Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-06

oratory, at the close Of the Great Falls
business session Saturday afternoon.
With Missoula confident that it
would carry away the next years meet
ing, having some Is Missoula repre-
sentatives present at the convention,
the Lewistown men staged a distinct
coup and carried a majority of the
delegates on the second ballot, win
ming ii to 10.
George f. Smell of Billings was re-
elected district governor after a nomi-
mating speech by DR.. Charles J.. Bresee
of Great Falls. DIR. Bresee's nomina-
ton of Smell came as a surprise to the
convention as it had been conceded that
this honor would go to a Great Falls
member, if it were sought. The nomi-
mating speech, lauding Smell and his
work for the organization during the
last year brought round after round of
applause, ending in an ovation for the
district governor, following his cleo
ton without opposition.
Flint Is Lieutenant
Other officers elected were: Claire
Flint of Great Falls. and Lester Lobe
of Helena. lieutenant governors; and
John A. Keefe of Billings, secretary
treasurer. All of these officers were
elected without opposition. Flint and
Lobe are presidents of their respec-
tive clubs. keefe has served for the
last three months as acting secretary
treasurer, carrying the duties of How
ard Green of Bozeman. who was unable
to attend to the work due to illness.
In his talk accepting the office of
district governor, Smell called upon the
support of the clubs, making a plea for
the election Of the most active in each
nrUavi1afiop DC frIStaa Ha QynIaJnpd
the significance Of the attendance ban
ner won by the Montana district at the
last international convention. Mon
tana led not only districts of its class
with the greatest number of delegates,
but led the entire Kiwanis organiZa-
ton in the percentage of clubs having
delegates at the Toronto session.
Despite the good nature with which
it was carried through. the fight for
the 1923 convention became heated, with
Missoula and Lewistown crossing
Butte and Helena made good plays for
honors, but were left hopelessly behind
early in the race.
Butte Is First Up
Butte was the first city to have its
name before the convention. Speakers
praised its facilities for entertaining
wv iElLpl hlHt fichiiSto w % ~
hotel erected by the time the convention
is held.
Charles Marshall, former mayor Of
Lewistown and Kiwanis delegate, was
presenting the name Of his city almost
before the applause had died after the
Butte oratory. He turned the tables
on Butte when he announced:
"Lewistown hasn't any new hotels
nor will we have one next year. You
~nr
er sleeps when entertaining a conven-
ton.
He made a plea for holding the con-
vention in Lewistown to cement the
east and west sides of the state to-
gether. He predicted that the move
ment for splitting the state will gain
Roadway during the next two years and
will appear in the next session Of the
legislature.
Charles A. Mcfarland followed as
the spokesman of Helena, presenting
n witty and barbed invitation to that
city, giving the previous cities cuts
with his sharp tongue.
On these troubled waters, Dan Hey
from of MissOula poured the oils of his
diplomacy. chatting and caioling. He
denied charges of the Lewistown back
ers that the placing of the convention
had been 'cut and dried" with Nilsson
la as the chosen convention city.
As he took his seat, Mayor r. NJ
Armour of Great Falls, who was pre-
siding, called upon the secretary to
read a long series of a dozen or more
kilograms that had been received by the
convention. All were from civic organ
i~zations and officials Of Lewistown
urging its claims for the convention.
Now Dixon and Con'ey
Lester Lobe of Helena was on his
feet at once and read a %purported tele-
gram under a Helena date line:
please bring the convention to Hele-
no. Harmony will prevail. Governor
Joe Dixon and Frank Conley."
The first ballot gave Missoula II,
Lewistown Z and Butte and Helena
each three votes. Missoula lacked but
q single vote to swing the convention
ers of that city. The cheers were pre-
mature for on the second ballot, sup
port that the Lewistown men had
pledged came to the fore and Missoula
lost one vote as well as all Of the votes
that had been split by the two minor
contestants. Missoula led in the cheers
for Lewistown.
In his annual address, given at the
close of the morning session, Governor
Smell outlined some of the plans and
ambitions he had for the district XII
wants clubs. First place in his rec
concentrations to the clubs he gave to
the work for the under privileged
children He urged a series of XII
wants contests for the schools in which
the advantages of American citizen
ship would be given. For the promo
ton of community leadership, he asked
that the Montana district follow the
lead of some of the eastern districts
in establishing a medal, to be awarded
in each community once a year for the
person who was considered by vote Of
n committee to have performed the
greatest public service during the year
The annual report of the secretary
treasurer was brief and pointed out the
financial condition Of the district. He
showed that the present 81 per capita
tax just meets the needs of the dis
trict.
Tells of Policies
Fred c. Parker. international s~ecre-
tary, during the morning session spoke
on some of the features of the policies
determined upon by the international
organization to govern the local clubs
He called attention to the two bureaus
established by the international for the