The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-01-17

| tHiS ScCtlOfl becoming Tie greatest
wheat growing and most fertile coun-
Itry in the world, nearly 1000 visitors
Iare in the city today in attendance at
1.-THE sixth annual Tri-State Grain and
IStock Growers Convention, which
convened in the armory ON N. P. Ave
nue at 10 O'Clock this morning Rep
lresentative farmers from every part of
/ the three states North and South Da-
kota and Minnesota are here and each
incoming train adds to the already
great crowd. r. = &.. =.
i With the weather conditions more
/ favorable than at the time of any prev
/ iols convention, it is anticipated that
/ before the end of the week the NUM-
/ ber of people who have attended the
meeting OF the grain and stock grow
1 ers will have exceeded by, several hun
dred the number at previous sessions.
sions. ..
Interest in the convention is. not
! confined to the visitors but many Far
! go people were in attendance at the
/, meeting today. That. the interests of
i the farmers and the interests, Of the
business men are one and the, same is
! realized and the citizens of Fargo are
ready to do anything within their pow
| er to further the interests and enter
tain the vast body of farmers who are
here today. I
/ There is some dissatisfaction on ac-
Ecount of the. place of the convention,
1.-THE arinory. The hall is big enough
land that appears to be about the only
I thing that can be said in its favor as
Ia place for holding conventions. With
4 but two stoves, one at each end OF the
large room, the temperature inside is
i about the same as outside. Heavy
overcoats are worn in the hall and
even then, were it not for the interest
which is taken in the proceedings it
is not probable" that many would be
inclined to stay in the place at all.
i The convention was called to order
i Worst. He greeted the visitors briefly:
| and then introduced DIR. Dudley who
otfered prayer. 3. s-
i Mayor Wall spoke briefly but there
Icould be no mistake as to his meaning
when he told the assembled visitors
4 that the freedom of the city was theirs.
i He did not attempt to offer advice as
to what should or should not be done
but admitted that while the success
and prosperity Of the country depend
ed on the success of the farmers, he
knew nothing concerning affairs of the
, Iagriculturalists. " n
The people Of Fargo welcome YOU
said the mayor. Il am the medium
i through which 1900 or 10000 people
4 bid you welcome, The city is yours.
4 Take it and use it as you will. If any
! leave the city at the close OF this
convention in any way dissatisfied with
their treatment, let us know and we.
will give them their money back
4 Pres. j. I'll. Worst replied to the wei
Icon1e OF the mayor. He took the OPP
iportunity to thank the citizens Of Fargo
4 who have assisted so materially in
making the Tri-S State convention Of so
much practical value to the farmers OF
the great northwest and prophesied
THAT Fargo would some day be the
Igreat center OF the greatest grain
Il growing country in the United States
On behalf OIL South Dakota, j. G..
lStorgaard Of Aberdeen spoke briefly
Z lin reply to the welcome Of the mayor.
4 He struck popular chord when he
told the visiting farmers that Fargo
i was the only city in the United States
4 where meeting OF the nature OF the
|, one now in session was possible. Be-
n fore concluding Mr.. Storgaard said
that before the conditions predicted by
!, president Worst concerning the future
/ greatness Of the northwest and Fargo
!, Icaine to pass, he believed that the far-3
liners would be obliged to pay more att
/ ltention to stock raising.
The salvation of the farmers of
1 the Dakotas is stock, said the speak
!, Ter The richness Of the region will
be increased many fold when stock
/ lraising is made an important part Of
the agriculturalists business.
This statement was greeted with
loud cries Of you're right, hear,
Illear, etc.
4 Amidst tremendous applause Presi-5
Il dent Worst was then introduced by ex-s
Z Mayor johnson and commenced his
annual address.
! The Quarter Section Farm was
8 the subject of President Worst's an
Inual address. He spoke as follows:
While land is comparatively cheap
! and abundant, the average farm in the
( northwest will be large. What Is
4 known as bonanza wheat farming will
be continued. Even after land has
4, advanced in value far beyond present
{ lprices, large farms will, though not so
4 lgenerally, continue to Be cultivated
iWitll certain degree Of profit As
population increases, however, and
LAND values rise, the tendency will be
q toward smaller holdings and more
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