The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-02-05

Ramsey County Gives the Society 5000,
600 Farm, W hich 10 Accepted.


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Ramsey County Gives the Society $780,
- 600 Farm, W hich ID Accepted.
The annual meeting of the state agricultural
society was held at st Paul The attendance
at the meeting was unusually large, including
representative agriculturists from all parts of
the state, who have come in as delegates from
the various agricultural and horticultural soci:
cites throughout the stats. .-' - :
. tile RAMSEY and Nicdllet county agricIl-
tural societies sent delegates to the meeting;
but they were excluded, neither society having
held fair during the past year, az required
by law.
N p. Clark, chairman Of the committee on
the location Of inter state fair grounds,
made verbal report He said the men,
bers Of the committee had dono great deal 6f
hard work for the purpose of securing grounds
between the two cities, but without any sue
cess, when the Ramsey county poor farm was
rendered the society by the county COM
missioners They were much surprised and
gratiticd at the liberality of Ramsey county in
this matter, and recommended, unanimously,
the acceptance of these grounds. The COM
mittee appointed at the city hall conference
Mas then invited into the meeting. Mayor o.
Brien, on behalf of the COUNTY commissioners,
addressed the society. He said:
We propose to place this property in your
hands without restriction. We propose to
give you 500 coo worth of land and buildings
[Applause.1 You can plant your homo. We
say, here is a foundation for your society; and
then we expect in return for that, that the PEG
pie of the state will, through the legislature;
make the necessary contributions to enable
yon to grace that property, with the buildings
Appropriate and proper for your purposes.
j. Harris then moved that the offer Of the
Ramsey county commissioners be accepted
He said
it in the spirit IN which 1t is given We should
adorn those grounds and improve them until
they will complete in beauty and convenience
with any fair grounds in the Union. believe
that every member of this society Is IN favor OF
accepting these grounds, and that ninety nine
out of every hundred farmers IN the state Will
be willing to be taxed to raise the funds to
make those fair grounds what they should be-:
After addresses by various members MIR. Har-
ris' motion accepting the gift of the Ramsey
county commissioners was adopted unanl-
mously by reclamation. Some one asked May
or O'Brien for how long time this gift was
made. and the latter responded, ''as long as
the State of Minnesota and this society have
an existence" The thanks of the society
we're then rendered for the other offers that
had been presented
On motion of Mr. Harris the society's COM
office of the society, We're authorized to con-
duct all business connected with the transfer
of tine fair ground and apply TO the legis-
lature for such legislation as may be necessary
in the matter, and such an appropriation for
improving the grounds as may be sufficient for
immediate uses
The committee authorized to act with the Of
ficers of the society in completing the transfer
of the grounds consists OF N. 2. Clark, st.
Cloud, chairman; Clark Thompson, Wells; J..
f. Norrlsh Hastings; Col Stevens, Minneapo-
lis, and C. A. De. Graft, GAINESVILLE.
ture to pay the expenses of farmers institutes.
E. c. Judson, the secretary, presented his
annual report of the expenditures in connec-
ton with the annual fair. The items are sum-
married. as follows: General ex pense account
$1,7l1; paid to efieers, assistants, gate keep
1000: premiums, s4,C67, tstsl expendi-
lures, slO,76623. The Indebtedness Of the
society is given as follows: Premium y
in dispute and unpaid, SIP; bill
of c. W. Burdick, $235O; note given to Ger
mania bank St. Paul, So, 200; total, $3,4l5.5O:
The treasurer, Frank j. Wilcox, also presented
his report This shows receipts for the yeaf
from all sources amounting to $14,53l, and the
total expenditures, including the state fair
items named in the secretarys report, amount
ing to sl4, 512 81, leaving cash balance on
hand of $500.
The election of officers was had. For Presi-
dent. Whole number of votes, Sc; Necessary
for a choice, "A; N P. Clark, st. Cloud, So;
Clark W. Thompson, Wells, 26; John F. Nor
IRISH, Hastings, s; Scattering, l.
Gen. Baker said that the ballot indicated
clearly the sense of the meeting as to the pres
idency The vote was also in accordance with
the wishes of the Ramsey county members, and
out of courtesy to them, in view of the magnlf.
icent gift they had made the society, ne
moved that N. P. Clark of St Cloud
be declared the unanimous choice OF
the socist for president which was done
The remaining officers were elected without
contest, the secretary casting the vote OF thu
society These officers are as follows: -.
Vice Presidents-C. A. De Graft, GAINESVILLE
e. T. Bailey, Duluth.
Secretary-R c. Jtdson, Pennington.
Treasurer-F. 9. Wilcox, Mortified.
IF Norrish was chosen to the executive
committee in the place of Mr.. De Graft, and
James McHench and Col Clark, whose terms
on the board of managers had expired, were
reelected
Col. Stevens, of Minneapolis, introduced a
resolution thanking the retiring president,
Col. Thompson, for the able manner in which
he had conducted the affairs of the society dur
ing his term of Office Gen. Baker heartily sec
onded the resolution. He said that the ef-
forts which had been made by Col Thompson
to keep the society on it's feet were wonderful,
almost marvellous. It had been with great
difficulty that the society had been kept
alive, and the fact that it was alive
and prosperous to-day was due more to Col.
Thompson's energy. ambition and his influence
among the people of Southern Minnesota than
to anything else
A large number of the members before
leaving for home, accepted an invitation to visit
the great stock farm of Mr. J. J. Hill, near St
Paul