The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-04-30
Bankers Bank on Milbank
AND HOLD AN ENJOYABLE AVID PROFITABLE
GATHERING IN the CllY.

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s%entatives of nearly all the banks
OF the northwest counties of the
state, which is known as group 5
in the state bankers association
of South Dakota.
The Commercial club rooms
were made headquarters for The
association, where the visitors
were registered, and after din
ner the city band welcomed the
guests of the city with a street
concert.
The association held a short
meeting at the opera house at
which the following committees
were appointed:
Resolutions-W. S. Given Of
Britton, F. H. Benedict of Mil
bank, and Geo. G Dunton Of
Webster.
Nomlnations-F. r. Harding
Of Langford, w. w. Bassett, Of
Aberdeen and G. H Lien Of Sum
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At the afternoon meeting Hon.
Thos. l. Bouck, Judge of the
Fifth Judicial circuit, presided,
aud the several addresses de-
llvered ere intersper>ed with
music, vocal and instrumental.
One Of the most pleasing and
instructive features Of the pro-
gram was an address on road
building by that apostle Of good
roads, Hon. J. w. Parmley Of
Ipswich, who illustrated his sub
-ject with pictures of roads be-
fore and after taking the good
roads" medicine, and with a ser
les Of splendid views and moving
pictures of Genes along the line
of the Yellowstone Trail from
Minneapolis to Seattle.
Senator G S. Amsden gave a
Legislative history of the State
guaranty law, and the present
status Of the question in it's sub
mission to the people Of the state
in referendum.
w. E. Briggs, of the North
western national bank of Mime
polls, gave an interesting address
on Live Stock Credits,' show
ing that credits in communities
where live stock held an impor-
tant place In the agricultural in.
duStry were recognized as the
best of all agricultural credits,
for where the live stock industry
is successfully established grain
and other crops are more certain
to yield productivity.
An auto trip had been planned
to take place at the close Of the
afternoon, when the visiting
bankers could be shown some Of
the fine farming country in the
vicinity of Milbank, but it was
thought best at the last moment
TO abandon this and treat the
bankers to the spectacle Of a
genuine Dakota thunder shower
with it's accompaniment Of ex-
plosive music and electrical dis
play. just to show them what we
could do to dissipate any fears
they might have that this was a
drouth stricken section Of coun.
try.
A fine banquet was served the
visitors at Harmonic hall, and
after toasts had been responded
to by w. S. Given Of Britton, H.
S. Morris, Of SiSSetOn, Edmund
Cook, of Wilmot, j. A. Gold Of
Big Stone and D. B. Compton of
Webster, Theodore Void, of the
Federal Reserve bank of Mime
apolis, gave a very complete and
instructive address on what the
Reserve bank IS, it's object, work
ings and the benefit it is to the
bankers of the northwest, and
stated that the careful, conscien-
tiOus banker could now go to
sleep at night time with a feeling
of security never before known.
Nj. A. A Crane Of the First
and Security National bank of
Minneapolis, gave an interesting
address on how the European
war had affected business and he
held that while there would
probably be new opportunities
for foreign markets, the best op-
portunities for capital would con-
tinue to be in the development of
the agricultural resources of our
own country, and he looked for q
period of prosperity in the CON-
ing days.
The following nominations
made by the nominating commit.
tee were duly e ected:
Prssident-B F. HerinRton, Wau.
abAy
vice President Enoch Lipdquist,