Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-05-17
o TITLE MORRISON COUNTY
BANKERS CONVENTION. & !. 4
SIXTH DISTRICT GROUP OF BANK
ERs' A9so0IATION HELD FINE
MEETING WEDNESDAY.

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MEETING WEDNESDAY.
The bankers Of the Sixth District
Group Of the Minnesota Bankers as
sociation were the guests Of the city
"Wednesday for the association g ninth
annual meeting, ct which the attend
ance was about sixty. Z.
The meeting convened at Elks hall
at p. M, Rev. A. c.. Wortling open
i ing it with prayer. ~.
Mayor s. P. Brick gave the address
Of welcome, which was responded to by
Will Wilke of Grey Eagle.
President A.. II. Turrittin, of Sauk
Rapids gave the annual address at 2
O clock, in which he made many good
The secretary 9 report showed that
there were 40 banks in the Sixth dis
tnct, 155 Of which were members of
the bankers association. ,>
The question box and round table
discussion conducted by w. w. Smith
of the First National bank of st. Cloud
was very good, numerous subjects of
interest to bankers being taken up at
this time.
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows: On 1esolutions-M. T. Dunn,
Chas. F. Knapp and James G. Werntz,
On nominations-G g. Hastings, A., A.
Fitch and Geo. E. Hanscom. Executive
IN. T. Dunn and Will Wilke.
A recess was taken at O'Clock,
when the bank kers were taken for an
automobile ride through the city,
shown through the saw aud paper mills,
the power house and driven out to the
M. NJ. Williams dairy farm, where a
light lunch was served. On their return
to Elks hall coffee and sandwiches
were served.
Session was resumed at 6:45 p. m,
and after hearing the nomination COM
mittee's report officers were elected
as follows for the ensuing year: E. Fl.
6herwin of Monticello, president; J. K.
Martin Of Little Falls, vice president;
Chas. F. Knapp Of Big Lake, secretary
and treasurer.
Brainerd was decided on as the next
place Of meeting.
The bankers adjourned to Hotel
Buekman at 'clock, where a banquet
was served. John Wetze, presided as
|toastmaster.
J. W. Wheeler, vice president Of the
Capitol National bank Of St. Paul, gave
a very interesting talk on agriculture.
Curtis E. Mosher, secretary of the
Citizens League of Minnesota, spoke
on Reform in Bank Legislation and
Chas. D. Brown, manager Of the Pro-
tective Department of the Bankers as:
sociations, gave a very interesting talk
on t@The Yeggmen.'' Other short talks
were also given.
Resolutions were passed extending !
hearty and sincere thanks for the hos j!
pitality of the people Of Little Falls !
and the entertainment given the bank
ers during their stay in this city, which i
would be fondly remembered; also ex-
pressing appreciation Of the visit to
the dairy farm. The speakers were /
thanked and the efforts Of the COM
mittee on Agriculture, Education and
Development to improve the state were
endorsed.
1t was resolved that the sum of ST
be paid the secretary hereafter for each
member in the association after each
annual assessment.
The Importance Of attending state
association s meeting was not sighted
and all the members Of the district
association were urged to attend the
Brainerd meeting next year.
Those who attended the bankers con-
vention were:
Chas. P. Frost, P. J. Seiman and E.
J. Grimes of Minneapolis, l.. Kells of
Sauk Centre, H. J. Harrison Of st.
Paul, j. j. Walsh, Stanley II. Bezoier,
A. V. Ostrom, L. E. Wakefield and o.
w. Greenman Of Minneapolis, G. G.
Zanzins of St. Paul, E. Mattson of Min
|neapolis, J. w. Wheeler Of St. Paul, S.
|P. johnson Of Chicago, O. Chirhart Of
Rice, A. N. Turrittin of Sauk Rapids
II. W. Bouck of Royalton, Danswartz Of
Sauk Rapids, H. H. Fromme]l of Rice,
A. Fitch of Royalton, w. R. O'Hearn
of Minneapolis, Chas. F. Knapp of Big
Lake, Chas. w. Cater and w. w. Shaw
of Clear Lake, B. H. Thayer of AMMAN
dale, C. D. Whittemore Of Clearwater,
r. A. Lee of Long Prairie, Curtis l..
Mosher of Red Wing, Will Wilke Of
Grey Eagle, P. F. Hosch of Little Falls,
Thurer Of Minneapolis, G. H. Hastings
of Wadena, Warren Gibson of Aldrich,
&c. D. Brown of Minneapolis, E. H.
Sherwin of Monticello, VIM. Stems Of
|Swanville, John Wetzel Of Little Falls,
w. H. McCollom of Minneapolis, Geo:
E. Hanscom of Foley, NJ. T. Dunn and
G. D. LaBar of Brainerd, H. j. Ernster
|of Deerwood, r. w. Wedgenrod of
Guyana, J. c. Werntz of Palisade, L.
D. Frazer Of Verndale, o. H. Hitzeman
and J. j. McRae of Swanvil1e, r. G.
Litty of St. Paul, Geo. H. Grant Of st.
Cloud, Harry Lee Of Browerville,
Rudolph Lee Of Long Prairie, w. w:
Smith Of St. Cloud, A. W. Wells Of
Sauk Centre and Chas. Rhoda and
Loren McGonagle of Royalton. 10y:
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A telegram was received Sunday