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owners and managers of the steamers that ply Traverse Bay, — by Hannah, Lay & Co., of 

 the City of Traverse ; by Dexter & Noble, of the Queen of the Lakes ; and by the captain 

 and proprietor of the Ella Burrows, — men who recognize the fact that there are here live 

 people cooperating with them in building up a prosperous commonwealth, and who seem 

 willing to lend a helping hand. 



Resolved. That it is very evident that a leading and controlling interest of the counties 

 touching Traverse Bay is bound to be the fruit interest, and we most kindly and respect- 

 fully commend this interest to the authorities of the Slate, to State Boards of Agriculture, 

 and to managers of corporations. This inierest needs markets, harbors, roads, education, 

 and iramioration. It hates reservations, but welcomes a helping and sympathetic hand. 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



The following named persons were elected officers of the Grand Traverse 

 Society for the year 1874: President, H. W. Curtis; Secretary, L. H. Gage; 

 Treasurer, Thomas T. Bates ; Executive Committee, Antrim, E. Knight, A. 

 Campbell ; Benzie, L. W. Case, L. P. Judson ; Charlevoix, J. S. Dixon, A. But- 

 tars; Grand Traverse, J. K. Gunton, W. W. Bartlett; Kalkaska, A. T. Kellogg, 

 TJ. V. Hill ; Leelanavv, James Lee, 0. H. White ; Missaukee, W. Eeeder, J. J. 

 Pollard. 



VISITORS. 



The people were very glad to welcome to Traverse City so many from abroad. 

 Among them were the President and Secretary of the St;ate Pomological Soci- 

 ety, T. T. Lyon of Plymouth, Senators Crosby of Kent, and Prutzman and 

 wife of Barry, H. Holt, Cascade, S. 0. Knapp Jackson, W. H. Gregory Van 

 Buren, Prof. Beal, of Lansing; A. T. Linderman, C. J. Dietrich, S. S. Bailey, 

 Dr. Shepard, W. N. Cook, N. Stanton, G. W. Dickinson, all of Grand Eapids ; 

 G. W. Glidden, of Paw Paw; E. Marshall, of Painesville, Ohio; W. H. H. 

 Lyon, of Flint, and others. 



HARMONY. 



An excellent spirit prevailed throughout the entire exhibition. And when 

 the premiums were announced there was a general and cheerful acquiescnnce 

 in the decisions of the committees. The fruit growers of Benzie county who 

 had contended with Grand Traverse for the county prize, and those from Lee- 

 lanaw, who tread so closely on the heels of Peninsula, accepted the decisions 

 of the committee with a grace that made many observers almost wish that 

 they had come out ahead. And if Grand Traverse does not keep moving on, 

 such will be the result at no distant day. 



