Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-25
FAREWELL Dinner
FOR 0. D. Center
Farmers and Business Men
of County Gather at. Com.
mercial Cluhs
A TRIBUTE to
WORK OF EXPERT
Value of Better Farming
Movement Pointed Out
Thursday Night.

Farmers and business men Of
Grand Forks county gathered at the
Commercial club Thursday night for
the farewell banquet to o. D. Center,
h has been expert for the county
Better Farming association for the
last three years.
h chief address of the evening.
was given by Mr.. Center, who told of
the work which had been accom-
plished by the association during his
term of office. He pointed out that
the Better Farming association was
the bridge between the farmers and
the agricultural schools, and was of
the greatest value in transmitting the
scientific knowledge of the former to
the latter for practical use.
Mr.. Center also called the attention
of his hearers to the great increase
of diversified farming in the county
which had been brought about during
the last three years, thanks to the eff
forts of the association.
r.. B. Griffith, president of the
Commercial club, presided at the din
ner, and introduced Mr.. Center, talk
ing Efficiency" as the keynote of his
remarks.
Thomas Cooper, director of the ex-
pertinent station, said that the facts
which Mr.. Center had given in regard
to Grand Forks county were true of
rs other counties of the state, where
the Better Farming association was
doing excellent work.
Other addresses were given by O.
K. Legason, Reynolds; N. S. Davies,
Crookston; +. E. Balmer, st. Paul; T.
#. Mooney. Fergus; j. D. Wyman,
Holmes. N. D.; j. ID. Pierce, Lari-
more; Harry Lee, N. A. Thorson and
Z. Il. Selvig, Crookston, and DIR. E. p.
RnharfCnn np Nynd1rr 1o111~o
Minnesota Visitors.
There were a number of better
farming men from Minnesota present
as guests of the club and who spent
tne afternoon taking an auto trip over
the near vicinity Of Polk county look
Ing at the crops. They were C. G..
Selvig, superintendent of the state
farm school Of Crookston; F. e.
Balmer, of st. Paul. assistant state
leader of the Better Farming asso-
citation; N. A. Thorson. su%perintend-
ent of Polk county schools: N. s..
Davies, secretary Of the Minnesota
citation; H. E. Wolfe, superintendent
or city schools Of East Grand Forks;
L.. II. Hauter. agriculturist of city
schools of East Grand Forks.
h following were out Of the city
visitors:
"a. IL. FOnderSmith, Arvilla; Clay
Larimore, James, Jarrett. A. Stone
house, Earl jstonehouse. Larimore: I.
D. Sheets, Arvilla:4 j.. E. Mulligan,
Emerado: Hi Htick. Ralnh Hulick,
Orr; Harry Lee. krvilla: Chas. w.
Bareman. city; Frank E.. Haynes,
John D. Wood, Larimore; o. K. Lage-
son. Reynolds: M. r. Williams, city;
l.. d.. Wyman. Northwood: S. l..
Davis. Northwood: J.. Dexter Pierce,
Larimore; VIM. Higgins. East Grand
Forks; E. e. Veitch. Emerado; Nels
Agotness, Mekinock; Raw Sheriff,
Blanchard: Lewis johnson, city; A.
A. Hood, Emerado; George Lee, EN-
erado; E. Lee, Emerado: ]. E. Myra;
Q. A. Nelson. Reynolds: O. Dakken,
Reynolds; c. e.. Wright. city; P. G.
Peterson, Merrifeld: N. Levitt; e.
Peterson: Thomas Mooney, Fergus;
l. Peterson, H. Lovich. James H. Col
ling. Inkster: T.. j.. Roman. Marvel;
Edgar Olson, agent Better Farming
association, Tnkster: Owen Ashe-
brooks, Larimore: j. E. Eastgate,
Larimore: George Edwards. Kempton:
L. Olson, Kel!ys; Thomas C. Cooper,
director experimental station. Fargo.
Prof. Bucholz and Prof. Paul Conte
Of Wesley college, contributed to the
evening by rendering several selec-
tons. the former on the violin and
the latter as ~accompanist.