The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-20
N%IAGAii.l's I'.\IE.

the auspices OF the .N!u."ra-ShaWnec
Agricultural club Was an lntcrcstin.
tNent 30 N"ry many readers of this pa
per tol several easons. In i,sc.t il
was >, Highly "rsii,ahle fair. ami i
WIS i}' means "f @atllcr;n. rNlifl!S
If iM..ity kinds ~ farm products and
of tllractinG .ttt"ttl"it 10 j!te imi,nrl-
ancc al usins III" scsl methods Of
producing tl'"sc tiun;s. 1t irujisht t"-
Eether a large numl,e, IF people. es-
peciallN from the w~rstcrn section of
Grand Forks county and adjr~eni Tor
ritory, with = Sprunhlins from The
east. 80 thu: n WAS one a%ddi,iouai
ster In Tho direction of getting .,rn-
ple from various sections together ali
= common ground. 1t wne educational
ia character. and the addresseS by Ia.
cal members ut tnc riuh. h. agrivu.-
tursl exports from other vlcinitics, and
by leaders i'm the educational Work uf
the county will pc fruitful of nucl,
good. And II marks another step in
the progress Of AT organization which
has since its inception occupied -
leading place i'm the work of co,nntu-
nifty development in the northwest.
The Niagara Shawnee club is n
young institution, but a lusty one. 1t
was one of tho first organizations. if
not the very first. to he organized in
the northwest among and by the farm
ers themselves for the CARRYING on in
n ~, o n,y rwa,- ~ 4, ,o~t ~,.. -
work. practical and educational, for
Abe hcttcrment Of the conditions of
country life . The club has become
known all over the country as one
Of the most successful In existence.
and it will be difficult. IL not impos-
sible. for those who have been most
instrumental in organizing and hold
Ing it together. To realize anything like
the fun value of the work which they
have been doing.
There is no real difference, and
there ought to be- no difference in ar
pearance. between the club organized
anon tho farmers and the club of
city or village people organized for
the promotion Of mutual interest.
Each seeks i better the conditions of
life amons its members. Each de-
Ponds for its success on Joint effort,
and On tho willingness or members
I" sacrifice al times something of
present and local interest for the sake
OF the greater good OF the community
as a whole. In each the Individual
members expect, rightflllv. 10 derive
suhsta initial benefit. but moi at the ex-
rensc OF amy other person. for the
only way in which, such organizations
can be OF benefit to individuals . is
through tho benefit which comes IN
the entire body. and in which all Tho
individuals share.
The aims II objects Of such clubs
are exactly the aims and objects nr
sinl!lar organizations In the cities. All
the communities in North Dakota
have the same great need. the need
f"r more people OF the right k,nd on
Che farms. No man who does bust
hess III the state can escape that need.
III makes no difference what his line
"f work is. It Is dependent for its
auccess On that factor. Evidence Of
tho growing realization of This is be-
coming more and more apparent.
lev daHr ago. in the city OF Grand
Forks. business men representing Ji.
rectlE or indirectly several dozen of
The cities and small towns in North
Dakota met and spent Two DAYS largo
~ in tho npoiIoratf,n - ....i-
increasing the permanent farm popt.
]ation OF the state. and expressed In.
ferest In and approval Of the plans nm.
dertaken by one Of the great railroad
systems traversing The state for The
promotion OF that work. Yesterday.
al Niagara. a gathering Of representa-
I've farmers adopted resolutions ex-
pressing approval of the same line of
action, and urged the railroad along
whose line they live to adop plans nf
sonle efficient sort looking toward fine
sarr'e end. 'fh"re is 4 practical dem.
"ps'raiion OF tho recognition nf = cc,n.
ntiinity OF interest bctNcen the man
on the farm and the man in the ci,,.
Jhe Federation of Commercial CLUB.
is about to- prove its faith by its works
n to spend actual money in seeking
to bring about the thing which the
mel on the farms so ardently desire.
Another demonstration Of a most con-
elusive kind.
Let this york go on and grow. Let
us cultivate a better understanding of
the needs of Il neighbors, and ",
Will find, in the vast majority Of cases,
that in aiding the neighbor to obtain
that which is good for him, we will
be aiding directly in the promotion
Of III own interest.