Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-07
PREPARING FOR
CONVENTIONAL
HARDWARE men
Exhibitors Set For Opening
Wednesday, February
s II Eleventh.

"A force Of carpenters and decora-
tors today started. work at the city
auditorium preparatory to the twen-
ty-fourth annual convention and ex-
hibit OF the North Dakota Retail
Hardware association to be held here
morning and continuing through FRI
day evening.
With. the assurance from city
health officials that the nature of the
convention is such that there will be
little danger Of influenza, Secretary
G. N. Barnes of the association has
made arrangements to utilize every
foot Of floor space at the auditorium
for the exhibits.
The entire lower floor and stage
will be laid out in booths to accom-
modate the exhibits of from fifty to
s~eventy-fve of the largest hardware
concerns of the country. The bal
cony around three sides Of the audi
torium will be fioored off level in orr
der to provide room for the displays.
A support for the orchestra will be
built out from the balcony.
'Bigger md Better"
The exhibits this year are expected
to be larger and more complete than
ever before and from information re-
ceived from all sections of the state
it L. anticipated the convention will
draw a larger representation of
North Dakota retail hardware dealers
than in previous years.
Retailers Of the state take this OPP
portunity. each year to view the best
and largest displays of hardware
available.
The program arranged for the
three-day convention provides many
interesting and instructive addresses
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dealers to inspect the exhibits and
place their orders. Executive ses-
sions will also be held during the
convention, reports of committees
will be heard and officers elected for
the ensuing year
One OF the features of the conven-
ton will be the presentation Of a
large seal Of North Dakota made
from several hundred pieces Of hard
ware to the most popular hardware
man attending the convention. The
Hardware company Of Minneapolis
Only those with membership badges
will be eligible to vote.
The following fifty concerns are
among those which have reserved
booths for exhibit purposes: Alumni.
oOoNS &nA6s WI OAdI1IOWdVi
Wis: American Steel & Wire Co.
Chicago. ILL.,; Atkins, r. c.. & Co.
Minneapolis, Mimi: Atlantic Stamp.
ing CO.. Rochester, N. "; Auto Sup.
ply Co., Grand Forks; Automatic
Electric Washer Co., Newton, Ia;
BARLOW & Seelis Mfg. Co., Ripon
Wis.,: Burroughs Adding Machine
Co. Grand Forks; Carlisle & Bristol
Fargo, N. D.; Clark. Geo. A. & Son
Minneapolis, Mimi: Clark, Geo. M. g
Co.. Chicago, ILL.,: Cole Mfg. Co., Chi.
cago. ILL.,: Coleman Lamp Co.
Wichita, Kansas; Cooper-Clad Male
able Range Co., st. Louis, Mo-: Crane
q Ordway Co., st. Paul, MINI.
Detroit Automatic Scale Co., De.
.trcit. Mich: Empire Cream Separator
Co. Minneapolis. Mimi: Engman,
Matthews Range Co, South Bend
Ind; Farwell. Ozmun, Kirk & Co, st
Paul. Mimi; French Battery & Car
bon Co.. Minneapolis, Mimi: Globe
Gazette Printing Co.. Wahpeton, N
D.: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Akron, Ohio: Hemer Furnace Co.
Homer. Mich: Howard. Donald B
Heater Co., Dds Moines, Ia: Janney
Hemple Hill & Co., Minneapolis
Mimi: Observation-Disclosures Co. Du
iuth, Mimi: Keystone Steel & Wir,
q. Peoria, ILL.,: Lennox Furnace Co.
Marshalltown, Ia; Malleable Iro,
Range Co.. Beaver Dam, Wis: Mar
shall Wells Co., Duluth Mimi. twill