Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-01-24
President Worst
Again Chosen
Tri-State Growers AK For Farm
Credits System and Agricul-
ture in the Common School.

Credits System and Agricul-
ture in the Common School.
Fargo, Jan. l8.-Extending
thanks to Fargo. the Commercial
club and most of all the president,
]. H. Worst. and putting into de-
finite form their opinions upon
legislation proposed and needed.
the farmers attending the fourteen
the annual convention of the Tri.
State Grain Growers association
brought their deliberations to a
close late yesterday afternoon.
Before adjourning President ].
H. Worst and the officers Of the
past year were reelected to serve
for another term.
Harmony Marks Session.
There was the utmost degree
Of harmony at the business ses.
sion held Yesterday afternoon.
President Worst and the other Of
hcials were elected by acclanaation
from the floor of the house.
The resolutions as prepared by
the committee and read by Chair
man H. u. Thomas. were adopted
without dissenting vote. The
large attendance at the conven,
ton continued until the hour of
adjournment.
Express Thanks to Worst.
The gratitude of the assoc;a-
ton to President Worst for his
able work was expressed in the
following paragraph from the res
olutions: We do further expires.
our hearty thanks and apprecia-
ton to President ]. H. Worst and
his co-laborers for the able man
ner in which he personally has
presided over the deliberations Of
this convention and to him and
his associates for the ni,,,ri,,g man
ner in which thew have worked
under serious difficulties in ar
ranging tor accommodations. Sc
curing speakers and preparing
such an excellent program for our
improvement and entertainment,
and we wish to assure him and to
each of the gentlemen who assist
ed in making this program and
meeting the splendid success that
it has been our heartiest God
speed in the work which they have
undertaken.
Gratitude to Fargo.
The hearty thanks of the as,o-
ciation was also rendered to the
Fargo Commercial club and the
officials of the city Of Fargo for
their comfort and ENTERTAINMENT
of the delegates.
Want Farm Credits.
Continuing the resolutions ex-
pressed the opinion Of those in at
tendance at the convention that
the agriculturists of the three
states represented suffer !: ser
ious disadvantage as compared
with other business interest, in
not possessing a proper and eff
cient method whereby credit and
capital can be easily and readily
obtained for the advancement
and carrying on of the business
in which they are at present en-
gagged.
Hanna Asked to Act.
The resolution declares that this
condition of affairs warrants ser
ious consideration and investipa.
ton OF Governor L. B. Hanna
that he be authorized to appoint
two commissioners to make a full
and complete investigation of the
methods employed in other coun-
tries and states for the purpose of
investigating the remedies which
have been adopted elsewhere
was commended.
The governors of Minnesota
and South Dakota were urged to
take action similar to that Of Gov
ernor Hanna's.
i Teach Farming IN Schools.
The resolutions further deplore
the fact that agriculture 10 not now
taught in the elementary schools
in the same manner as other svo-i
cational systens are taught, 8 In
order to make this possible the
Legislatures Of the three states are
urged to take action toward se-
curing a school year which shall
be in keeping with the needs Of
the community in which the school
exists and action is also urged
looking toward the preparation Of
suitable text books for the teach
ing of agriculture in the rural
schools.
Conservation Congress.
The needs Of the North Dako-
ia Agricultural college are espec-
tally commended to the attention