The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-01-28
ASSOCIATION WORK
OUTLINED FOR YEAR
Secretary Mackenzie Starts: Fund
Campaign With Which To Garry
On Development Schedule
BOARDS URGED TO BE LIBERAL
Plans For Thief River Meeting Al
ready Being Made Also Preparing
For Winter Convention

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which promises to be the most inn
portant in the history Of the North
ern Minnesota Development associa-
ton, w. R. Mackenzie, the secretary.
IS preparing to collect the munitions
OF war, namely money, with which
to attack the problem with which
the association is confronted. which
IS the securing of state aid to reclaim
and make available for settlement
state swamp lands in the northern
part of Minnesota.
The men who form this association
nave started out with all the deter
m N of men in earnest over the
development of Northern Minnesota:
and 1t is generally accepted as a
foregone conclusion that they will
accomplish what they have started
out to do. They started out in the
same way after reapportionment, and
despite predictions that they would
fail, they won.
Board Aid Asked
The funds for the work are obtain
ed through appropriations by coun-
ty boards, legislative act permit
ting such donations on per capital
basis. 1t is being urged that county
boards make their appropriations in
this matter as liberal as possible, as
the work of development of the nor
them part of the state helps each
subordinate part of it.
Meeting Plans
Mr.. Mackenzie is already arrang-
ing for the June meeting of the as
ISOLATION to be held at Thief River
Falls and is also preparing in a pre-
liminary and advertising way for the
Brainerd meeting in December. 1t
is generally believed that this years
meetings of the N. M. D. A. will be
Of much greater interest than u.s.
ual. The Thief River Falls meeting
will he three days session, DUR
ing which agricultural, rural con-
solidated schools, general high
schools, general county agitation and
other matters of interest to the nor
thern part of the state will be dis
&c,
the leading authorities on these mat
ters in the state will be present.
Women To Help "
An added feature to the June
meeting is being arranged The
women will form tentative organi-
cation to act as an auxiliary to the
N. M. D. A., the principal object Of
which will be the upbuilding and i'm
provement Of farm life from a wo-
mans point Of view. It is expected
that this organization will ask the
N. M. D. A. at the June meeting to
formally accept it as a permanent
AUXILIARY. .E
The Brainerd meeting will be in
the nature Of a harvest festival and
in some respects it is expected to be
the most important meeting the asso-
citation has ever held.
Meet Next Month.
Another meeting In connection
with state development which will
be of more than ordinary interest
will be that Of representatives of the
three sectional development associa-
lions to be held in St. Paul next
month. These three organizations
are the N. M. D. A., the West Cen
trail Minnesota Development associ-
alton and the Southern Minnesota
Better Development league. Repre-
sentatives of the three will meet in
st. Paul, the object being the inn
provement of cooperative plans, it
being recognized that while section
al development of the state does the
state as a whole, good united work Of
do o1or