Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
MOTHERS ARE
EXTOLLED By
TRAVELLING MEN
u. G. T. Convention Asks Great.
er Recognition for Mothers
Day.
oWAT0NNA GETS
NEXT CONVENTION
Approves Plan to Erect q Model
Home for the
Aged.

Minot, ". d., June l0.-The annual
convention of the grand council of
the United Commercial Travellers has
been one of the most successful ever
held.
Owatona. Minn., gets the next con-
vention.
The large parade, six divisions, was
the feature of today's program. Major
II. S. Person was the grand marshall.
City officers, U. G. T. officers, guests
of honor, Minneapolis Newsboys'
band, twenty-four councils, the Minot
X. p. band, Company D, North Dako-
ia .,ational Guard, the Boy Scouts,
the Minot fire department and dele
cation of women in automobiles made
up the long procession.
Elect Officers.
Mothers were extolled by the dele
gates and resolutions passed urge
greater observation Of Mothers Day.
The following officers were elected:
Grand counselor, G. NJ Peterson,
Duluth: grand junior counselor, J. l..
GEORGE, Bismarck; grand past coun-
selor, w. l.. Grasse, Fargo; grand
conductor, E. c. Mahle, St. Paul;
grand page, John F. McGrann, Fargo;
grand sentinel, Frank Tonskemper,
Saltwater, and grand executive COM
mittee, G. =. Tisdale, Minneapolis; ;
c. A. Hitchcock, Crookston, Minn.
TO Have Aged Home.
One of the important steps taken
by the grand council was the inaugur-
alton of a plan for the erection of a
home for aged and INDECENT members
of the organization. Many of the
councils now have funds available,
and a stock company will he organic
ed and these funds together with
what others may be added will be
utilized in the erection Of splendid
home for the jurisdiction of Mime
sofa and North Dakota.
a The resolutions adopted were in
part as follows:
4 Resolved; That the general legisla-
tive committee be continued and the
grand councillor be authorized to ap-
point five members, three from Min
nesota and two from North Dakota.
and that said committee be instructed
to prepare measures for the introduc-
tion into the legislatures Of Minnesota
and North Dakota, or before the prop
er body constituted to handle the mea-
sures contemplating the sale of 1000
mile books good on all roads of the
Western Passenger association.
Resolved; That the efforts of the
Minnesota state dairy, food and oil in
spection departments to uphold and
make effective the hotel inspection
law now on the statute books of Min
nesOta, are by the grand body thor
oughly appreciated. May they con-
tinue, and be adopted by our sister
state in this jurisdiction if she pos
sesses such a department.
Resolved; That the recommendation
handed to this committee by one of
the sitting floor members as to indi-
vidual effort looking to increase of
membership of the order for 1917 is
appreciated, for only by growth do we
obtain full right and stature. But we
as a committee cannot endorse each
and every member of the grand body,
obligating him to ideas embodied in
this resolution. Believing that no
home ties and all that they mean, and
recognizing that in the establishment
of the National Mothers day much
has been done to perpetuate that high
est type of woman expressed in moth
erhood; be it
Resolved, That in session assem-
bled, we emphasize our conservation
of this day in the remembrance of our
mothers, the dearest friend we ever
can have, by urging every member on
this day to wear the accepted flower,
the carnation; and be. it further
Resolved, That whenever possible
each member fortunate enough to
have "a mother living, send to her a.
floral tribute, and that to make this
more possible, and certain, every Sec
retary when so requested, is instruct
ed to see that this wish is complied
with. When not convenient to the
member, he often being far from.
home, we suggest that stated
amount of money be sent with COM
plete address and instructions for de-
livery. be it
Resolved, That on the last meeting
previous to Mothers Day, notice
shall be given to each member of
each council that its observance may
not be neglected, and that where
mothers live in far away states an in
terchange between secretaries be es-
tablished.
Resolved, That this committee dep
recates the action of the North Dako-
ia State Fair association at Fargo in
conceding exhibition space to mail-or-
der houses, believing that efforts
made to further entrench such insti-
tutiOns in the northwest can only con-
tribute to the tearing down and de-
moralization of general wholesale
trade.