The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-17
Committee ON
ORGANIZATION
BIG POTATO GROWERS coNvEN.
TON ADJOURNED LATE YES
TERDAY AFTER SUCCESSFUL
MEETiNe--WlLL BE CONFINED
TO CLAY COUNTY GROWERS.

The great convention Of potato grow
ers and shippers held in Moorhead yes
terday, afternoon adjourned about
o'clock subject TO the call of the com
mittee appointed pursuant to resolu-
ton adopted by the convention This
committee is to be of nine persons,
appointed by the chair, and 1t will
make all the arrangements for the or
ganization Of an association which will
| probably be known as the Clay County
Potato Growers association.
Pursuant to the resolution adopted
by the convention the chair appointed
the following to arrange all matters
pertaining to the Organization and re-
port back to the convention which is
to be called to meet again subject to
adjournment Henry Schroeder, Sa-
bin; Leslie Weller, Moorhead; Karl J..
Koenig, Barnesville; M. Vallen, Rus
| tad; Otto Grover, Glyndon; A. Lamb,
| Baker; Ole Berglund, Kragnes; G. D..
| Grant, Moorhead and the chairman,
l. A. Huntoon. The committee was
authorized to organize in a manner
| agreeable to itself.
1t was resolved by the convention
that the minimum fee for membership
in the association be IS; also it was
agreed that $500 be appropriated for
advertising the potato seed products of
Clay county, this year. 1t was stated
that the season for seed potatoes this
year is about at an end, bur a vigor-
Gus advertising of the products of the
Clay County Potato Growers associa-
ton will be pursued next year.
At a meeting of the committee of
management, at the close of the con-
vention a subcommittee was appoint
ed to take charge of such advertising
as is TO be done Immediately and the
committee consists of Messrs. Grant,
Schroeder and Welter. Messrs. Hun
toon and WeIter will arrange for the
compilation of the articles of incor- !
poration, constitution and bylaws |
which will of course contain q sug-
gestion of name for the association. |
1t has been determined to confine the |
membership of the association to Clay /
county growers and shippers. 1t is |
claimed that the trouble with the as
ISOLATION formed some years ago was |
that the area of membership was too /
wide and the interests too varied. Such |
contingency is to be avoided in the
forming of this new association. Clay
county potato producers and sellers to
take care of themselves and other com
munities to do the same. and it is
stated that if at some time joint meet
ings and conferences should be deemed
advisable they could be arranged very
easily and the DIFFUSION of ideas of
wider scope may prove valuable.
The following signed the roll as
members of the associations: G. o.
Lee, It's. Redtar, Leslie Welter, John
McGrath, Levi Thorvedt, CLAUS Berg
lund, Hawley; John Dinsmore, Emil
Lambert e. Corneleische, Leo. III.
Wright, Henry Marshall, F. H. Peter
son, e. S. Meechanl, Henry Schroeder,
Andrew Johnson, Fl. o. Krabbenhoft.
r. l.. Scott, A. Kurtz. A. 0. Buttenhoff,
w. Spring, e. D. Grant, J. Gantz, j.
Carlson, w. A. Wodham, A. F. Grover.
Victor Johnson, r. A. Rice, A H.
Lamb G. Genke, H. Russian, o. M
Steen, Bosshard Bros, c. M. Lang
seth. Gunder 0. Lee, Aug. H. Hicks,
John Berhhardson. G. F. Fuchs, VIM.
Berhens, J. Lerseth. e. G. Studheim,
A. L. Forbes. j. T. Young, N. J. Olson
Co., per Dwight Simmons; B. J. Gun
deem, M. Q. WALTON, o. J. Grover, T. HI.
Skrei O. c. Bergland. Benedict Kuehl.
George Zimmerman. John T. Lommen,
Karl ]. Koenfg. F. FL. Kuel. N. Merrill,
F. e. Oliver, Frank Kim. Alva L.
Jones. William Videen. @. A. Erstad,
VI. w. Gee. Barnesville Potato Co.
George Waite, Thos. McCabe, ]. Fl. {
Braman. A. L. Bennett. f. p. Thomp- ]
son, Gil Richards, M. ]. Thompson and I
J. Walker. I
1t is expected that the committee on I
will issue a call for the I
adjourned meeting of the convention 4
n about two weeks. K
Following the reading of certain cir {
,ular letters and advertisements show ]
ng what the promoters of the Irish !
Sobbler potatoes are doing in calling 6
attention to that seed in the big mar
Sets. Chairman Huntoon read a letter 7
rom w. p. Bottom. the well known
potato buyer, who makes Moorhead
lis headquarters every fall, In which
vas the following statement:
II don't think that the Irish Cobbler
could cut much figure with the Early
Ohio market this year because there
ire so few of the Irish Cobbler pota-
oes in the market, but they are being
we'll advertised and IL they should | Y
'rove a success would be a big factor \
gainst the Clay county potatoes next :
ear" J,