The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-08-21
Greeters OF America
Feast Al S~aulpaugh
From fridays Daily.

twenty-five were In attendance at
the monthly meeting and banquet OF
Charter No. 10, Greeters OF America.
held at the Saulpaugh last evening.
This Is an order of hotel clerks.
Charter ls has Jurisdiction over the
territory included In Minnesota and
the Dakotas. The Greeters were
the guests OF the Heinrich and Saul
pauEh hotels. The hosts gave the
visitors a royal time and a sumptu-
Gus table.
Glenn s. Dixson OF the Saulpaugh
hotel was POSTMASTER at the ban.
quet. which tool place in the beauti.
fully renovated dining room OF that
hotel.
F. 4. Sears, Of the Kahler hotel.
Rochester, president OF Charter No.
y. was first called upon TO address
the assemblage. He was enthusiasts.
tic in his compliments @ the hosts
and said he wished more Of the
same spirit as had been shown in
MankatO were shown elsewhere. II
would have an excellent effect on
the attendance and general interest
taken by members in the organiZa.
tiOn.
Smith 3. Hall of Minneapolis, edi-
tor Of the Twin City Railway and
Hotel News. being asked to speak,
called attention To the great changes
that had taken place in hotel man
agemenj of reCent years, especially
in The hotels in the smaller cities,
and he regarded the entertainment
given by MankatO as truly remark
able in view OF that fact that this
was n OF the smaller cities OF the
state. Like other Minneapolitans,
il seemed that he could not forbear
taking a shot at ST. Paul. for his
next remark was that Front street
compared f~ayOrably with the sanity
city on one of it's busiest days. He
declared that there was no line OF
business in which more could be
accomplished By such social gather
ings in bringing the employers and
employees together than In the hotel
business. He said the convention
Of the order at Los Angeles in June
showed that much had been accom-.
lished in the way Of improving the
status of the hotel clerks, since the
organization was first started only
two years g in an active way.
w. f. Witherspoon. connected with
the Minneapolis 4 st. Louis railroad
at st. Paul. was the next speaker.
Mr.. Witherspoon spoke OF this age
as an age OF cooperation in all kinds
Of crafts. He remarked that a few
years ago men were trying TO steal
way each others business, but this
spirit had to a considerable extent
been succeeded by one of co-opera-
ton and interchange OF ideas. IL
was 4 fine thing to know ones own
business we'll, and no man could be
so well versed in his own craft
that he could not learn something by
attending such gatherings as this
and hearing what was said by others
in the SAME line of business.
Troy Zimmerman of the Hotel
Heinrich. on behalf of the Heinrich
and the Saulpaugh, extended greet.
ings to the guests and expressed
the hope that when they left Man
katO it would be only with the pleas
ATTEST kind OF ~recollections Of their
experience here.
Arthur l.. Roberts, manager of the
Kahler hotel, Rochester. told how
glad he was that he did not miss
tho AanEafn pFnr,nsn,,, ~ -..a
he was sorry that there were so
many members that did not come.
These remarks were seconded by
J. F. Egan Of Sioux Falls.
Earl w. Dyer Of the West hotel.
Minneapolis, secretary Of this char
ter, told how four years ago he had
called a meeting Of hotel clerks at
the Ryan hotel, st. Paul, and just
eight responded to the call. Since
that time the membership of this
charter had grown to about a hun
dred and sixty. Five or six new
members were usually admitted at
each Of the monthly meetings.
President Sears now announced
that the gathering would adjourn to
another hall on the same floor. and
there the business meeting was held.
At this meeting President Sears
gave an account Of the national con-
Vention at Los Angeles last June
and Of other events incident to the
trip TO and from that city. He told
OF h delightful entertainment the
delegates received at Omaha. Dem
yer. Salt Lake, San Francisco. Oak.
land, Portland and on the Northern
Pacific train on which they came
back east, the railroad hay.
ing made extraordinary preparations
for them. Speaking of Salt Lake, he
declared that whatever might be said
about Brigham Young, he was some
man." for he had planned and found.
ed a superb city. He told how the
party was accosted by a gang of
cowboys on the outskirts of South
Omaha. and held up until the police
arrived, and how frightened the la
dies were until they found out that
II was all a part of the program of
entertainment. and that a moving
picture had been taken OF the whole
event.
Mr.. Sears dwelt at some length
on certain amendments that were