !
and ball game between the fats and
the leans, and the entertainment of
the delegation will wind up Thursday
night in big picnic and barn dane
at Wildwood park.
The date of the convention of the
commercial clubs of the state was
called at the same time as the mer-
chants convention in order that the |?
commercial clubs of the various cities !
might name as their representatives |!
the merchants attending the mer-
chants convention, and any others
that they might wish to designate |!
Secretary F. L. Sherman of the Minot |
club has received favorable replies !
from all over the state regarding the
formation of the state federation. The
plan is to organize the commercial
clubs of the state into compact !
union for the purpose of developing
the resources Of the state and stem
ming the tide of immigration to Can.
ada and the Pacific northwest.
President A. NJ. Thompson of the |
Minot Commercial club today outlined !:
the purpose Of the federation to the |,
representative of the Tribune as fol- !
lows:
mo one can take a trip into Can
ada or to the Pacific northwest with
out realizing the extent to which those !
sections are organized for the pur-
pose of securing the best settlers from !
the eastern states Hundreds of !
thousands of people are passing
through North Dakota. ignoring the !
possibilities OF this state and looking
for opportunities in more remote dis i
tances where the markets are not so
good as they are here. The reason Is,