Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-05-21

Hotel men of Montana added formal
approval Of their association to the cause
OF road Improvement in their annual con-
vention held Thursday in the Park hotei.
They also took steps for a close aftlll-
alton with the Western Hotel Scenic
association which has recently been or
ganized for the purpose of furtherln1g
the tourist travel through the scenic
northwest In addition TO the business
features considered, the members of the
association paid formal tribute to the
late Jeremiah Sullivan of Fort Benton,
pioneer hotel man who died since the
last annual meeting.
The convention of hotel men brought
more than a dozen of the best known
bonifaces of Montana to Great Falls TO
consider the problems that confront the
Droprietors of the hotels of the state.
Everyone of the large cities was rep
resented by at least one hotel man.
Meet at the Park Hotel.
Sessions of the association were held
in the banquet room of the Park hotel.
George McCarn, proprietor OF the hun
ters Hot Springs hotel, president OF the
association, presided. The members con-
sidered the problems presented in EN-,
ployment Of help. and some of the added
problems which the general rise IN living
costs have brought to them, especially
where they operate cafe in connection
with their hotel.
Among other subjects which received
attention were those of cashing checks
which are returned for lack of funds
and the procedure which such cases
ought To call forth. the right name law
and other matters affecting the man
agement of a hotel over the registration
desk.
John c. Kelley. of the law firm OF
Cooper. Stephenson and Hoover, read a
paner on Hotel Laws. which proved
both interesting and instructive TO the
membership. Mr.. Kelley traced the laws
from the earliest enactments affecting
the hotel business to the present.
Meet In Helena Next.
At the afternoon session the conven-
ton selected Helena as the place wnere
the next annual meeting will be held and
decided upon midsummer meeting TO
be held either in Yellowstone or Glacier
park and the mmebers to make the trip
to the meeting by automobile. With those
subjects out of the way, the election oi
officers resulted in the following:
President, George McCarn. Hunters
Hot Springs hotel; Hunters Hot Springs
vice president. F. r. Van de Putte. presi.
dent and manager of the Park hotel
company. Great Falls; secretary treas
urer. George Shea. Northern hotel. Bill
ings; publicity director, A. ]. Breiten-
stein, Hotel Rainbow, Great Falls
directors. John f. Murphy, Jordan hotel
Glendive; George Dier, Bozeman hotel
Bozeman. and W. F. Lowe, Thornton
hotel, Butte.
Those in attendance at the convention
were: George McCarn. Hunters Hot
Springs hotel; J. VI. Hitchings, Florence
hotel Missoula: George Dier. Bozeman
hotel; Jere J. Sullivan. Choteau house
Fort Benton: Maurice Weiss. Placer
hotel, Helena: John f. Murphy, Jordan
hotel. Glendive; James +. Finlen. Finlen
hotel. Butte: A. V. Gibson. kalspel
hotel: c. 4. Burroughs. Sacajaweah
hotel. Three Forks: A. NJ. Olsen. North
ern hotel, Billings: G. Q. Moore. Sherman
hotel. Wolf Point; T. +. Russell. Grand
hotel. Havre; +. r. Van De Putte, Park
hotel, Great Falls: A. J. Breitenstein
Hotel Rainbow. Great Falls.
As the closing features to the annual
convention, dinner was served to the
visiting men Thursday evening at the
Park hotel, that being wholly social in
its character and business being taboo.
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions we're adopt
ed bv the convention: