The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-11-19

In the afternoon session of the
grand executive committee of South
Dakota, held at the Elk S club, the
decision was reached to ask the COM
ing legislature for the protection OF
the jobbers, retail merchants and
travelling men of the state in more
placed upon the same basis as other
stringent statutes covering the OPP
erations OF so-called "boX-car ped
dlers."
According to Ed. NJ. CLANCY. of
Mitchell, grand counselor of the U.
CT. in South Dakota, the operations
of transient merchants, who operate
from cars. standing on the railroad
tracks and thus avoid the payment
of the ordinary licenses, constitute a
serious menace to the jobbers and
merchants of the state who pay
taxes and employ travelling men and
other persons in the conduct of theis
business.
Remedial legislation will be sought
at Pierre the coming winter, where
by the box car peddlers' will be
transient merchants, who pay IL
censes to the cities in which they
Operate. No action is sought against
local people or growers of produce
from orchards or gardens within the
state.
The grand executive committee
also favored Legislation for more
sanitary conditions in the hotels OF
South Dakota. 1t declared for the
adjustment Of the public drinking
cup, the public towe! and the public
brush and comb, especially in hotels.
Other matters of legislation favored
by the committee were not divulged.
Members of the executive COM
Fmittee in attendance at Fridays ses-
sion were r. j. Woods, OF Sioux
Falls, grand past counselor, Jr. r,
Wilding, of Sioux Falls, grand treas
urer, l.. r.. Campbell, of Huron,
grand secretary. and George sheldor
of Sioux Falls, j. l.. w. Zeitlow, OF
Aberdeen, Hayward Marshal, o.
Sioux Falls. G. N. Pollard, OF Yank'
ton, Andrew Ellwein, of Mitchell, w
M. Cox, of Rapid City, and Guy G
, Frary, of Vermillion, state pure
food inspector.
} Fenimore council was host in he.
quarters in the /. o. o. F. hall at
j, banquet at 6 O'Clock in the evening
!, to the visiting members of the CRANE
executive committee and the wive
J. of the members. The caterer, z
| H. Eager, served a sumptuous re
B past to 1870 guests.
t Acting as postmaster, +. !. Wyet
: called the ~banqueters to d at
= O'Clock and introduced Mr.. Frary
h state pure food inspector, as the frs
speaker of the evening. Mr.. Frar
; was brief in his remarks, but wittil
. emphasized his support of the goo
= work the u. G.. T. organization ha
. been doing.
Royal C. johnson, encouragement
and the newly elected congressma
a from the Second district, was intr'
70 duced to the company as a genu:I
h friend of the travelling man. I'd
johnson ~vouchsafed his aid and sul
v. nort 10 the cause of the travelir
ir man, and declared hat he would G.
deavor to serve their interests
zealously and as faithfully as he ne
- done in the past.
Is Col. Woods, of Sioux Falls, urge
N the financial support of the Unit
Commercial Travellers in the char.
ar able work Of the organization. M
lg Campbell, of Huron, and Mr.. Cox,
ty Rapid City, also spoke. Mr.. Cox e
tended an invitation to the next a
N nual meeting the Hills city ne
~ summer. Grand Counselor Chan
outlined the work of the propos
'ts 10 women's auxiliary, which he nam
nd the United Commercial Ladies
America. Mrs. Martin G. Wider, re
sir resenting the ladies. was called up
or for a rev remarks and made a
nd sponse that found enthusiastic fay
with the masculine portion of t
all company.
~. With the conclusion of the banql
the company vas divided. the lad
meeting separately and forming tn
an auxiliary. Mrs. E. w. Leehan v
at elected president; Mrs. E. M. Char
re- yice-president; Mrs. d. G. Cord
secretary and Mrs. Q. H. Tar, tire
urer. Mesdames ]. D. Anderson,
p. Ruth and George NJ. Rowley W
IN named as members of the execut
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