Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-05-11
BANKERS HELD GOOD MEETING

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FIFTY FNANc1ERs AT ANNUAL
CONVENTION OF SIXTH
DISTRICT GROUP HERE
Bankers from all over the Sixth
district to the number of about fifty
gatherd in this city last Tuesday for
fourteenth annual convention Of the
Sixth District group. A splendid
meeting was held, beginning at l0:30
in the morning and ending in the
evening with a banquet and speeches
at the Buckman hotel. The local
bankers were the hosts.
The morning session was called to
order by R. B. Wilmington. Of Brainerd,
president. Rev. Philip E. Gregory
gave the invocation, which was follow
ed by the address of welcome by
Mayor N. N. Bergheim. DR.. j. O..
Werntz Of Palisade, formerly of this
city, gave the response in which he
thanked the mayor, bankers and citi-
zens for the welc come extended to thu
visiting bankers. He also briefly out
lined the purpose of the meeting.
A considerable portion Of the morn
ing was devoted to business, such as
the appointment Of committees, re-
ports, etc. The morning session clos
ed with a talk by Will Wilke of Grey
Eagle on "Clearing House Rules on
Exchange from a Country Bankers
Standpoint. ~: ~. .%.<-:
The afternoon session opened with q
talk on "Clearing House Rules on
Exchange from City Bankers Stand
point, by H. Won Der Wyer Of st.
Paul, president Of the Minnesota
State Bankers association. This
was followed by talk by E. Dana
Durand of the extension division Of
the state university on "Production
and Conservation OF Food Supply
Mr.. Durand told of the need Of in
creased: production and along wha+
lines the increase was especially neces-
sary. He said that there need be no
worry because of an oversupply of
any product as there is a possibility
Of a shortage in other lines and. it will
simply mean the changing Of the mode
Of living and limiting consumption
largely to certain products.
An interesting round table discus
sion was held, in which the bankers
discussed banking from its various
angles of the round table.
:. In the election Of officers the follow
ing we're chosen to head the organi-
zation for the, ensuing year:
- Presidept-A. A. Fitch, cashier
Farmers state bank of Royalton.
I Vice president-D. I. Bouck, cashier
Rice State bank.
Secretary-M. NJ. MeNair, Pdlla
sRer State bank. IL. ..,a.....s
rreasurer-Win. Wilke, First State
fb1knk of Grey Eagle. ~ .:s.:., IS
/. aExecutivo Committee--Wm. r.. ..I.ee,
5hg Prairie and F.. Il ts5yinal,aon, aaEaltinz:
county Yiee President "
Z Aitkin-J. O. -Werntz, Palisade.
Beltrami-A. G.. Wedge, Bemidji
Benton-W. II. Lord, Foley
= Cass-E. E. Martin, Pine River
Grow Wing-A. j. Hayes, Crosby.
Hubbard-M. C. Schoneberger,
Park Rapids
Morrison-J. K. Martin, Little Falls
Todd-Will Wilke, Grey Eagle.
Wadena- Robert II. Brink, Verndale
In the evening the bankers partook
of a splendid banquet at the Buckman
hotel. After the banquet there were
several speeches.. John Wetzel of this
city acted as toastmaster.
Superintendent Of Schools J. H. Hay
Of Thief River Falls was the principal
speaker Of the evening: his talk being
on "Team Work. Mr.. Hay is not
a banker but in kis talk he made many
suggestions which will no doubt be
taken up by the o4nkers and prove Of
much benefit to them.
At the outset of his speech Mr.. Hay
said that if, as an outsider, or layman,
he could discuss banking from diff
ferent view than the bankers them
selves, his talk might prove interest
ing. He first talked on the size Of the
great Sixth district, comparing it in
size with whole foreign countries such
as England, Scotland. Denmark, Ire
land and others, and with the state OF
Massachusetts, renlarking that this
territory is equal to that state. The
of Massachusetts, however,
is five million, he said, as compared
with a mere handful of people in the
third district, and yet many think it
is OV0rcTOWUeu LII p1ctOoo uoAo' AA
district, he said, contains all the good
things that all the other districts have
and in addition to this it has the lum-
Der industry, mining, farming in all
it's diversified branches, quarrying,
manufacturing on a large scale, all the
commercial pursuits, and best of all;
the summer resorts. This district: |
with it's abundance of large lakes and
streams, promises to become one OF
the most visited parts Of the entire
country ere long, Mr.. Hay said: He
pointed out that in this district is To-
Gated the largest body Of fresh water
in the United States, ontside of the
Great Lakes, namely Fed Lake, g fact
which people ought to be made to know: 42.
Mr.. Hay deplored the fact tnat this |
country has been looking idly on while |
thousands of lour young men have been
attracted to Canada by the liberal Of
fers Of homestead lands of which they |
may become the owners after working
on them for two years, instead OF
three years as in this country, and