The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-04-01
ADVANCEMENT BUREAU.
FOR IRON COUNTY.
ONE WAS ORGANIZED HERE LAST
WEDNESDAY EVENING
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
Proposition Put Forward to Make Poor
Farm A County Demonstration
Farm.

A committee Of five members OF the
Iron River Commercial club. the direc-
tors for Iron county OF the Upper Pom
insula Development Association and q
large number OF the members Of the
Crystal Falls Commercial club. met in
the club rooms last Wednesday evening
for the purpose OF discussing and tax
! ing action towards forming IN Iron
Fcounty association az an auxiliary 10
the general burean.
The Iron county directors present
were: !. w. Byers, VIM. selden and
p. O'Brien OF Iron River and Thomas
Conlin or Crystal Falls. w. ]. Rich
ards. the other Crystal Falls member
of the board, is in Florida and thus
unable to attend.
The committee Of the Iron River
club consisted OF W. II. Jobe, r. A.
Morrison and s. Kinney.
The joint meeting was called to order
by the president OF tho Crystal Falls
club and I. w. Byers. member OF the
executive committee OF the upper pen
insula association. opened the discus
sion in general review oil the objects
10 be- attained By the bureau and the
conditions that might bebrought about
or remedied by the work OF local as
sociation.
Among the things suggested by
Mr.. Byers was that the county iarm
be taken from the Immediate manage
ment Of the superintendent OF the poor
and placed under the management Of
q practical and specially trained far
mer: a graduate OF the Michigan az
ricultural college or some institution
ranking as nigh; that this man DO at
the service OF the farmers of the
oupty TO assist them by advios as TO
the selection or their seeds. planting
OF their crop. preparation Of the
ground, etc. etc. that the oounty
farm be stocked with blooded stock OF
all kinds with free service to the far
mers OF the county; that a general
gathering OF the people Of the county
be held annually; that the schools be
30 fashioned as 10 lend practical Aid to
this movement and that the county
commissioner OF schools be given
greater authority.
Mr.. Byers' remarks took we'll and
were heartily applauded. he was fol-
lowed by Mr.. O'Brien who told Of the
action taken ut the Dickinson county
meeting last Monday. Mr.. Geo. y.
Powers was present as q guest and he
told of the work being done at Memo
minee and OF the necessity for united
action in order 10 accomplish anything
Mr.. Selden, DIR. Larson and others
talked along the same line and finally
q motion was made 10 form county
association with president, secretary
treasurer. vice president from each
township and an executive committee
OF hve TO act with the five directors OF
the general association.
The motion was carried and an ex-
ecutive committees was chosen as fol-
lows ,. X, Stolberg. Jas. r. Corcor-
an. l.. A. Henry. w. II. Jobe and +.
A. Morrison. The membership fee was
fixed at 81. the fee to be paid over to
1.-The general association.
y A. n meeting OF the executive com
mittee. following the general meeting,
the following officers were chosen.
President--William II. Jobe,
Secretary Treasurer VIM. III. Rezin.
The next meeting OF the executive
committee will be held at Iron River
when the vice presidents and standing
committees will be- chosen.