34 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Tuesday Morning, January 17, 1911 



Opening of Convention. 



President : I will ask you to rise while we ask the Rev. 

 Clark S. Thomas to invoke the Divine blessing, at the opening 

 of the Thirty-seventh Annual Convention of Illinois State Dairy- 

 man's Association. 



Dr. Thomas : Our Great Creator and Kind Father f This 

 morning we pause in the midst of our busy commercial lives to 

 ask divine blessing to rest upon all the interests gathered in this 

 Convention. 



We thank Thee for our great resources and for our pros- 

 perity. We return to Thee our thanks for all that has come to 

 us during the past year. Be Thou with us during this Conven- 

 tion, be Thou with us in the future and we will give Thee praise 

 and glory, for it is Thine, in the Master's name. Amen. 



President : We are honored in having with us Mr. Fehr- 

 man, the Mayor of Elgin, who will make a few remarks and 

 welcome you to the City of Elgin. 



Mr. Fehrman : Mr. President, Members of the Association, 

 Ladies and Gentlemen : Since my incumbency of the office of 

 Mayor, it has been my pleasure to welcome members of almost 

 every kind of society and representatives of most of the trades. 

 I have tried to the best of my ability to impress upon all of these 

 people the fact that Elgin has been and is an hospitable city, that 

 the latch string is always upon the outside of the door and that 

 something of good cheer awaits within the portals. 



I believe that all who have visited here have found this to 

 be true, and I am sure that your stop here will prove no excep- 

 tion to the rule, and in behalf of our city I extend to you a most 

 cordial welcome. 



