The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1923-09-28
THE c. B. HIWAY
CONVENTION HELD
Sioux Falls Proves Royal Enter
tainer-Officers Elected-Next
Convention at Rapid City

Seven dripping mud balls rolled
up to The Cataract hotel III SIOUX
Falls last Thursday morning at ~
o'clock, SAID one OF the delegates
from kadoka upon returning, Inc
entertaining the best ever had be.
gan. The Sioux Falls Chamber OF
Commerce was on hand TO gree
the men of the hour, the sturdy
Custer Battlefield H!way. booster
from acros the river. AS Slou>,
Falls greeted her quests she had
seven drivers on hand rolling the
mud balls formerly known as car:
IN the west river country, to places
where there are baths and shines
and mcndin" parlors for automo-
hiles. When the ears -" saw
the street they were dolled up with
lust dandy shine, some had new
tires. and others parts replaced, IN
snort the mud balls had been
transformed into proudly paradine
automobiles AGAIN and all Though
the magic hand Of the folks at tn.
prison city. Imagine the ewes o.
the boosters when the Chamber OF
Commerce presented the cars 20
their owners again and smilingly
told them that the bill had been
. paid. From the time the boosters
landed to the time when the last
meeting was finished Sioux Fails
outdid herself to entertain the
delegates. The Kadoka delegation
will not soon FORGET their hosol
tality.
But to return to the trip, 1t l!
of course nothing wonderful to
drive to Sioux Falls Others have
done that many a time. However
one car sta, ted in mud from Lewis
town Montana, in mud and con-
tinued in mud deepening to Sioux
Falls. The cars four strong reach,
ed Rapid City a day late, stopped
fifteen minutes and went right on;
one car from Rapid City joined
the procession. They were now
five in number and nassed through
here late Tuesday night as men
toned last week. Our delegation
OF two cars and sever de'epates
left here at 3 o'clock "Wednesday
morning. The boosters from, the
west slipped out of Murdo, ahead
Of them and only caught them at
Chamberlain. At Presho it ram,
ed again and all that day it raincd
After Kadoka no car ventured to
ioin the boosters. That night Nit
chell was reached. The Chamber
of Commerce met them outside the
CITY with newspapers and cigars
took them to the Elks' club and
fed them splendidlv. Early. the
next morning the trip continued
under weeping skies ard at ter
the happy mud covered but un-
daunted boosters arrived in the
prison city as aforementioned.
When noses were counted at rol
call, it de> elcDed thai Kadoka had
the largest delegation It the con-
vention with the exception of 500
Falls of course Even Rapid City
had only two representatives again
st Kadoka's seven. With mud so
deem and with skies threatening
as they were it took shoe snnd ~
the boosting variety and Jackson's
county seat showed again that she
had it.
Another little boosting feat.
which took we'll with those wEr
love their little town of boosters,
was the fact that in the Custer
Battlefield Hiway booster edition
of the Sioux Falls Press. Kadoka
business men took full pago. of
advortisin" against three For Ran
id City No, this is not intended
as bclittling the gate city, but
rather to give tho flowers to those
who deserve them this time.
Kadoka's president of the Com.
mercial Club served a good deal OF
his time on the nominating com
mittee as we'll as on the committee
on incornoration and by-'a :,
Sioux Falls simply outdid itself
i'm behalf of the visitors, one or
oanization We'd with the other to
show the delegates good time.
Banquets at the famous Cataract
hotel, another one at the beautl'
full new CARPENTER hotel, entertain.
ment and banquet by the Morrel
packinU plant are just few OF the
many courtesies shown them.
Speakers of national and state
repute made the intellectual part
one of the best that could be ar
ranged. Space forbids details here
The general tenor Of all of then
was that of boostinp the c. K HI
way, the sixth best in the U. 5. A
The following officers were el
ected: Ed. l.. Wendt, prominen'
booster from Canton was elected
president and local delegates Were
very much pleased to have him
head the c r. n, boosters. Qu,""'
Scott of Lewdstown. Mont. frs
vice president; c. S. Mills, Sheridal
Wyo. treasurer; and w. d. Fisher
Sheridan. Wyo., secretary for tn
fifth consecutive time
For the Board of Directors Quin
cy Scott Lewiston, Geo. Shay. Bll
hngs. ]. NJ Kibben and c. S. Mills
Sheridan Ed Wendt, Canton; Al
thur Ch , ,bers. Hudson and M. A
Brown, Jr. of Chamberlain, wer
chosen.
Rapid City made a fervent pie
for the convention next year. Set
retary Fisher lauded Rapid City
splendid financial support an
supported the plea. ThereupOn tn
vote for the gate city to the Blac