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The Washington herald., 1910-10-04
Bankruptcy Court.
CHIEF JUSTICE CLABAUGH.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

No. ssl In re D. NJ. wOodard. order for hearing
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Report Of Committee on Permanent Organization.

and Transportation Committee; Co A
Legislative Committee; (d A Finance
Committee. w.. -.. ~ ..
Each of the foregoing committees shall
have a member from each the Sixth,
Eighth and Ninth Congressional Districts
and the President and Secretary shall be
members thereof ex-oficio.
8.-The annual meetings shall be held
on the first Thursday of December each
year at such place as may be selected by
a vote of the convention.
9.-The expenses of this association
until the next annual meeting, shall be
betrayed as follows: --...
Each subordinate county organization
shall pay an annual membership fee of
Ten ($1O.OO) Dollars and Five ($5) Dol
lars for each additional delegate to which
such County is entitled.
10.-Your Committee would further
suggest that the Executive Committee
elected at this convention, prepare set
of Bylaws and submit the same fol-
approval at the next annual meeting OF
this Association.
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developed in this way. We have an
example of this right near Bemidji in
1tasca Park which is the only piece Of
developed forest land in the state. The
state realized that it was not just for this
area to be dead weight on the commun-
ity and not pay any taxes to the county.
To rectify this they co-operated with the
adjacent townships in building roads
around the boundries of the Park for the
use of the settlers. These roads will be
maintained by the state and will be of
great service to the people of that country.
There is one more branch in which the
forests would aid the rest of the coun-
try. If all the forest lands were con-
verted to agricultural purposes the value
of the scenery as an attraction to sum-
mer boarders would be destroyed.
There is no country in the world which
is natu- ally better suited to attract sum-
mer tourists than northern Minnesota and
it is the forest bordered lakes which
make it so attractive. If there were no
other reason for the preservation and
development of the forests this one point
would make it well worth WHILE"
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Report of the committee on plan of
permanent organization of the Northern
Minnesota Development Association.
Your committee reports with the recon-
mendation that the following be adopted
as the plan of your organization:
1.-The name of this organization shall
be The Northern Minnesota Development
Association.
2.-The following counties shall be in
corporated in the association, to-wit:
Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass,
Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Hub
bard, Itasca, Isanti, Lake, Kanabec,
Kittson, Koochiching, Marshall. Mahno-
men, Mile Lac, Morrison, Norman, Otter
tail, Pine. Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, St.
Louis, Todd, Wadena, Wilkin.
3.-The purpose of this association
shall be to advance all the material
interests of northern Minnesota. ,.-
4.-The roll-cau of this first conven-
ton shall constitute the present member
ship of the association. =
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A. J. McGuire's Address,

Professor A. ]. MCGUIRE, superin-
tendent of the Northeast Expert
mental Farm at Grand Rapids, gave
an address on ''Dairying in Northern
Minnesota" which was in part as
follows:
six years ago came to Northern Min
nesota. was dairyman by profession
and took up my work in this section of
the state because l believed that the
natural conditions of northern Minnesota
were especially favorable to the dairy
industry. At that time dairying was IN
tried in northern Minnesota. This whole
section of the state could hardly count a
successful farmers creamery. A creamery
at New York Mills, in the northern part
of Ottertail county, was the first attempt
at dairying that attracted my attention.
1t was barely existing. Neither the farm
ers or business men had much confidence
in dairying. -
Il was sent for to help reorganize that
creamery, and, if possible, get it on pay
ing basis. did what could to encour-
age them to 60 ahead. to stick to their
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Mrs. StockWeII's Address.

Mrs. Maude Stockwell of Min
neapolis, representing the Mime
sofa woman's suffrage associ; t on
"Gentlemen you are here to Sc.
cure justice in the matter of reap
portionment of Legislative repre-
sentation, and every fair minded
man in the state will, l am sure,
be with you in your demand. We
also are asking for justice. for a
fair representation in government.
Our objects are much alike and
there IS common bond between
us.
cat the present time you are
represented in the state legislature
to a large extent by Southern
Minnesota. Do you enjoy this
kind of representation? Granting
the senators and representatives
of Southern Minnesota are fair OF
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D. E. WilIiard's Speech.

- D. E. Willard, development com.
missioner for the N. P. Railway com.
pany, spoke on development Rener-
ally.
Mr.. Willard was formerly state
geologist of North Dakota and
stated he was present to assure
the delegates that the Northern
Pacific Railway company was with
them in every movement calculated
to benefit this section.
Mr.. Willard stated he had seen
so much of Minnesota that he was
convinced that the north half of the
state possessed such agricultural
possibilities that would make of it.
an empire. He was pleased to learn
that the cut-over lands were proving
to be good agricultural lands and
that the swamp lands could be re-
claimed so cheaply as had been
shown by State Drainage Engineer
Ralph.
Mr.. Willard, as geologist, stated
that, previous to the glacial period,
northern Minnesota had been sup
piled with big drainage rivers which
had been obliterated during the
glacial period. He stated that the
character of rock which was mixed
with the soil since the glacial period
made of northern Minnesota the
most productive soil in the entire
state.
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plan of farmers cooperative creamery;
They did 90 ahead. That was five years

plan of farmers cooperative creamery.
They did 60 ahead. That was five years
ago.
To-day met a business man from that
section. He told me that there are now
four creameries in that settlement; that
during the past year there was sold over
$25O.OO0 worth of dairy products from
that section, which, five years ago, had
difficulty in supporting one creamery.
Here in northern Minnesota, the dairy
industry should be the leading branch of
our agriculture. In some ether branches.
gardening for example, more money per
acre can be made where you are close to
large market, but for the average farmer
dairying is the most reliable and the most
profitable. Dairying is preferable to
beef-raising. In northern Minnesota. for
the reasons that farms must necessarily
be small and for a limited amount of feed,
the dairy COW will pay three. four and
often five times as much for food con-
sumed as the beef animal.
Most of the farmers of northern Mime
sofa recognize the advantage of dairying
and we want every new settler to know
it, and all work toward making this sec
ton of the state special dairy section.
1t will pay, because the natural conditions
are most favorable to dairying.
*The local business man can help the
dairy industry in mauy ways. But one
way in particular is by changing the in
fiuences of local towns. A town, when in
the numbering business, may support a
row of saloons, but the liquor business
and farming, and especially dairying, can
never prosper together. The numbering
industry is largely over with-the demand
now is for farmers. The great need of
northern Minnesota is for farmers.
There are thousands of men who come
to northern Minnesota, yearly. to work in
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Today's "Doings."

Promptly at 10 o'clock, the con.
vention was called to order and the
hall was filled with the delegates,
who were very fresh and still
imbued with enthusiasm, despite the
lengthy sessions of yesterday and
the smoker" of last evening, which
extended almost into another day.
During the night additional dele.
cations arrived and it was estimated
that fully 800 duly.elec,ed authorized
representatives from the thirty coun.
ties were participating in the con
vention.
It was announced that G. w.
Cooley, state engineer. would not be
present and deliver the address
which he had prepared on The
Higeway Commission and the State
Highways" and that the program
would be materially changed.
The resolutions committee re.
ported to the chairman that they
would not be ready to make their
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the woods and mines, who are natural
born agriculturists. They are the foreign
ers from northern Europe. They come to
this country in the hope of getting on the
land and they would. if they were per-
mitted to have their earnings in the
woods and in the mines, but the saloons
rob them and poison them and transform
a large percentage of them into tramps and
criminals. These men, under proper en-
vironment, would become farmers and
then their labors would make garden of
northern Minnesota. Let us get the
blamed idea out of our heads that saloons
help the business of the town. l tell you
that for every farmer help in an agricul-
tural way there are the making of five
farmers who are damned through drink.
If the men from the woods and mines,
who have been ruined in the saloons of
northern Minnesota, were today farmers
in northern Minnesota, the agricultural
wealth and production of northern Mime
sofa would be second to no other section
of the state.
Il speak not from the standpoint of a
moralist, but from the standpoint of BUSH
ness. From the standpoint of a dairy
man. You can't make dairymen out of
farmers who spend their small earnings
in the saloons am not knocking north
ern Minnesota when speak thus.
Our fathers were foreigners and the
kind hand of the nation had land to give
them free-homestead lands. 1t is the
foreigner who is best fitted to the rugged
conditions of northern Minnesota. There
is no longer free lands, but while he earns
his first payment in the mines to make
on his land, let us, in return for what our
fathers received. offer to the foreigner of
today a helpful influence.
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5.-The officers of this association shall
be a president, secretary and treasurer;
also an executive committee composed of
one member from the Sixth, Eighth and
Ninth Congressional Districts, and the
president and secretary shall be ex-oficio
officers of this committee. The presi-
dents of the various county organizations
shall be ex-officio vice presidents of this
association. All officers to be elected at
the annual meetings.
6.-There shall be in each county an
ORGANIZATION subordinate to this organiza-
ton, to be known as............. County
Development Association. Representation
to the meetings of this association shall
consist of the delegates selected by the
auxiliary association of each county; upon
the basis of one delegate for each county,
and one for every five (5 thousand popu-
lation or fraction thereof, based upon the
the census of 1910.
7.-There shall be four permanent COM
mittees appointed by the president at the
annual meeting as follows: [a) An Agri-
cultural Committee; (b) A Commercial
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w. N. KilIen's Address.

w. N. Killen, of Minneapolis
land commissioner for the 500 Rail.
way company, delivered an address
on Industries and Boosting"
{ Mr.. Klllen stated that his old
friend, w. R. Mackenzie, was to
blame for his coming here and that
he was always booster" and not a
"knocker."
Be a Booster, and help do things
was Mr.. Killen's advice. In order
to get settlers into this section of
the state it was necessary to do
things that would encourage their
coming this way.
There was occasionally fault
finder and kicker among the land
men, which did more to discourage
intending purchasers than any other
agency; this sort of a thing had a
pressing effect on settlers seeking
homes.
Talk booster before your town
and county boards, and see to it
each one of you, that your par
ticular town is the best city on
earth. Put kickers to the rear
and clear out of business" He
had his headquarters at Mime
,apolis, but he lived at Appleton,
Wis, and Appleton was the chest
town on earth.
Keep up the good name of any
manufactured article that was
made in your city, was Mr.. Kill
lens advice; and assist in every
way possible to promote the pro-
!duction Of good things in a local
community.
Mr.. Killen thought that a sui
phite mill would be about the right
thing, for Bemidji and other towns
in this section, where there were
large quantities Of spruce.
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Prof. Cheney's Address.
Prof, E. G. Cheney, of the Nj

Prof. E. C. Cheney, of the Min
nesota Forest School made an ad-
dress on the forest development III
the Northern part of Minnesota.
He covered the following points
somewhat as follows:
"A convention such as this for the pro-
motion of the development of northern
Minnesota would be hardly complete with
out few remarks on the development of
the great forest resources. The section
contains farming land, grazing land and
forest land. You are now engaged in
converting the forest land into agricultural
land. and rightly so for such land is too
valuable for any other purposes. But
there are sections of the country which
must be devoted to forest
Citizens of this section rightly complain
that the state forest lands lying idle and
paying no taxes are an unjust burden on
the community. The solution of this
problem lies in the cultivation and inn
provement of these lands whether they be
in forest or agriculture. The forest lands
of Germany pay net yearly return into
the state treasury of about eight dollars
per acre. Any land which yields this
much revenue to the state and as much
more to the community as wages is not a
burden on any community. Our lands
can do this as well as those of Germany
THE development of forest land would
also necessitate.t the building Of good roads
in the forest district which would equally
benefit the farmers of the neighborhood.
The management of forest can not be
carried on without the development Of
such roads.
All the European countries have SPLEEN
did systems of roads which have been
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Yesterday Afternoon.

AS the convention got down to
business, yesterday, the harmonious
air seemed to be "catching," and
cooperation was the sentiment OF
every delegate.
The vociferous manner in which
all speeches were received indicate
that the sentimet for reapportion-
ment, development, good roads ETC.,
had taken deep root in all of the
ESQ delegates.
1t was expected that the resolu.
tons committee would have several
knotty problems to contend with
in getting out the resolutions AID
as there were several very import
ant matters on which to talk, the
committee, with NJ. N. Kohl of Cass
Lake as chairman and c. H
Mackenzie of Onamia, secretary,
was divided into subcommittee as
follows:
Reapportionment, F. A. Patrick,
Duluth; Asher Murray, Wadena;
Drainage, Daniel Shaw of Thief
River Falls; w. J. Stock, Coleraine;
Mr.. Hage, Crow Wing county.
Good roads, C.. H. Mackenzie,
Onamia; Mr.. Gordon, Stephen; Hart
Dennis, Detroit; R. E. Bowling,
Eveleth. Agricultural education,
A. M. Dunton, Mcintosh; L. F.
Ebert, Wilkin county; l.. G.. Town
send, Blackjack. Proper sale Of
state lands, R. J. Wells, Brecken
ridge; John Dwan, Two Harbors
F.. J. McPartlin, International Falls
Sale of foreign bonds owned by state
N. Bodkin, Clay county; Mr.. O'Brier
of Cloquet; Mr.. Keine, Hallock.
1t was announced that the com
mittee would finally report to the
convention this forenoon.
The report of the credentials com
mittee was the first thing taken uI
yesterday, after dinner; and fna
adjusting Of the credentials showed
that there were 213 delegates at tina
time present and entitled to partici
pate in the convention; with add
tional delegations coming since then
it is estimated that the official repre-
sentation from the thirty counties 0
this northern section has TO-DAY
numbered fully 800.
The speeches were resumed afte
the report of the credentials com
mittee had been read and accepted
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even altruistic, can they under
stand the needs and solve the
problem of northern Minnesota?
Can they properly represent wo-
men7
Just to illustrate. My husband
is fair man. I exercise the only
electoral right I have, that of voting
for school directors. I vote for the
candidate whom l deem the most
efficient, while my husband usually
votes the straight democratic ticket.
If I could not vote he wouldn't
represent me at the polls. The
majority of the men say that they
are willing to allow the women to
vote if they want to and then argue
that the women do not wars the
electoral franchise. The matter
should not be decided upon this
basis, the issue should be the justice
of the demand.
cit is admitted that women are
good housekeepers, that they keep
the house clean and in a sanitary
condition, that they safeguard the
morals of the children and that
their influence is for the good of
the community. But municipal
and civic government is simply
housekeeping on big scale.
The problems of sanitation and
hygiene found in the home are found
in the community, but only on
larger scale. The women under
stand these as we'll as the men. They
are interesting themselves more and
more in public affairs and are show
ing that they are capable of under
standing and assisting in the solu ton
of the problems of the city and state.
In the four enfranchised states of
the west no one ever has proposed
that women be deprived of the ball.
lot. They have demonstrated that
their influence at the polls is for
good government. In England and
in other colonies, in Norway and in
Finland, women have the right of
suffrage in all municipal affairs and
in the two latter countries they have
equal rights with the men. Their
worth is recognized and Judging
from their efforts in England they
will soon win complete enfranchise-
ment in England"
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Paving blocks could also be
manufactured from the big sup
plies Of tamaraci. timber.
A knitting factory would also be
another good thing.
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NORTHERN MINNESOTA GETTING TOGETHER
HARM0NI0USLY AT BEMIDJI CONVENTION
Many Important Speeches We're Delivered at Yesterdays
Gathering and Proceedings We're Of Importance.
Program Included Many Men Of Prominence.

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE EXPECTED TO
RECOMMEND IMPORTANT LEGISLATION
Convention Closes with Every Delegate Going Home lmbued
with Determination to Cooperate for Advancement of
Matters that Will Benefit This Section.
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The address of George Ralph,
state drainage engineer, is given on
page 3.
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LContlnued on Last Pase.l
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-05-06
RESOLUTIONS BY MERIDIAN
COMMERCIAL CLUB.

At the regular meeting of the
Meridian club, held Wednesday
evening, May 4th, 1910. a commit
tee was named, consisting of Geo.
E Atwater, A. o. Jones and A. W.
Garrett, to draft suitable resolu-
tions on the death of H. P. Mad
den, one copy to be handed to the
Meridian Times for publication,
one copy to be spread on the rec
ords OF the club and one copy to
be given to the relatives of the de-
ceased,
Whereas, death has removed
from our midst one of our
esteemed members, a prominent
business man and citizen of our
town, 81. P. Madden, therefore,
Bel Resolved, That while we
bow to the will of an All Wise
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
For You Near Meridian.

40 a. good house aud other blgs, 6
a. in orchard, Jonathan aud Rome
Beauty apples. All in crop. Good
bottom land. m from BV, ID m from
school. 80 in Ridenbaugh. This is a
beauty. Price $50 per acre.
lis acres OH BV car line. 8r house.
3 &C orchard. Land all seeded. Decided
water. Investigate this. Price with
terms S12,0Oo There is nothing so
cheap OH the BV car line.
40 acres of sage brush land 4 m he
of Nampa, nice smooth land, to be
iwatered by gov. canal. 500 per acre.
$500 cash, $500 in mos, $500 each
year, without interest. Better jump
on this.
acres in Meridian, plenty of water,
small house. All bottom. Price $500.
40 acres all seeded to pasture and
hay, plenty of water (Ridenbaugh.)
just across street from Meridian. $3.50
der acre.
40 acres / "a mile from Meridian, DO
| in. Ridenbaugh water. 4 room house,
graineries and poultry house. Sheds,
stables, cellar, l = a orchard, for only
So, 500
/ 80 a., 40 in bearing orchard, IS acres
3
| apples, good school on place, 6 miles
from Boise, 9 room house, evaporator,
40 in alfalfa hay, price per acre, $500.
Reasonable payments at per cent
This is very good investment.
120 acres 51g m. from Meridian, all
seeded, plenty of decided water, fine
land. lays parallel with 200 acre fruit
ranch. Is all fine land. A 14x24
house, 14x24 grainery. Stables, good
well, all of stock, machinery and hay,
go with place. $4,000 cash, good time,
2 per cent. Price $4,000.
One acre in Meridian, room house,
stable for head of stock, chicken
house, price with terms, $3.50.
25 fit front on 10 and Main SITS Boise.
Nice business project, price with terms
5000.
20 acres most all bottom land, IL a.
i'll young orchard, Jonathan and Rome
Beauty apples, just outside of town
limits, can be had at $500 per acre, II
Inches Ridenbaugh water.
Always look III this paper for any
bargains. l can put up the best bar
gains for the money.
Ind. Phone 73.
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Meridian School Notes.

Meridian pupils received three
of the prizes at the Ada county
spelling contest which was held at
Boise last Saturday. Those re-
ceiving prizes were: Naomi Starr,
from the seventh; HERNIA Hunt,
from the fourth, and Beatrice
Thurman from the third grade.
The Ada County Athletic Meet
will be held at the Fair grounds,
on May 7th. The pupils of Me-
ridian will compete for some of
the prizes.
The base ball game, which was
played last Friday between the
Meridian and franklin schools,
was won by Meridian, the score
being s to I. A return game will
be played at Meridian, May 14th.
The freshman class have finished
ancient history, and are now re-
viewing for the final examination,
which will be given the latter part
of next week.
The pupils of the eighth grade
presented their teacher, Mr.. Neal
Nash, with a beautiful May bas-
ket, Friday morning. The basket
was decorated with the class
colors, green and white.
The senior class have their
play, .Ad Finitem," written and
are memorizing it. This is en-
tirely original and everybody who
knows the individual members of
this class. will want to hear it. At
Wilson's hall, May 18th.
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Providence, the club recognizes
its loss of a member who at all
times has worked for the interests
of the town and its inhabitants,
doing his utmost in helping to
build up our town and country;
that his death will be a distinct
loss to the business interests of
our town, as we'll as to his friends
and associates, that the Meridian
Commercial club hereby extends
to his bereaved father, sisters and
brothers its heartfelt sympathy, in
this, their great bereavement and
loss of loving son and brother"