Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-01-20
Dakota Mutual Entertained
Stockholders and Agents
Of the Association
Five Million Dollars
Represents Colossal Busi.
ness Transacted In
Past Year.

When the editor of the Saturday
News received neat little invitation
several days age announcing that the
I'd Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany would give little banquet at
..-e Kampeska Hotel we did not be-
come particularly enthused and placed
the invitation in a pigeon hole in the
desk. Later some one called up from
the Dakota Mutual office and asked if
/ we're going to be at the big feed in
person. We answered in the affirma-
tive, and Tuesday evening we went
home and changed our shirt and F&'
ready for the big feed. Wo cstE
the Kampeska House on s. a5s
and there did not seem to pc any one
around that we knew who was going
to Join us at the big doings. Upon
inquiry Of Landlord Chester Snyder
he said that it was little early and
that the game had been called for $50.
AT the appointed hour the guests
commenced ito arrive. There were
lean men fat men, lawyers, doctors
and farmers. 1t did not seem to take
over five minutes for the large lobby OF
the hotel to become congested with
people. from all ~fers thesiSta.a who
came as guests of the Dakota Mutual
on this occasion. 1t was like big
political convention The Saturday
News man was dumfounded-he had
,expected that there would probably be
a couple OF dozen people there. He
did not realize what the Dakota Mu-
tual Life insurance Company has been
doing the past four years in this state
When we heard that the company had
written over five million dollars in
insurance the past year we neafN
fell out of our chair and aWoke from
our Rip Van Wrinkle sleep. 1t did not
seem possible that company only
four years old would have made such
strides, hut it has, and not only that,
it wrote more life insurance business
in this state than any OF the old line
companies that have been in business
for a century. The editor of the Sat
urday News is proud Of the fact that
he is a policy holder in the Dakota
Mutual Life Insurance Company anu
the owner of small block of its
stock. ..s-. s.-...
If every reader of the Saturday
News whether he be professional
man, business man, farmer or laborel
would take out policy of insurance
with this company and keep it up
he would have better investment
for the benefit of his family than rea
est ate, stocks or bonds or any othel
Investment he could make as this
would insure cash to the family a
his death-a time when the famil!
during his life. We have PERSONAL!
observed number of cases right herr
in Watertown. Just stop and thinl
for yourself if you know OF one o
more cases where life insurance ha
Jsbeen the financial salvation of !
family.
Mayor ]. Nv. Martin acted as toast
master and large number of promi
.nent men both in the city and fron
various parts of the state responde'
to the toasts in eloquent language.
me meeting was most pleasan
affair and one which will be remember
ed by all who had the pleasure Q
attending.
The report of the officers at the al
nual meeting, showing total as set
/ 5,.of $422,443.2 and total insurance !
force Of SIS, ,155, 1906, was the inspir.
34ion for great enthusiasm, and d
termination of the officers and agent
to reach the ss,o0o,0oO mark BY Jal
uary 4, 1912.
President John B. Hanten, in hi
address Of welcome oul,ined brief
the eminently satisfactory situation ]
Nhieh the company now finds itself.
THE MENU.
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