Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-04-28
cRooksToN, JUNE i TO 3.

The second meeting of the North
ern Minnesota Development associa-
tion will be held in Crookston, the
charming capital of the Red River
valley, June 1, 2 and 3.
1t is none too soon to begin i'm
pressing these dates upon the atten-
tion of the people of Northern Mime
sota
The Bemidji meeting. at which the
association was formed, was a tre-
mendous success, but the Crookston
meeting should be a bigger success.
The Bemidji meeting was attended
by a large and representative gath
ering from all parts of Northern Min
nesota; the Crookston meeting should
be attended by gathering much
larger and much more representative.
The Bemidji meeting was largely
preliminary; a coalescing of the force
Of public spirit in Northern Mime
sofa into compact and effective form.
The Crookston meeting should be the
beginning Of the effective use of that
organized force.
All but few Of the thirty counties
Included in the Northern Minnesota
Development association have organ
lied county associations. The few
counties that have not yet organized
such associations should do so at
once. No effort should be spared in
awakening the public interest in each
of the several counties, to the end
that the attendance from each county
association may be as full and as rep
resentative as possible.
The Crookston meeting will be ex-
ceedingly important. At that time the
primary election campaign will have
begun. Candidates for state senator
and member of the legislature will
have announced themselves. One
fundamental duty of the association
at its Crookston meeting will be to
consider these candidates and the
platforms on which they are running.
At the Bemidji meeting the assicia-
tion adopted a program, beginning
with reapportionment, which it asked
every candidate for the legislature to
adopt as his campaign platform. At
the Crookston meeting the association
should examine the platforms that
have been announced by the candl-
dates, and see that they square with
the Bemidji resolutions.
This matter Of securing justice for
Northern Minnesota is serious, and
personal or partisan considerations
must not be permitted to interfere
with it. The Northern Minnesota De-
velopment association does not care
who goes to the legislature. provided
he is pledged in good faith to the full
program of that association. 1t does
! care, however, whether those who 60
to the legislature are pledged to that
program, and it should feel no deli
cacy about recommending for defeat
at the primaries or at the polls every
candidate. who has refused, by the
time the Crookston meeting is held
to announce that he stands for North
ern Minnesota's interests in every de
tail.
In the meantime, no effort must be
neglected to make the Crookstor
meeting a thorough success. Crooks
ton can be depended upon to do its
share. It's entertainment of the asso
citation will be all that anybody could
ask. But it cannot entertain those
who do not come The present duty
of every member of the association
and, of every member of every county
association, is to see that the first es
sential to success, a full attendance
and a full representation of all the
thirty counties, is Duluth
Herald. .. s-s.- III.