Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-25
a Loss TO THE COUNTY.

Ihe remoVal of @. d.. Center from
Grand Forks county and from the
work which he has so successfully
nducte as the agent of the Better
Farming association will be a distinct
loss to the entire county, and onc
which will be kecnly felt. Mr.. Center
has been here for nearly three years.
In that time he has become well ac-
quainted all over the county, n he
has won the respect and confidence
of all with whom he has come in con-
tact.
AS he explained very clearly at the
dinner given in his honor at the Com
1nercial club, he sought, in undertake
ing his work. to aid in bridging the
gap between the organized work being
done by the agricultural college and
the other government agencies and
the man on the farm. Il gap which had
not been efficiently bridgcd until the
Better Farming work was begun.
Much of the effort put forth failed OF
results because there was no medium
by means of which its value might be
properly transferred. 1t was the prr-
nose of the organizers of the Better
EARNING movement to bridge this zap,
and in his work here Mr.. Center has
succeeded as few men have even sue
ceeded anywhere.
MI. Center has brought to the farm
ers of the county valuable informa-
ton. ANY man could nave done that
provided he had the information and
the schools and the books are full of
information. But he has done more.
He has come among the people of his
county, not as IL taskmaster or an in
structor, but as II sympathetic and
helpful fellow worker, a man pos
sessed of Information, and glad to i'm
part it; seeking information and eager
to receive it; and, because of his SYM
pathy. his simplicity, his enthusiasm
and his Observation-Disclosures, a man
whose presence was an inspiration.
Mr.. Center has achieved wonderful
things in the contribution which he
has made to the material progress of
Grand Forks county. He has aided
our people to the production of more
corn. more alfalfa, more hogs n cat
tie, in the building of better buildings,
in the granting of low lands, and in
u score of other ways whose results
are to be seen everywhere through
out the county. But more and better
than all this, he has sown the seeds
of new ideals. and such a work is per-
manent.
The reception given to Mr.. Center
at The. Commercial club was a demon
stration of the esteem in which he is
held by the people of the county. In
the gathering We're not only members
of the club from the city who would
attend without inconvenience. but
practical farmers from all parts Of
the county who were glad to testify
by their presence and their words
their friendship for Mr.. Center. their
regret that he was soon to leave the
county, and their earnest wish for his
continued success and happiness.
All who have known Mr.. Center will
regret his absence from the city. All
who LAY been in any measure fami-
liar with his work will regret that it
is rot to be continued without inter
ruption under his personal srpervi-
sion. But it is 9. mistake to say that
the work will stop. Whether or not
steps are taken to raise in some other
manner the funds which the county
commissioners unfortunately failed to
appropriate for this work. and to con-
tinue it with some other apent in tho
field. the work which has been done
has taken root. and it will continue to
grow. Such a work does not die.