Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-06
STATE RAIssOCIEFY.
Ramsey County Gives the soGiety saoo
COO farm. w h1ch Is Accepted. S&SS

Ramsey County Gives the Society a saoo
COO farm, W h1ch Is Accepted.
The annual meeang5of the state agricu!tur.
society was held at st Paul The sttendans /.
at the meeting was unusually large, inclutii2S
representative agriculturists from all parts
the state, who have come in as delegates fro
the various agricultural and horticultural SOC
cites throughout the state
The Ramsey and Nicollet county agricul
tural societles sent delegates, to the meeting
but they were excluded, neither society ,hayiii
held fair during the past year, as require
by law.
n. P. Clark, chairman of the committee
tho location OF inter urban state fair ground
made a verbal report He said the men:
bers OF the committee had done great deal 6
hard work Tor the purpose Of securing groun>
between the two cities, but without any su s
cess, when the Ramsey county poor farm WI
rendered the society ny the county co,n
mlssloners They were much surprised ar
eyatitied at the llberality of Nalnscy county
this matter, and recommended, unanlmousl,
the acceptance of these grounds The co,l
mittce appointed at the city hall conferen,.
was then invited into the meeting Mayor
Brien, on behalf Of the county Commissioners
! addressed the society He SAID:
/, hands without Restriction. We propose to
| give you sou, 600 worth of land and building.
tApplause ] You can plant your home v
| say, here is a foundation for your society; All
then we expect i'll return for that, that the pee
pie of the state will, through the Legislature,
make the necessary contributions 70 enab.
you TO grace that property, with the building
! appropriate and proper for your purposes.
! j. S Harms then moved that the offer or th
Ramsey county commissioners be accepted
| He sad:
This is a magnificent gift We should accei
| it i'll the spirit III which 1t IS given. We sho,.
adorn those grounds and improve them ulli
they will complete in beauty and convenic..'
with any fair grounds in the Union. l be.iev
that every member of this society is in favor q
accepting these grounds, and that ninety ma
out of every hundred farmers in the STATE w
be willing to be taxed to raise the funds II
make those fair grounds what they should b
After addresses by various members Nj. Har
ris' motion accepting the gift Of the Nanlsc
county commissioners WAS adopted urant
mousy by accianaton Some one asked May
or O'Briel for how long time this git W.
the State of Minnesota and this society hay
an existence" The thanks Of the socie,
we're then rendered for the other offers tina
had been presented.
On motion of Mr. Harris, the society's com
mittee on the fair grounds, together with TIN
OUlCCiS Vi Guc SUClSlS Wt1S tNtIo1 ihCt& VI |ci.
duct all business connected with the transte
of the fair ground and apply to the legs
lature for such Legislation as may be necessal
in the matter, and such III appropriation *
Improving the grounds az may be sufficient &c
Immediate uses
ficers of the society i'll completing the transit
of the grounds consists OF n. +. Clark, 5
Cloud, chairman: Clark Thompson, Wells; .
T. Norrsh Has rgs: Co.. Stevens, Minneapt
lis, and G. a. De. Graft. GAINESVILLE.
Resolutions were adopted asking the .eojsla
ture to pay the cNp~nSes OF farmers lnstitnte
E. c. Judson, The secretary, presented HI
annual report OF He expenditures III cos.ncc
ton with the annual fair. The items are sun
married. as follows: General cx pellsc accom-
Sl,1:l; paid to officers, assistants, gate kceI
ers, etc, :::,.:''oo; purses for races, s;
turcp, SIC, 7Gti:4 % Tho indebtedness Of tt
society is given as follows: premium
in dispute and unpaid, $l122: hi
of G. W. Burdl ct, s223. 50; note given TO Jel
mania bank, St Paul, $4,000; total, -, )
The treasurer, Frank J. Wilcox, also rroscnt'
his report. This shows rrce'l - for the yc
from ali sources amounting to 81 ,5;,i ana ii
total expenditures, including the state ia
, items named IN the secretary S report, amoUll
ing to Sl4, 5l2.3l, leaving :, cash balance {
hand Of $3.50.
The election Of officers Was had. For PIo>
dent Whole number of votes, So; Neccfsa
for a CHOICE A: N. p Clark, st. Cloud, 5
Clark W. Thompson, els 20; John +. NO
riah Hastings Is; Scattering, !.
!, Ge, Baker said that the ballot indlcat
clearly the sense of the meeting as TO the pre-
idency The vote was also III accordance WI
| the wishes of the Ramsey county nlcmbcrs, al
out Of courtesy to them, in view Of the magill
iceur slit they had made the society,
moved that N. ?. Clark Of st. Clor
be declared the unanimous choice
the societ for president which was con
The remaining officers were elected "ltho1
/ contest. the secretary casting the vote OF II
society. These officers are as follows:
Vice prcsi1elts--C A. DE Gvuif, JanesVill
: c. 7. Bailey. Duluth.
Secrctary--R. c. I1dsol, IarGllngton
Treasurer-F G. Wilcox, Northteld
f. Norrish WIS chosen to the cNe1utl'
committee in the place OF Mr. Dc Graft. al
James McHench and Col. Clark. whose tern,
IN the board of managers had expired, wei
: re- elected
! Col. Stevens, Of Minneapolis, introduced
!, resolution thanking the retiring preslden
= Coz Thompson, for the able manner in while
be had conducted the affairs Of the society dr'
ing his term of Office. Gen. Baker heartily sn
:, ,nded the resolution He said that the e
- forts With had been made by Col Thonrst
- 10 k,,u7 the society on its feet were wonderful
u almost marvellous It had been with gre
! difficulty that the society mad BEEN kc
alive, and tic fact thar 1t was all
: aud rro*rerou" to-day WAS due more I , &c
Thon,1wol!'s tll"r@y. ambition and his !ntiren
R,nCnS the ltol'j; vi Southern MINNESOTA thS
10 aAy1liilt else.
large number Of tho members hcfo
leaving fIr home az ceptcd all invitation to Wis
. the great stock farm OF Mr.. }. j. Hill, near
a pall.