Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-07-25
n. D. FARMER BOYS
ENCAMP AT FARGO
100 YOUNG AGRICULTURISTs
PITCH TENTS AT N. d. STATE
FAIR GROUNDS.

kota farmer boys can pitch a tent
just about as we'll as they can milk
COWS and start the "gaso" tractor
was demonstrated at the state fair
grounds this morning when 100
young agriculturists, who have come
to this city as the guests of the Bet
ter Farming association, ''made
camp on one of the most attrac-
tive spots on the show acres. Fifty
tents furnished by the state fair as
sociation have been pitched, the big
assembly tent for the boys set up,
and headquarters established. One
of the first things the boys did after
erecting the canvass city was to see
that the camp was we'll drained.
They dug bitches where necessary,
and now say they are prepared for
any amount of moisture, although
they hope against hope that the
weather will be fair throughout the
week. Flags are flying from all
tents and many of the delegates are
displaying the colors of the schools
in their county Two delegates are
registered from each county in the
state. Many of them are accom-
panied to the fair by friends, who
have been visiting the camp today
in large numbers. That this camp
will prove: one of the most interest
ing features of the state fair there
is not the slightest doubt.
First Meal.
The first meal in camp was de-
voured by the hungry young farm
ers this noon, following the hard
job of pitching the tents. The del
egates ate as only the American
youth right off the farm can eat.
They clicked the platter clean," and
Commissary Sergeant A. F. Borchart
of the Better Farming association at
Jamestown, says that he will have
to buy heavier than he at first
thought he would. The boys are
getting the best the market offers to
eat and some of the campers will no
doubt return home some fatter than
when they arrived yesterday.
Committees of the Better Farm
| ing association met all trains today
and escorted the delegates to the
fair grounds Immediately. The boys
first showed their credentials, then
registered. They were then assign
ed to the work of laying out the
camp and getting up the tents. At
noon each delegate to the encamp-
ment was presented with a compli-
mentary ticket emitting the holder
to the privilege of the Fargo Y. M.
c. A. during the week. The boys
will visit the "Y." in body this af-
| ternoon, when they will be given a
lesson in swimming and first aid to
| the injured and drowning. The in
struction will be given by two men,
bers of the Y. M. G. A. gymnasium
staff, whose services have been Sc
cured for the entire encampment.
Down to Business.
At S o'clock this afternoon the
delegates to this unusual and inter-
| esting encampment will meet at the
assembly tent where they will be
instructed in the rules and regula-
| tions of camp. They will also hear
from O, D. Center, the Better Farm
| ing expert for Grand Forks county,
who is at the head of the encamp-
ment. He will tell them "what we
are here for"
The camp will be conducted along
military lines and the boys will be
looked after by Lieut.. Heron OF
| the regular army and his assistants,
| members of the cadet corps OF the
agricultural college. A bugler from
| the state militia will see that the
boys are notified in true army fash
ion when bed time comes and when
it is time to get up and go to milk
| ing in the morning. There will be
no universally .despised alarm clock
in camp. No member Of the little
army in camp at the fair grounds
will be permitted to leave camp only
upon order from Lieut.. Heron. The
boys will police the camp themselves
and they do not propose to make
any more arrests than absolutely
necessary. However, they mean to
make the camp model for the boys
that come to the fair in other years
to copy after.
The lectures and demonstrations
to be featured at the camp each af-