The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-19
TO REPORT plans.
Of ORGANIZATION
Concensus of Opinion is in
Favor of Red River VAL
ley Association.
H. E. WOLFE TAKES
PART IN MEETING
East Grand Forks Represent
atives in Favor of Plan
Show a Big Success.
Chimes Special service.)

&So 0pcClil SCISlCcsy
Crookston, Mimi, Feb. ia spe-
cial committee, consisting Of two rep.
resentattves from each OF the thirteen
northern Minnesota counties repre-.
sented at the Farm Crops show, will
report this afternoon on the organi-
zation OF a Red River Valley Develop.
ment congress.
AT the conference held last night,
the ~oncensu of opinion was that
some such organization should be
ormed There were fully 400 men
at the meeting, and. when a standing
vote was taken, there were only five
opposed to organizing an association.
me v opponents were lot against
organizing, but they expressed the
opinion that action should be delayed
until the proposition could be submit
ted to the Northern Minnesota De-
Nelopment congress at it's June meet.
ing.
ReDort Today.
Following the vote, the organize
ton committee was appointed. They
are to report some form OF organiza-
ton at this afternoons session Of the
Farm Crops show.
a Grand Forks played an i'm
portant part in the conference last
night. A large number of representa-
sANVS hC AOltIIlCiSldI CluU at
tended, and all were heartily in ia
% of organizing. Superintendent H.
r. Wolfe of the East Grand Forks
schools was one of the speakers of
the evening. and he was made a men,
Der OF the organization committee.
livestock Day.
This is Livestock" day at the show
and dairymen and cattle breeders are
here in large numbers. GEORGE Day
ton and A. E. Chamberlain. both of
Minneapolis. spoke on livestock.
F. IL. Bolmer, state superintendent
OF county agents. spoke on the work
OF the agent. He told of the results
being accomplished through the work
OF the county farm agent and: urged
that the northern Minnesota counties
take immediate steps to secure an
agent. .
Polk county spoilers took both first
places in the contest for the cham.
pionship Of the thirteen counties.
Frances Larson Of Andover won the
written contest and Helen Jerde OF
Dugdale won the ord contest.
Awards Made.
The following JRwards were made
late yesterday afternoon:
Polk county: First prize Henry
o'Neill. C%rookstont: second prize. Ell.
mer Lat,a. Crookston. Pennington
county: First prize. Henry Pope,
Thief River Falls: second, Clarence
Pope, Thief River Falls. Red Lake
county: First, j. H. Wagner. Red
Lake Falls; second, L. c. Wesspahl
Red Lake Falls. Marshall county:
First, a. D. vansickle. Warren; sec.
ond, John Lindquist, Viking. Nah.
nomen county: First. x. Wambach,
Mahnomen; second. Thor Gleason,
Mahnomen. Hubbard county: First
Howe, Park Rapids. Beltrami coun-
ty: First. John Patterson. Bemidji;
second. f C. Berg. Bemidji. Becker
county: First, c. C. Williams. Detroit;
second, .. ]. Wilson. Lake Park. Clay
county: First. T. Skrei. Moorhead;
second, j.. Walker, Comstock. Norman
county: First. L. O. Ness, Ada: sec.
ond, Justice Berg, Hendrum. Kittsor
county: First. Albert Boraas. Hal.
lock. Clearwater county: First. c
]. Balm, Bagley; second. N. p. John.
son, Malland.
Special district prizes, Glass No. 10
-Thirty-ear corn contest tany va.
riety). sweepstakes premium, first, A
d. Vansickle, Warren, Marshall coun'
ty; $32 corn cultivator; second, Nc.
Intosh high school. Mcintosh. Poll
county. s25, Yorkshire boar donated
by Thomas II. Canfield OF Lake Park
Minnesota.
Glass No. 13-Best thirty ears Q,
corn tany Variety. open to ALI boy
and girls in the 1913 Minnesota Acr.
Corn Growing contest living within
the area covered by farm crops show
First. Elmer Latta, Crookston, Poll
county, trip to state fair with all ex.
penses paid. donated by state fai,
management: second. 'Sigurd Mjvilk
Mcintosh, Polk county, trip to stat.
fair and one-half expenses paid, do
mated by state fair management.
Glass Nc. 14-Thirtys ears exhibit
Of corn grown during 1913 by stu.
dents now enrolling in the North
western school of Agriculture, Crook.
ston. First. Elmer Latta, -Crookston
Polk county, SO prize: second, Chas
F. Harris. Crookston, Polk county, st
prize.
Class Nc. 15-Ten ears Of corn ex,
hibited by rural school children from
all counties included in the farm
crops show. First Andrew Vansickle
Warren. MARSHALL county. IS casl
prize: second, Lawrence Myvik, Nc
1ntosh. Polk county, - cash prize.