The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-12
jewelers. MEET
AT GRAND FORKS

IEdnQ FORKS IN. IL, july IS,-lnS
second day of the convention of the
North Dakota jewelers. association
opened with an address by Charles T.
Higginbotham Of South Bend, Ind.
Mr.. Higginbotham is the consulting
superintendent of the South Bend
Watch factory. He outlined in a very
interesting way, What American
Matchmaking Has Accomplished.
American watches are now known the.
world over for the excellence of work.
manship put into them. 1t is not many
years back when the European watch
es, especially the Swiss watches, were
the worlds leading watches. American
ingenuity and inventive enterprise
combined with high grade workman
ship and economy in manufacture has
now placed the American watch in a
very envious position.
The address of Col. John L. Shep-
herd of the Keystone Watch Case Co.
of New York on the subject, What
Are We Going to Do About It? was
also very well received. His address
was technical, covering a large num-
Der Of difficulties experienced by
watchmakers in the Repairing of
watches. He used several charts and
diagrams to illustrate his address on
the subject.
The afternoon was given over to q
visit to The Times-Herald plant in
conjunction with the Know Grand
Forks visit Of the commercial club.
Following this the jewelers. went to
the university, where they attended
an address and demonstration on
Wireless Transmission of Time, by DR..
"A. H. Taylor.
Banquet Last Evening.
A banquet was held in the
cial club rooms at z o'clock last eve
ming. DR.. Homer M. Cook was the
POSTMASTER.
The following numbers were on the
programme: The Commercial Club,
Pres. Fred L. Goodman; The City,
Hon. J. B. Wineman; The State. Pres.
John L. Shepherd; Impressions. Hon.
Chas. q. Higginbotham. During he
banquet there were songs by Norman
B. Black and violin selections by Mrs.
e. A. Arhart.
Features Today.
Today's programme is as follows:
Address by w. r. Blakely OF Grafton
on Good Fellowship in jewelers.
Clubs; addresses by r. B. Newton OF
Fargo on Fraudulent Advertising, by
e. B. Howard OF Bismarck on How
State Laws Are Made, by G. w. Foog-
man of Hillsboro on How to Secure
New Members, and by Herman Tues
gen Of Devils Lake on Quality in Jew
elry.
This afternoon officers for the com
ing year will be elected. The next
convention city will also be chosen at
this time. A. o. Void of Langdon will
make an address or thet subject of the
One Cent Letter Rate. Papers will be
read by Thos. Porte of Grand Forks,
@. HI. Nesbit OF Harvey and Louis
Hansen of Devils Lake.
Committees Appointed.
The committees appointed follow:
Resolutfons-Louis Hansen, Paul
Girard and ~. Nesselord.
Auditing. 3. Peterson, VI. w.
Fitch and w. r. Blakey.
The secretary's report shows that
an increase of twenty has been made
citation is in good standing financially.
Propose Campaign.
The promotion Of a campaign to in
crease the membership of the North
Dakota Retail jewelers., association
was advocated by Pres. Al. G., TelIner
of Jamestown in his annual address.
The only other address delivered was
by I'll. Gavere of the Scandinavian
American bank of this city. The dele
gates were welcomed by Mayor NJ. f..
Murphy, who declared that jewelry
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cessity.
Mr.. Tellner outlined the large
amount of beneficial work that had
been done during the year. He rec
commended that district organizations
be formed to help Increase the MEM
bership. The members should partici-
pate In the activities of the association
with more interest and enthusiasm.
The association at the present time In
cludes only one-third of the 800 Jew
eIers in the state: all the jewelers.
should belong. He expressed great
satisfaction at the reception the queen
city Of the state is giving the visiting
Jewellers.
Gavere Gives Advice.
Mr.. GaYere gave an excellent ad-
dress on banking and credit. The chief
points In his address were The main
stumbling block In the way OF getting
credit at al bank lis the lack of capital.
Asbank should never loan customer
capital. The carrying OF an overstock
In store is a enace it requiring a
great deal of capital to handle. The
lack Of versatility sometimes causes
failures, a jeWeler ought to be watch
maker as we'll, thus getting incomes
Iof substantial nature. Competition
lshould not worry any one as long as
lone attends to his business and does
not hold daily and long political, re-
I1igious and other conclaves on the
street corners. ID should have SUM-
ciegnt capital, should not oyerstock,
should meet his obligations promptly
and should concentrate his efforts on
This business