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Show LUMBERMEN IN A BALL GAME Tho Retail Lumber Dealers' con-, vention, which opened Tor a two-' days' session at tho Hermitage in Ogden Og-den canyon yesterday afternoon, attended at-tended by more than 200 lumbermen, has proved an interesting and instructive in-structive meeting for all present. A business session was held in the afternoon followed by a Dutch lunch. In tho evening a number of new members mem-bers were admitted to the order of Hoo-Hoo with approprlato Initiation ceremonies Tho afternoon meeting was presided pre-sided over- by President D. It Bcebe, who mado a welcoming address to thoso In attendance. This was followed fol-lowed by Robort Andorson of Logan, who apoko on tho subject: "Trade Ethics." "Parcels Post and Mall Orders" Or-ders" was discussed by J. II. Baker of Salt Lake and II. W.-Gwiiliam of Ogden spoke on "The Object and Purpose of a .Local Retail Organization." Organiza-tion." J. W. Volkcr addressed the assembly as-sembly on "Shall Collections Be Made a Part of Association Work?" and C. W. Merrill of B'rlgham City on tho subject "Define Open Territory." At G o'clock a banquet was served to the delegates and their wives and the evening wns dovotod to Initiating the -candidates. Owing to tho fact that other attractions attrac-tions appeared fully as Interesting a-s did an afternoon session 'of the Hoo-Hoos, Hoo-Hoos, the dclegatos to the Retail Lumbar Dealers' convention Indulged in a game of baseball this morning' and abandoned the program which had been planned for the afternoon. Tho game was played between the wholesalers and retailors and resulted in a score of 7 to 3 in favor. of the retailers. re-tailers. ' Many of tho delegates went to Salt Lake- on the, afternoon trains to finish fin-ish their celebrations. 1 |