Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-03
VICE Presidents
FOR TOWNSHIPS.
Enthusiastic Meeting OIL
neutrality-suspicious.
Held Saturday

Every township in Burleigh county
has district vice president of tae
county development league, the cleo.
tons occurring at meeting of the
league held at the capital city Satur-
day evening. The district vice presi-
dents will have charge of the develop
ment work in each township, will cir
culate petitions asking the county
commissioners to levy the quarter
mill tax provided BY law for further
ing immigration, and will assist in Sc
curing the best specimens of the
county's products for display at the
second annual North Dakota Industri-
al Exposition to be held in Bismarck
October l to Is. Following are the
vice presidents that were appointed
and the townships they represent:
Olaf Feltheim, Wild Rose; Mr.. w.
H. Edison, Long Lake; l.. A. Couch,
Morton; F. Teachout, Teller; A. A.
Stewart, Missouri; Charles Swanson,
Fort Rice; James Falconer, Lincoln;
J. A. Field, Apple Creek; George H.
Doan, Logan; L. D. Bailey, Taft; M.
I. Sawyer, Thelma; F. D. Woodwork,
Driscoll; E. L. Amundsen, Sterling;
H. P. Goddard, Mckenzie; c. D. King,
Menoken; John Gabel, Gibbs; L. w.
Sperry, Hay Creek; Martin Bourgeois,
Riverview; Henry Schonert, Burnt
Creek; S. X. Hood, Frances; F. J.
Durant. Sibley; Victor Savage, Chris
TINA; o. M. Nelson, Clear Lake; l.
M. Lem, Lem; John Sharp, Lyman;
c. J. Trygg, Trygg; J. A. Marley,
CROMWELL; l. NJ. 'Capper, Crofte;
Hans Christianson, Glenview; Gus
Johnson, Painted Woods; Victor An
derson, Ecklund; Walter Scott, Ghy>
lin; R. R. Boyd, Boyd; Charles Per-
kins, Highland; Grant Hubbell, Wing;
H. A. Mutchler, Harriet; J. A. Davies,
Phoenix; David Mitchell, Richmond;
L. H. Ong, Andrews; C. Marble, Els.
therville; E. W. McLeary. Grass Lake.
Andrew Halver. Hazel Grove; II. c.
Tees, Florence Lake; James Novy,
Summit; A. N. Blexrud, Pleasant
View; W. J. Emery, Hawkeye; and
Olaf N. Lundin. Naughton.
President F. ]. Fox, and Messrs. J.
NJ. Thompson of Wilton, l.. E. Heaton
of Mckenzie, and F. E. Boelter of Bis
marck were named as directors of
the Missouri Slope Development Lea
que.
The district vice presidents were
appointed after Section of the by.
laws had been amended to provide
for the same
1t was also decided to try and hold
street fair in Bismarck a short
time prior to the second annual North
Dakota Industrial Exposition for the
purpose of securing the best possible
specimens of the county's resources
and products to be used in the coun.
ty exhibit at the exposition.
Afternoon Meeting.
A meeting of the development lea
que was also held Saturday afternoon
at S o'clock in the Bismarck theater
following the special market day mat
inee. Hon. George WEIGH presided as
chairman, and Secretary J. B. Slosson
of the Slope Development League
talked of the plans and purposes of
the league movement throughout the
slope and told of the results that had
been attained. Commissioner
of Agriculture and Labor w. c. Gil
breath was in attendance and deliver
ed an excellent address on develop
ment work. He commended the
work attempted by the Burleigh coun-
ty league. and also quoted figures
showing the increase of property val
ues in the county during the past
year.