The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-13
Annual Session Was Started
This Morning and Contin.
ues Three Days
BRANA0n POINTS OUT
DUTY 10 THE PUBLIC
In Strong Address He Gave Members
Of Association Broad Conception Of
Their Relation to Community Life
Higginbotham Also Speaker.

dlgglnbOtnam Also q Speaker.
The North Dakota jewelers. associa.
tion opened its annual convention at
the Commercial club rooms in Grand
Forks this morning with q good at
tendance Of jewellers and travelling
men, and with increased numbers ex-
pected for the sessions that will ba
held Wednesday and Thursday.
president Louis Hanson of Devils
Lake called the meeting of this morn
Ing to order after the preliminary
work OF the convention had been dis
posed of.
The main feature Of the program
this morning was the address Of Dean
NJ. A. Brannon Of the university on
the subject, "The Relation Of the jews
eler to the Community" Dean Bran.
non is always interesting and his ad<
dress was listened to with close at-
tention.
At the opening the speaker traced
briefly the history Of civilization. ThS
development Of the power Of articula.
ton, the employment Of fire. the sub
lection of nature in the animal and
ootonicai kingdoms and the perfection
" "AASSOA A0A6u060 WST0 LOuCu0U
upon briefly to show the audience the
gifts that have been received from the
past and encourage the imitation OF
these services.
Seven Billion Invested.
Dean Brannon spoke of the $7,000,-
100000 invested In ornamentation in
this country to show the important
place which the jeweler holds in the
community. But it was not to impress
the money side of the profession upon
the jewelers. that Dean Brannon spoke.
He said that the jewelers. like every
other citizen had higher duty to per-
form than to make money.
Community means ready to serve"
and this should be the attitude Of ali.
People should realize that they have
an obligation to their fellow citizens
as we'll as to themselves. According
to the late Justice Brewer, mans
highest duty is to obey the law. In
an isolated community this Is an easy
matter. each man is law into him
self. But as population becomes more
dense, mans obligations to his fell
lows become greater. In city it be-
comes the duty of the citizen to up
hold every agency which works to-
ward the improvement Of the city. The
hygienic conditions must be MAIN
tained. Schools and churches must
be supported and honest officials must
be elected at the polls.
Ihe speaker urged upon his listen
ers that. while they attend to business
in their store, they should never for
get that those other duties were high.
er and more sacred.
Duty Of the Jeweler.
These obligations apply to all 'citi-
Zens but there are certain duties rest
ing especially upon jewelers.. These
duties are to maintain high standard
of quality in the goods they handle
and to improve the artistic character
of their CITY,
The first duty of the jeweler is one
hard to obey. In this age the cheap
dealer has been so persistent in his
imitation and people have become SO
anxious for show regardless of true
value that the high class dealer il
often tempted to degenerate into SELL
ing cheap trash. He urged the jew
elers to Withstand this temptation. He
said 1t should be their proudest boast
that their goods were standard and
eXaclly as represented.
Improve Artistic Character.
The second obligation of improving
the artistic character of the city is one
of great importance in a country like
this where art has been neglected. The
work can be carried on through artis-
tic displays, through advertising and
by helping along every project for the
beautifying of the city.
Following Dean Brannon's address.
c. T. Higginbotham, consulting sup
erintendent of the South Bend Watch
company. delivered technical address
on watch springs. The address was
with charts and was very
instructive to the jewelers..
jewelers. Enjoy Themselves
The visiting jewelers. and optic-
ians spent the afternoon visiting the
various exhibits Of the manufactures
and jobbers. Many interesting and
instructive exhibits were on display.
The visitors were escorted to see tho
baseball game between the japanese
team and the university team which
was called at o'clock.
At o'clock this evening the vis-
itors will be taken about in the city
in automobiles returning in time to
take in the theatre party at the
Grand.
The program tomorrow includes
several fine addresses. Professor
Henry LIE Daum of the university will
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