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hotels have been put up recently, and 

 tills has helped the congestion of these 

 other hotels. Bee-keepers as a rule don't 

 want to go to the Blackstone and the 

 Auditorium, but they take a lot of 

 people away from these other hotels 

 and they are not congested. I don't 

 believe the hotels have been congested 

 this year in Chicago. 



iMr. Doyden^ — I think Mr. Arnd is 

 right in that regard. I have been here 

 going on nine years; the past three or 

 four years there have been a great 

 many hotels put up. I think if j'ou 

 want to look that up, you can find some 

 one here that would look into the hotel 

 rates and let the Bee-Keekers know 

 where they could get pleasant rooms. 

 Mr. Cavanagh — The management of 

 this hotel is giving us thig room to 

 hold our convention in, gratis. It would 

 not be consistent and in accordance 

 with their views, to have the bee- 

 keepers make arrangements go to some 

 other hotel, when they give us this 

 room. 



Mr. Dadant — They made no require- 

 ments as to where the Bee-Keepers 

 should go. They expected they would 

 draw something from our convention. 

 It would not be right for the Secretary 

 to make arrangements for this room, 

 and get rates from some other hotel, 

 or hotels, where the Bee-Keepers might 

 stay while attending the Convention. 

 At the Briggs House we paid $20.00 

 for a roomi like this. 



Mr. Arnd — It seems to me that the 

 rates at the Great Northern Hotel are 

 as reasonable as can be found at other 

 Chicago hotels. 



Pres. Huffman — ^It is the opinion of 

 this Conven-tion that the date should 

 be fixed for two days during the Fat 

 Stock Show — a motion has been made 

 to this effect — all in favor, say aye? 

 Motion carried, 



Pres. Huffman — If there is nothing 

 further to come before the Convention, 

 we will stand adjourned until the time 

 of the Fat Stock Show and then we 

 will meet with you again. 



The Convention adjourned at 4 p. m., 

 to meet again in 1913, at the call of 

 the Executive Committee. 



January 10, 19r3, 

 109 Marine Bldg., Chicago. 

 Mr. N. E. France, 



Platteville, Wis. 

 Dear Friend — ^I have the pleasure of 

 mailing you the little token of regard, 

 with which I am writing this letter, 

 and which the members of the Chicago 

 Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association 

 are presenting to you at their last 

 meeting. 



We trust it may long be guided by 

 the faithful hand which has so effec- 

 tively wielded its predecessor in past 

 years. 



Gratefully, 



C. N. B. K. A. 

 L. BOTDEN, Per C, 

 B. CAVANAGH, 



Committee. 



R. 

 F. 



State Inspector of Apiaries. 



Platteville, Wis., January 15, 1913. 



Messrs. B. F. Boyden, F. B. Cavanagh, 

 Committee. 



Dear Friends — I have just returned 

 from our State Capitol, where I had 

 last evening introduced in Legislature 

 a new bee bill. I met many members 

 of both Senate and Assembly, and so 

 far every man promises his best sup- 

 port to the bill. Even our Governor. 



On my return to my office I was 

 greatly surprised to see copy of resolu- 

 tions with regards to me from mem- 

 bers of C. N. B. K. A. convention 

 December 19-20, 1912, and with it the 

 beautifully engraved fountain pen, 

 which I am now using. Certainly I 

 prize this gift for its beauty and daily 

 usefulness, but far more is the brother- 

 hood fellowship behind it. I only re- 

 gret I could not be permitted to serve 

 brother bee-keepers more. May my 

 heart and hand ever remain true and 

 ready to help bee-keepers, especially 

 members of C. N. B. K. A. 

 '' Yours truly, 



N. E. FRANCE. 



