The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-20
HOTEL CLERKS
end SESSIONS
DULUTH SECURED NEXT CON-
sVENTloN-F. A. SEARS ELECT
ED PRESIDENT ELABORATE
BANQUET AT FREDERICK Ho-
TEL LAST EVENING. ..

Grand Forks Herald: One Of the
most successful conventions in the
history Of the Minnesota-Dakota Ho-
tel Clerks was brought to a close last
evening with In elaborate banquet at
the Frederick hotel. About fifty hotel
men Of the northwest, representing
practically all of the leading hotels in
North and South Dakota and Mime
sofa, pronounced the Grand Forks
bunch as royal entertainers and gave
high praise to Grand Forks as a con-
vention city.
Duluth Next.
Duluth made a strong bid for the
next convention at the business SEES
sion held in the commercial club
rooms yesterday afternoon n the
zenith city men were successful in
securing the meeting.
Officers were elected at the close Of
the meeting as. ollow President, 1!
A. Sears, Hotel Kahler, Rochester,
Mimi; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Earl w.
Byers, Hotel West, Minneapolis; first
vice president, H. L. Bourgerie, Nico-
lett, Minneapolis; second vice presi-
dent. Fred Parsons. Dacotah, Grand
Forks; third vice president, G. A..
Hines, Spaulding, Duluth, fourth vice
president, II. L. Dodge, Carpenter,
| Sioux Falls; board Of governors, G.
A. Buckner, Radisson, Minneapolis,
chairman: James T.. Rice, Minneapo-
lis; F. F. Ingalls,, st. Paul; L. c. Laid
ner, Fargo, and Roy Watson,
ter.
At the business session held yester-
day afternoon, several changes were
made in the bylaws Of the associa-
ton. The dues of the hotel managers
were reduced to the same as the
clerks, and it is believed that this
change will have a tendency to in
crease the membership OF the organic
alton. No other changes of import
ance were made,
Luncheon at Northern.
The. first gathering of the day was
at the luncheon served at the Hotel
Northern, at which H. N. Wells was
the host. The members then held the
business session., and at 6 O'Clock in
the evening gathered at the Frederick
hotel for the final "~get-together"
meeting.
Earl w. Dyer, who presided at the
esting stories in introducing the
speakers, and aided greatly in making
the, affair one to be remembered by
the hotel clerks Of Lucky 10" chap
ter Of the Greeters of America The
first toast was to Col. Fred B. Bartho-
Ilomew, the one absent Grand Forks
Greeter. who is travelling in California
with Mrs. Bartholomew because, Of
her health. Among the principal
speakers Of the evening were Smith
B. Hall of Minneapolis, Pres. F.. A.
| Sears Of Rochester, c. A. Hines OF Du-
luth, State Hotel Inspector of North
Dakota w. b.. Wooisey of Grand Forks.
T.. d. Bason and Ernest Butler, Bob
Mcintyre, the genial Greeter from
Casselton. also an eminent Irish solo
list, and La1d C.. Ladner OF the Wal,
| dorf, Fargo, made a big hit In their
! comedy duet. "Doc" Young's parody
ON The Trail Of the Lonesome Pine
! was the song hit of the convention.
The chorus follows:
AT the Hotel Frederick n Dacotah.
| The Columbia and Northern, too:
| We are welcome there beyond compare
Away from the jog and free from care.
With a crowd that's the best In the
world.
we r here for old Lucky Thirteen.
So sing long n loud, for that good
old crowd
| That are banded by old Thirteen"
.Goodbyeg were said at 10 O'clock,
most Of the Greeters leaving for their
homes on the Red River Valley limit
ed, ito which their special cars were
attached. All those who found 1t pos
sible to do so remained over for the
III. c. z. ball at the Dacotah hotel,
which was q pleasant affair
III w. ESAN AEE#