The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-26
Moorhead Department
of Officers
at Great Development
Meeting--Close Today

this morning when he passed over
them.
The rains here last night were local
1here was practically no moisture a
Halstad or Crookston-all communi
ties dry after leaving Georgetown.
Judge Baldwin of Frazee, nominated
senator for the Sixty-third district:
congratulate Moorhead on the splendid
meeting she has had. It is no easy job
to arrange for a gathering of this kline
and all concerned, and not less thar
the noble band Of commercial club
boosters, have don magnificently.
President Welter: The big meet
ing is nearly I've n what satisfies
me was the prominent display of har-
mony which prevailed among the of
fcers, directors Of the association, the
ladies' n the committee of seventeen,
There was not a speck Of friction any
where.
Speaking Thursday Afternoon.
The large tent provided for the
speakers with a capacity of more than
1000 people was we'll filled at 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon when
Leslie Welter, president of the Mime
sofa Red River Valley Development
association, called the assembled
farmers and business men of the ten
forming the association to
order for the opening of the formal
exercises of the first annual meeting.
In his address of welcome Mr.. Weller
was perfectly at home and his words
were perfectly fitting and concise and
the after comments were that every
body present felt the earnestness of
the welcome expressed. The inVoca-
ton was made by President Aasgaard
OF Concordia Lutheran college.
The response to the address Of well
come was made by Atty. P. H. Kon-
zen and he was most sincere and
felicitious in what he had to say .
The opening address was made fit
tingly by Hon. s.. G. Comstock, who
was received by a storm of applause.
Mr.. ComstOCk spoke on h Red River
Valley, a subject on which he Is one
Of the best authorities. He has
prominently co-operated in the de-
velepment of the valley. few men more
SO.
Among other things Mr.. Comstock
said, If o have a farm in the Red
river valley don't part with it. Stick
to it like grim death. Jim Hill never
spoke a truer word than When he said
that within a short while and in this
valley would be selling at $3.50 per
profits more than those who have
O@OA AAOAO WAN ADN SSSAOAO
In conclusion, he said:
Il have faith in the valley of the
Red. 1t has brought wealth to
thousands and will bring wealth to
countless more. No farmer in his
section is poor except because he Is
lazy or very unfortunate, or Indifferent
to his opportunities
What Women Have Done.
Substituting on the program for C.
S. Fowler of Minneapolis, who was
to have lectured on Concrete on the
Farm, but who was detained in the
twin cities, Mrs. George Schuck of
the Polk county delegation, a promi-
nent Minnesota club women, discussed
What Women Have Done for Farm.
ers. Clubs.
Women" according to Mrs. Schuck,
have proved the greatest soctatlizing
influence in the farmers clubs" and
at the same time, taking part in the
clubs affairs has given the farm wo-
man an opportunity to get away from
her former hum drum existance; to
mix with her n~etghbors as she never
before had the opportunity"
Dean Woods of the college of Agri-
culture of the university of Minnesota
talked on the economical n uneco-
nomical methods Of making a living.
Monopoly Too Prevalent.
"Of the economical methods, there
l I"o SIOupS, SdAu Tic lean, uS~
structive and neutral. In the de~struc-
tive class comes war, piracy, counter
feiting, and last. and most prevalent
today, m~onopolizing.
Under the head of neutral we have
three. Marrying wealth, inheriting
wealth., and proiting by the rise in
land values which we had 40 share in
creating" In this last the dean be-
lieves states are just as %culpable as
individuals, and with no more right.
EoOnOufcaI rIaaS
speaking generally" continued
Dean Wood, I'VE may say that those
of the uneconomic class get their liv-
of the economical class make theirs by
several others"
I'm the economical class there are
two divisions. Industries of a primary
and secondary nature. Hunting, fish
ing, mining and greatest Of all farm
ing are the primary industries. Man
ufacturing, transporting, storing, mer-
chandising and the services rendered
by personal and professional groups
are the secondary"
the address made by Prof. N. e. Han
son Of the South Dakota Agricultural
college on Alfalfa.
The particular kind of seed best
adapted to this climate, methods of
planting and caring for the crop We're
common errors, and one which works
great harm to the alfalfa plant "ac-
cord1ng to Professor Hanson" is to
cut into the heart of the Plant as 80
agents and so-called experts. To cut
the plant will, it is true, aid its growth
for the first several years afterward,
but after that the cut plant rots at the
root close to the ground so much that
the sap cannot raise and results in no
y CrOn.'