The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-24
VALLEY CITY
MEETING
LARGE CROWDS DESPITE
THE BAD WEATHER
Interesting Addresses Made by Many
Prominent Speakers at the Meeting
in Barnes County Capital-New Off
ficers OfN ID. Live Stock Association.

session tuesday OF the mld-Winter
Stock association was largely attended
and that means much in the very spa
cious and handsome interior of Co.
G. armory. The attendance has been
very gratifying to Pres Frank Sanford
and the other officers of the associa-
ton, both at the morning and after
noon sessions. To the evening attend
ance was added Professors Shepperd
and Richards Of the agricultural college,
T. H. Garfield of Lake Park, MINI,
and others who had been belated on
blizzard bound trains at Wheatland,
nearly all day.
The evening programme was preced
ed by concert given by a splendidly
equipped band from the state normal
school, under, the direction of R. II.
Boughton, supervisor of instrumental
music at the normal 1t is no mere
hattery sto say that the organization of
young men and youths, under Mr..
Boughton, have responded sympathetic
ally to his tuition. There were twenty
FIVE pieces and evenly balanced The
players were prompt in attacks and eli
makes, and expression beautifully mark
ed
The presiding officer was Prof. T. A.
Hoverstad of the corps of farmer insti4
tute workers and after brief introduc-
tory remarks he called for Joseph E.
Wing, the inmitable and versatile
member of the editorial staff Of The
Breeders Gazette, Chicago Mr.. Wings
audience being literally sprinkled with
nann1a rlIv ,,n 1E
students from the normal school, he
selected for his subject, Points to the
Boys" He said if he was a boy he
be, learn to work. Begin young, then
and habit work together Work devei-
ops strength Learn 70 love what is
done--love win accomplish fhings ana
solve problems. Smile when at work
and learn to be honest--every boy hon
est with himself, satisfied with every
piece of work undertaken The adj
dress was made perfectly feplete with
practical illustrations to prove the force
of his. subject. &-hs
Responding to general request. A.
w, Litchard of Rushford, N. Y, re-
peated a talk he made at the tri-statc
grain and stock growers association
meeting at Fargo, on, What are the
Elements Of Success" addressing him
self more particularly to men. in agri-
cultural pursuits incidentally he said
that he was particularly impressed on
this visit to North Dakota to note the
very many evidences of success attain
ed by men who have remained in the
state and by hard work and exercise
of good sense had wrought success not
Withstanding all of the discouragements
which have been the rule in all new
countries. He had seen we'll equipped
and well managed farms, we'll stocked,
comfortable homes, some bordering OH
the luxurious, the state dotted with
thousands of schoolhouses and colleges
to meet all demands. A public sentf-
ment can be made here in thirty days.
which would take year and a half
TO make in Great Britain.
LIVE STOCK MEN.
At the close OF the general meet
ing there was held the annual meeting
of the North Dakota, Live Stock assoc
ciation, Frank Sanford, Valley City, In
the chair, and w. b. Richards, Fargo,
secretary. The minutes of the last an
ntial meeting, January 1905. at Fargo,
were read and approved. The secre-
tary's report showed a membership Of
about ZOO stockmen in the state and a
balance i'll the treasury of $4oo5.
Short addresses, appealing to the
continued loyalty Of the live stock deal
ers and breeders in the state were made
by G. ~ p. Showers of Wheatland and
President Sanford. Mr.. Sanford stig
gested the great importance Of the alp
pointnefit OF an active Legislative COM
mittee. There were important inter
ests to be subserved He also called
attention to the horse market. The
hundreds Of new settlers were sure to
cause big demand for good working
horses. He firmly believed 1t good
business proposition The associations
of the three states, saw the need of
reciprocity Minnesota had a law re-
quiring the test for tuberculosis North
Dakota must have one, covering all
grades of cattle.
s. De Lancey enthusiastically
proclaimed that the people on the earth
must know that the cattle brought lii
and sent out of the state OF North Da-
kota are clean. T.o felp the associa-
tioil iii this II friastbe well officered with
men who come from live stock dis
tficts. The time has come for the
state association to spread osit Mr.
Sanford declined denomination He
desired to place id nomination d man
who bad been signally successful AS d
breeder. A score OF years ago be be-
gan with a herd of sixteen pure breds,
to-day, north Of MandatT he has 4 lrersf
thee0Iiaj Of its kind III the world FL :. hal I