Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-02-23
NEEDS OF THE COUNTY
DISCUSSED.
Development Association for
This Part of the State Form
ed and Active Work Begun
on Improvement For This
County.

Morris was the Macca for the
boosters of West Central Minnesota
yesterday, and substantial progress
was made in inaugurating a movement
for che development of this fertile
region.
The days work consisted of an af-
ternoon meeting of the committee of
Fifty of this county when the par
ticular needs of this were considered,
and an evening meeting at which the
extension of the movement to all this
section of the state was considered
and the West Central Minnesota De-
velopment League was organized.
AFTERNOON MEETING.
The afternoon session opened with a
statement of the object of the meet
ing by Supt. E. C. Higbie, of the
agricultural school, and the plans of
the campaign for more land-owning
farmers, better schools, bett er
cooperation. j. C. Morrison then
gave short talk on census revela-
tions; j. P. Steinfort, of Donnelly,
spoke Of the need of more people;
E. E. Walpole, of Hancock, on the
need of better stock; RI. Hall on the
need of better schools; and Prof. Miller
on the need of better seeds, and C. B.
Randall on town and country co-opera-
tion as a solution of all these prob
lens.
The points of the various addresses
were then gathered together by Presi-.
dent Vincent, and the whole move
ment given his hearty endorsement.
The president spoke of the work of
the university in gathering accurate
statistics, and of the investigation
now going on relative to marketing
farm products. and in a general way,
he stated the desire of the university
to be useful to the people of the whole
state. He said that the university
wants to teach agriculture for its own
sake but especially because it hopes
by that means to increase the sum of
human happiness. He especially said
that the university would be at the
service of any such movement as this
in gathering reliable information.
After the presidents address
short recess was taken, and Mr.. Voss
took a picture of the assembled COM
pany.
On re-assembling, Messrs. Lee,
Keeler, Cudrio, Bowen, Brown,
Springer. QuilIiam and Erstad all
spoke in favor of perfecting the or
ganization.
E. C. Higbie was chosen president
and L. C. Dorweiler, secretary treas
urer and R. w. Keeler, Ralph Good
hue and C. P. Carlson directors.
After many suggestions. tie name
of the Stevens County Farm Club was
chosen, and the dues were set at
$1.OO.
Mr.. Erstad suggested that each
member get at least four more men,
bers and raise the membership to
200 or more. a
Pres. Higbie was authorized tc
appoint hve committees to forward
the work of the organization and later
announced the following commit
tees:-
Committee on More People-Ran-
dali. Wlgand. Stelnfort, DorweiIer,
Parks, Hall. Springer, F. A. Carl
son. Cudrio, Schultz.
Better Stock-Goodhue, KeeIer,
Nicholson, Sweeney. Klinger, Me-
Carney, Quilliam. Lord, HohuIin,
Jones.
Better Schools Wilcox, Lehman,
L. M. Larson, Morrison, Gausman.
Brown. Bruer. H. Willie, Putnam.
Co-operation-J. E. Peterson.
Hanse. Bowen, Miller, Cooper, Lee,
Koehntop. Booth, Schlattman, Wal
pole
Better Seeds-Erstad, C. P. Carl
son, Huebner. Summer, Mcguire. ].
Willie, Farwell. Huntley. Devenney.
Siverts.
EVENING MEETING.
Surrounding counties were we re
presented at the evening meeting.
Abe addresses were given by Immi-
grafton Commissioner Maxfield and F.
w. Murphy. A full account of this
meeting will be given next week.