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Show C01M 11917 United Commercial Travelers Travel-ers Will Meet in Montana City Next Year. OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN Gathering Just Closed One of Most Successful in Order's History. Great Fails, Mont., was chosen for the 1917 couventiun at the last business meeting of the United Commercial Travelers of Montaua, Idaho and Utah, in session at Eaglec' hall yesterday morning. Ogden, Poeatello, Helena and Boise also made bids for the convention, conven-tion, and it took several ballots before I the northern Montana city won. M. J.; A. J. Breientsein, secretary of the Commercial club of Great Falls, appeared ap-peared before the convention and promised the delegates a warm wel-i-omo should the, northern city bo chosen. Officers Elected. Carl F. Roloff of Billings, Mont., was elected grand counselor ot the tri-state council. Other officers chosen yesterday yester-day were F. K. Ball of Bait Lake, grand junior counselor; F. G. Brooks of Salt Lake, past grand counselor; A. H. De Long of Provo, conductor; Frank A. Rosa of Ogden, grand page; W. T. Haney of Great Falls, grand sentinel; J. T. Young, mcmbor of the executive committee for one year; H. C. Pagen-kopf Pagen-kopf of Billings, Mont., member of the executive committee for two years; V. C. Sampsell of Billings, grand treasurer; F. W. Hillcs of Helena, grand treasurer; treas-urer; M. J. Silverman of Helena and N. A. Gay of Ogden, delegates to the Hupreme "council; V. F. Sanvpsell of ' Billings and .Tames B. Lewis of Salt Lake, alternates to the supreme council. The incoming officers made short addresses ad-dresses and pledged themselves to the further promotion of the welfare of the traveling men, the continued advocacy of temperance and the eeueral uplift of business conditions throughout the Rocky Mountain west. Preparedness Indorsed. Reports of the resolutions committee adopted by the convention, included further indorsement of preparedness and the citizens' military training camp to be held at Fort Douglas. The traveling trav-eling men pledged themselves to spread abroad in their travels the good word of preparedness with especial application applica-tion to the training camp here. Their I indorsement is taken by the local committee com-mittee to assure the undertaking a valuable val-uable amount and sort of advertising. It was resolved to leave the matter of the freight rate disputes between manufacturers and railroad companies to the settlement of those parties, the traveling men desiring to keep aloof from the discussion. By resolution a committee composed of V. E. Sampsell, J. T. Young and J. B. Lewis was appointed ap-pointed to communicate with the railroad rail-road passenger agents in the matter of scrip. The U. C. T. went on record against the continued use of what was termed "this abominable scrip system," sys-tem," and would prefer the railroads to issue mileage books in denominations of 3000 to 5000 miles. To Pay Own Expenses. A resohition was also adopted committing com-mitting the members of the U. C. T. to hold their conventions at their own j expense without seeking the aid of such outside agents as local merchants and the public-spirited citizens of the convention cities. Thanks were given to the Commercial club for its hospitality, the Utah-Idaho Sugar company for the luncheon tendered ten-dered to the delegates Friday, the Salt 'j Lake council of the U. C T. No. 81 for " its care of the visitors during the convention con-vention and the various firms who provided pro-vided cigars and. souvenirs for the delegates. dele-gates. Most of ihe delegates have been frequent fre-quent visitors in Salt Lake, but one of theso said yesterday that under the programme of hospitality offered he tad overcome a hundred-fold more impressed im-pressed with the attractions and beauties beau-ties of Salt Lake. ; Take Trip to Saltair. Yesterday afternoon the visiting delegates and their wives went to Salt- , air for a dip in the water. After the swim, during which a number of pictures pic-tures were taken, a basket supper was - served. The tables were arranged in the shape of the order's insignia, the crescent. Songs and short talks provided pro-vided the dinner programme of cnter- ? tainment with dancing afterward. A few of the delegates left for their homes yesterday, but the majority of them will not leave until this afternoon or evening. The Montana delegation ,. will depart at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Country journalism regards as news the fact 'that "si" Jones has built a barn. Metropolitan journalism sees news in the fact that tiie Reginald Van Pliv vers have (dosed their house, or opened it. Louisville Courier-Journal., |