The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-06-05
one THOUSAND At
N. N. D. A. MEETING
Thief River Falls Convention is the
Largest Ever Held BY Northern
Minnesota Boosting Organization !
ATTRACTS MANY IMMIGRANTS
Bemidji Man Placed at Head. Of Reso-
lutions Committee Willard Claims
Great Things for This Section.

Great Things for This Section.
~ All records for attendance formed
at previous meetings of the Northern
Minnesota Development association.
have been shattered at the Thief
River Falls convention which comes
to "a close this afternoon after
three-days' session. One thousand
ive-wire boosters of this section of
the state have been present at the
meeting, and many men of state and
national prominence have taken part
on the program, and the meeting is
without doubt the most successful
in the history Of the league
Wilson is Chairman. -.
The following committees were
named yesterday:
Resolutions-Beltrami county, r.
A. Wilson, of Bemidji; Benton, J. NJ.
Then, Rice; Cass, M. N. Kohl, Cass
Lake; Clearwater, Martin Turn,
Clearbrook; Grow Wing, M. T. Dunn,
Brainerd; Carlton, c.. H. Mahnke,
Moose Lake; Itasca, w. J. Stock,
Coleraine;; Kanabec, Henry Rines,
Mora; Hubbard, C. F. Scheers, Axe
ley; Koochiching, D. B. Jewell, In
ternational Falls; Mahnomen, E. j.
Peterson, Mahnomen; Marshall, R.
D. Carr Middle River; Pennington
D. P. O'Neill, Thief River Falls:
Polk, c. l.. Conner, Mcintosh; Wa,
dena, C. L. Kelly, Menagha; Stearns,
Alvah Eastman, St. Cloud; Red Lake,
P. B. Grass, Red Lake Falls; st.
Louis, A. P. Silliman, J. L. Lewis. and
G.. D.. Mccarthy. +. :
The credentials committee is: A.
L. Thompson -Mahnomen E. A.,
Simmons, Brainerd; J. M. Sneserud,
LaPorte;; J. U. Williams, Baudette;
r. E. Erickson, Clearwater.
When the men met at the Audi
torium, the woman's auxiliary met
for session at the high school with
Miss Anna Shetland of International
Falls presiding, Mrs. F. C.. Cornell
of Big Falls acting as secretary, and
Mrs. Charles A. Pitkin of Thief River
Falls as treasurer
I Willard Emphatic.
At the mems meeting at the Audi
forum, D. A. Willard, development
agent of the Northern Pacific declar-
ed that no part of the country was
attracting more attention from i'm
migrants than Northern Minnesota
and that now one of the most impor-
tant parts of development work here
is to get the farmers, old and new,
to understand the needs and REQUIRE
ments for successful farming in this
territory. He was emphatic in his
prophecy for great achievements in
the farming line for Northern Min
nesota.
In his address to the convention,
+. R. Crane, agricultural extension
agent of the Great Northern, said
that company has forty-four men de-
voting their time to farm work.
Il . .s County Agents.
Talks, plain to the point of blunt
ness, characterized the program of
the opening day. A. D. Wilson, su-
perintendent Of the extension depart
ment of the Minnesota College of
Agriculture, strongly defended coun-
ty. agricultural lands and explained
that appropriations from the state
now available, and because of the
appropriation by congress of $1O,-
600 for this state, the sum of $1,000
is at the disposal Of thirty-fve coun-
ties, but that twenty-eight counties
have improved the opportunity to
employ these agents Four counties
will de supplied with agents as soon
as competent men can be obtained.