Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-29
farmers INSTITUTES.
WILL Be CONTINUED
Commercial Clubs Of State
Combine in Movement
lSpec:a: 70 The Tribune.)

COMIIS year, 10 take tue pace OF tQe
increase in funds vetoed by Govern
or Burke. 1t was decided that farm
institute work was too valuable an
| adjunct to successful farming to drop
it and a committee OF four will be
named by President Hardy of the
commercial club which committee
shall select it's own fifth member and
these five men will act as a board OF
managers to raise the necessary
funds and see that farm institute work
continues. Letters have been receiv-
ed from all sections of the state, and
there were large number of dele
gates from various towns in attend
ance at the meeting. The general
sentiment expressed is that there will
be no trouble in raising the required
sum. J. B. Folsom Of Fargo has been
named treasurer of the fund and he
will receive and pay out funds upon
the order of the committee.
President Hardy officiated as chair
man of the meeting and after explain
ing the purpose OF the gathering in
troduced Prof. Hoverstad, superin-
tendent of farm institute work in the
state, who briefly stated the present
status OF affairs. He said the funds
provided for this year were about
used up. The dry season Of year
ago and the short crop led farmers
to take vital and sincere interest in
better farming methods and the de.
mand for institutes the past winter
was far greater than ever before.
While the farmers were in receptive
mood it is important that the work
continue.
President J. H. Worst of the Agri-
cultural College talked briefly on the
vast amount Of good accomplished by
the Institutes and depicted the fony
of stopping this good work at the
present critical time when the farm
ers of the state need to know and
want to know more about better
farming
Prof. Thomas Shaw the veteran
agriculturist Of Minnesota who has
done so much work among the inst.
tutes in this state the past few
months was present as the guest OF
the Fargo commercial club and was
the third speaker called upon. He
told OF the importance of the work,
especially at this time. He stated
that the farmers We're vastly interest
ed in learning how to farm properly
so that they might get the largest
possible yield from their land. Turn
ing to Governor Burke he stated that
he thought the governor had made a
monumental blunder in cutting down
the increased appropriation.
The governor questioned the right
OF an outsider to find fault with his
official acts, and then told the dele
gates present his reason vetoing the
increased appropriation. The appro-
priatlon which has been granted for
che past few years amounted to $12,-
600, for each biennial period but this
session a bill was passed increasing
it to $4,000. The governor vetoed
the $4,000 increase leaving the board
the usual $4,000 it has had in prev
ious years.
He stated that his reason for veto.
ing the increase was because the
board had illegally exceeded the am
cunt appropriated for the years
1909 and 1910. In 1909 there was
balance of about $4,000 in the hands
of the board and with the appropria-
ton of $4,000 made that year gave
them SIS, 1000 to work with. However,
on the first OF January, 1911, the
h~o 81 IN l11> ohnnt e. 0n0 This
debt was contracted without the au-
thority of the institute board, the
governor claimed, Prof. Hoverstad
stating that he had gone to Prof. shep-
ard, president Of the Doard and asked
if he could borrow money to carry on
the work and claiming that Prof.
Shepard had told him to 60 ahead.
The governor contended that this &C.
ton was illegal as the board had no
authority to exceed its appropriation
and for this reason vetoed the in
crease in appropriation. He stated
that if the board ever again attempt
ed to borrow money the members
would have to borrow it out of their
own pockets, as the law expressly for.
babe any expenditures in excess of
the amount appropriated by the legis-
lature.
During the course of his remarks
the governor referred to some of the
newspaper stories regarding the veto
which he said we're written for po-
litical purpose. Some of the dele
gates thought that he referred to the
gathering at Fargo and to the COM
mercial clubs and Governor Burke
made himself Gear on the subject.
Some OF the papers have evidently
conveyed the impression that the en-
tire appropriation was vetoed and he
took exception to that as it was not
so.
1t is thought that the funds neces-
sary to continue the farm institute
work will be raised without any diff
Guilty. A number of the delegates
from other towns were called upon
and several of them pledged 500
from their respective clubs to further
this work
DANCE SATURDAY EVE.
The Metropolitan Dancing Club will
give a dance at Bakers Hall Saturday
evening. Dancing from 9 to II. Tick !
cts 10c per dance. Munger's orchestra.