The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-02-29
THE LUMBERhEN
HAD GAY EVENING
STORIES AND IMPRoMPTu
ToAsTs FOLLOWED suMPTu-
Gus BANQUET LAST EVENING
OFFICERS ELECTED LATE YES
TERpAY.

The delegates to the annual con-
vention Of the North Dakota Lumber
mems association relaxed last evening
and, following sumptuous banquet
in the assembly hall OF the CONNER
cial club, one Of the most enjoyable
social sessions ever held by the or
ganization resulted. The formal ses-
sions OF the association ended late
yesterday with the election of officers
and passage of resolutions and other
routine business.
The new officers:
President-Geo. Lutz, jamestown,
(re- eIected).
Vice President-P. N. Putnam.
Darlington.
Secretary Ed. w. Hanson, Hope.
Treasurer s, johnson, Valley
City, (re-elected).
The following committees were ap-
pointed: ,sa
Executive Committee-The officers
and G. F. Mudgett Valley City; S. j.
Raymond, Dawson, and Einar Mus,
Minot. t1ts
Arbitration-C. A. Finch, LaMoure;
Otis Dunham, Bismarck; Hal Bald
win, Hope. a..
Laws-A. T. Johnson. Darlington;
Otto Bauer, Mandan; D. G. Cullum,
Fargo. ...
Resolutions - A. r. Thompson,
Beach; Peter Kulaas, Minot; w. A.
Goddard, Grace City. ... ...
Programmed. d. Smith, Oriska;
E. H. Lideburn, Sanborn; one other
member to be named by executive
committee in town selected by that
committee for holding next meeting.
The Banquet.
There were about seventy gathered
at the tables in the commercial club
dining hall when Toastmaster Robert
McCulloch raped for order following
big feast. Mr.. McCulloch proved TO
be an ideal toastmaster.
Before introducing the first speakers
he congratulated the association on
the success Of the meeting. He said
that there was no reason why men
in the same line Of business should
not work together instead of enemies
and constantly using the hatchet. The
interests of lumbermen are the same
he said and all could gain by working
together.
He introduced as the first speaker,
Pres. Geo. Lutz Of Jamestown, who
said that he had had SO much heavy
work" during the convention that he
was going to lay off at the banquet
and simply told a humorous story.
Tribute to Statesmen.
The next speaker was Vice President
Putnam of Darlington. Mr.. Putnam
stated that he had been in the lumber
business since 1873 and he paid the
travelling lumber statesmen great
tribute. The statesmen in. lumber lines
are the only travelling statesmen who
have kept up to the standard of TWEEN
ty-five years ago, said Mr.. Putnam.
The statesmen along other lines have
specialized but the lumber salesman
must be man who understands all
| about the lumber business.
Following Mr.. Putnam, Mr.. McCul-
| loch said that there was one of these
efficient travelling men present at the
banquet and he called on w. P. Nc
Cormick, of Minneapolis, who was
having double celebration as the day
was his 69th birthday.
Mr.. Mccormick, in witty address,
told how he had been on the road for
forty-two years He congratulated
the associatio.- on its officials and
predicted prosperous year for the
members OF the association.
Farso's chauneey Depew.
The next speaker was the man who
is fast gaining reputation as the
| Chauncey Depew of Fargo, j. P.
Hardy. His flow Of original humor
kept the crowd in an uproar of
laughter during all the time he spoke.
He said that he had for some years
been on quite intimate terms with the
| Fargo men in the lumber business,
but that heretofore lumbermen had
never occupied a very high place in
his estimation. Since meeting the out
of-town members of the association,
| however, he had changed his opin-
ion.
! w. ]. Price followed, also in a witty
| vein. He stated that he believed sin
| cerely in such organizations, that they
were what tended to build up COM
munities.
Hal Baldwin of Hope gave a few
minutes talk on conditions in Colora-
do where he has been until recently
Atty. John s. Frame of Fargo re-
| sponded to a request for something in
a lighter vein than his talk of the
| morning on Lien Lews.
/ The other speakers were j. D. Hay
ford of Fargo. a. M. Malon OF Fort
Magginis, Mont; Capt. G. HI. Mudgett
of Valley City. w. w. Wood OF Far.
go; Sec Ed. w. Hanson of Hope
James Banks Of Fargo. w. C. God
dard, Leonard; w. III. Manahan, Far.
go; Otto Newman. Sheldon; G.. A
Finch, LaMoure; q. A. Jones Min.
neapolis; E, j. Rayond, Dawson, anc
D. G. Cullen of Fargo.
Resolutions.