The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-02-08
Secretary Says There
will be More than One
Thousand in Mitchell
INVITE aFoLLETTE
Wisconsin Senator and Presi-
dental Candidate May
Accept An Invitation

uon OF SOuth Dakota meets In TINS
city on Feb. 81. %, 80, it is predict
ed that more thar one thousand rep
resentatives of the association will
be present. Secretary Belk, Of Hen
~. in writing The Republican said
thai he placed this estimate on the
number, and added that if Senator
Robert La Toilette accepted the invi-
ton sent him to be present that the
number would be doubled in all prob
ability. Mr.. Belk said that a definite
reply had not been received from the
senator as yet, but he felt hopeful
that he would accept the invitation
of the association.
Two men very prominent in the CO.
operative work of the grain elevator
business are to be here for addresses,
namely, Hon. Charles Adkins, speak
er of the House of Representative of
Illinois, and Hon. E. G.. Dunn, of
Mason City, Iowa, secretary of the
Farmers Grain Dealers Association.
The meetings will be held in the city
hall auditorium. On Thursday,
Washington's birthday, the CONNER
c1al Club has arranged to give a spe-
c1al entertainment in the evening
for the entertainment of the visitors
and will take place at the conclusion
of the evenings work.
The following program has been
outlined by Secretary Belk and the
committee, which will be in charge
of O. ID. Anderson, president of the
association, and which will begin in
the afternoon of Wednesday,:
Invocation-Rev. w. w. Mair,
Pastor of congregational Church.
Address of Welcome-Hon. A. IL.
Hitchcock, Mayor.
Resjonse-Hon. John, T. Bell,
Secretary State Association.
Appointment of Committees.
Address, The Future of the
Cooperative Movement" j. NJ. Anel-
ersson, president, Cooperative Ex-
change, Fargo, N. d.
Agriculturist. Hon. j. T.. Kelley,
Ex-member of Congress, Colman.
Evening Session, 1880.
Address. Not a Battle but a
WARP. F.. Travis. Sibley, Iowa.
Address, Cooperation at Home
and Abroad."4-M. r. Myers, editor
American Cooperative Journal,
Chicago.
Address. What our N%eighbors& in
Iowa are Doing for the Cooperative
Accommodation. E. G.. Dunn,
Secretary of Iowa.
Thursday, February %, A. NJ.
300 a. m.-Oficers and Managers
meeting.
Address-"How a Farmers Ele-
vator may save Two Hundred Dol
lars on Insurance.'-G. S. Messerole,
Secretary Farmers Cooperative Ele-
vator Mutual Insurance Association,
Gowrie, Iowa. Discussion.
Short Addresses asfollows followed
by discussion: Storing and
Hedging" Peter Johnson, Manager
Naples, S. D.;"Proft Division on the
Share and on the Bushel," w. T.
Guise, manager, Doland; THE Po-
tency of organization in spreading
the Gospel of Cooperation, liver S.
Henjum, secretary National Mana
gers Association, s.. D.; The Econ
omy of owning several elevators"
Chas. Richmond, manager, Clark,
s. d.; Our Banks and the Farmers
Elevators l.. NJ. Doyle, ex-secretary
State Association, Letcher, S. d.;
The Manager e. j. Cyan, Manager
Baltic, S. d..
Afternoon 9. p. NJ.
cooperative Literature as a Slim
ulent to Loyalty" HoL. o. d. Ander-
son, Corsica, S. D..
The Farmers Elevator as a
Business Proposition T. r. Walker,
President Farmers Elevator Co.,
Vermillion, S. d.
"Co-operative Banks p. J. Nolan,
banker, Plankinton, S. ID.
The Benefit of a Lumber Bust
ness in Connection with a Farmers
Elevator" w. II. Wenzie, Manager
Geddes, S. ID.
Handling Live Stock in Connec-
ton with a Farmers Elevator" Hon.
Chas. Boreson, President Ethan
Farmers Elevator Co., Ethan s. d.
Auditing the Books of a Farm
ers' Elevator" j. A. McGovern,
manager, Madison, S. d.
plain Facts p. r. Judge, mana
ger Armour, S. D..
A further list of subjects will be
presented for discussion.
Evening Z: 30 p. Nj.
Address, THE Social Side of a
Farmers Elevator" G.. r. Malone,
Master South Dakota State Grange.
Draper, S. D..
Address, Cooperation and the
Common People, Hon Chas. Adkins.
Speaker Illinois House of Repre-
sentatives.
Balance of the evening the Con-
v~ention will be the guests of Nit
chell Commercial Club at a special
Washington Birthday Anniversary
entertainment.
Friday. February 23rd
500 a. m.-Business meeting.
Reading minutes; Report years work
by Secretary Belk; Report of Treas
urer; Nomination of Officers.
Address, The Central Reserve
Association H. G. Solem, Banker.
Baltic, s.. ID.
Report of Committees.
Afternoon 2 p. NJ.
Election of Officers.
:. Address to be supplied.