Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-05-19
BANKERS ARE HERE
IN BIG FORCE
Seventh District and Twin City
Financial Institutions Well
Represented.

OI the seventh District Group OF the
Minnesota Bankers Association meet
at Willmar this afternoon at 2:3O o.
clock at the court house. They are
bid welcome by Judge T. O. Gilbert,
president of the Willmar Commercial
Club. Hon T. O'Connor, of Renville,
the president of the Association
makes the response.
Hon. Theo. Void, Governor of the
Federal Reserve, Bank at Minneapo-
lis, addresses the meeting on the sub
ject of the new federal reserve banks
Prof. H. R. Smith, of the First Ma
tional Bank of St. Paul, speaks on the
subject of Live Stock and Prosper
ity."
Geo. H. Richards of Minneapolis,
secretary Of the Minnesota Bankers
Association, talks about that organi-
zation.
The afternoon session will close
with election of officers and the men,
bers will be taken on sightseeing
trip by auto. The guests will then be
q banquet will be served. While the
banquet is in progress several vocal
solos will be given by Miss Blanche
MacNees, with Miss Olive Crosby as
accompanist.
The banquet will be followed by u
Round Table Conference, when the
following program of toasts will be
given:
Hon. L. o. Thorpe, Toastmaster.
Life Is a Very, Very Serious Propos-
tiOn"
Drafts Sight and Just Plain
Wind"-M. J. Bowling, Olivia State
Bank
Small Change"-L. o. Johnson, Gran
ite Falls Bank.
Seeing Green"-H. w. Parker, Mer-
chants National Bank, St. Paul
&C. D's., G. 0. DIS. and G.. @. D's."-
r. E. MacGregor, Northwestern Ma
tional, Minneapolis.
1.-TWO Hearts That Beat-"-Stanley
Bezoier, First and Security Nation
al, Minneapolis.
Past, Present and Future of Our Sev-
enth District Group"-F. R. Put
nam, Morris National Bank.
Lost Opportunities of Deposits We
Might Have Had"-Hon. P. A. Gand-
rud, Farmers State Bank, Sunburg.
"Have Law and Business Any Con-
nection'-T. J. McElligott, Appleton
State Bank.
Should a Man Carry as Much on De-
posit AS He Carries on the Hip
| J. II. Erickson, First National Bank
! Clinton.
The officers of the Association which
honors our city by it's presence today
are: President, Hon. Timothy O'CoE
nor, of Renville; Vice President, F. G
Thornton, of Benson; Secretary-Treas
urer, Edward Lende, of Appleton
members of the executive committee
c.. S. Orwell, of Clarkfeld, and C. A
Helms of Olivia.
The convention folder, edited by
Secretary Lende, contains quotation
from the late lamented Elbert Hub
bard:
"The main advantage and benefi
of convention lies in the good fel
lowship liberated. The getting to
gether of men in like business is al
inspiration, an uplift and a benefit
valuable beyond campare."
And in reference to the banquet
"The way to mans heart i
through his stomach but there are few
things that can stand the trip"
"a we'll fed man has no limit of en-
durance'
A number of representatives O
Twin City banks arrived last night il
special sleeper to attend the cor
vention. The party included the fo
lowing: H. w. Parker of the Mel
chants Bank, St. Paul; J. H. Richard:
of Minneapolis, secretary of the Banl
ers Association; Chas. J. Norman c
Minneapolis, with Stevens and Chal
b man, brokers; Joe Beyers of Mime
apolis, with a bond house; Gordon
Smith, of St. Paul with the Stockyard
J National Bank, So. St. Paul; Henry /
House, First National of St. Paul; F
I A. McGregor of the Northwestern N;
: tional, Minneapolis; H. R. Smiti
First National, St. Paul; o. B. Moor
+ Minnesota Loan and Trust Co., Mil
neapolis and Stanley H. Bezoier of tn
( First and Security National of Mimi
:! apolis.