Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-15

PeIiliou, asserting tndt taxes are
high enough now" and whats the
use of paying a man $500 to tel
you what you already know"
Mike Neylon, road supervisor OF
District No. g, presented a petition
which he said had SO signers, and
congratulated West and Rogers. eve
don't need a farm expert. He cant
tell us anything-we've got to study
1t out ourselves, work out our own
existence on our own soil. AS far as
a teacher is concerned, he's unnec-
essary, and paying him $500 is an
imposition"
"We'n Resent Interference"
O. E. Ferguson of independence
personally had had no benefit, he
| said, adding that as near as he could
find out it wasn't the farmers who
wanted the expert but "the city
people who think we farmers don't
know anything. We're not going to
turn our business over to any ex-
pert" he continued, cor anyone else
and We'll resent any interference. ]
want all Of the pointers l can get,
but don't expect any from the pres
ent expert. II we are going to have
an expert and Farm Bureau, the
Bureau should be controlled by
farmers"
Lewis Osborn vociferously ex-
pounded his theories and views to
the commissioners at considerable
length, declaring the Pomona Grange
to be absolutely crooked, rotten and
corrupt" and controlled by briggs,
Snow. Lewis and Christensen" He
also argued for "a place to sell what
we do raise"
West then, after reading the
Brighton Park resolutions, presented
a petition he said bore $50 names,
gathered by himself and Gus Nelson
from the southern part of the county,
Rochester, Little Rock, Grand Mound
and Bucoda. He discussed the mar
keting question, charging that local
merchants will import spuds sooner
than purchase local potatoes.
where's there any of us who makes
$2,700 year?
If this were submitted to a vote"
he continued, "there'd be no one with
ambition enough to get a pick and
shovel and dig up the remains, after
we got whack at it," The Farm
Bureau, he declared, was not repre-
sentative of the farmers but of the
city. There were between 500 and
800 signers, according to West, on
the various petitions presented.
l.. l.. Snow, secretary of the Pomo-
ma Grange and an advocate of the
farm agent system, again sponsored
1t, after West had finished his argu-
ment, dealing principally with the
ground limestone controversy and
reading letters to show that the low
price obtained this year was due to
Van Houten's efforts.
One of the parting shots of the
hearing was delivered by T. J. Keg-
ley. who declared, "There is no ques-
ton that farm expert will more
than doubly pay his salary back to
the farmers in better agricultural
conditions. I'm one of the heaviest
taxpayers in the county and I want
this expert, We spend hundreds of
thousands of dollars every year to
educate our children; are you going
to stop this little expenditure for
agricultural education?"
Secretary H. l.. Whiting explained
to the commissioners the organiza-
ton of the Farm Bureau. which is
composed of Chairman Littlejohn of
the commissioners, George E. Stearns
of South Bay, F.. r. Klumb, proprie-
tor of the Capital City Creamery; A.
s. Cation of the Westside. c. A. Mar
shall of Scott & Marshall, and C. j.
Lord of the Capital National Bank.
How Bureau Is Organized.
Littlejohn. he said, was selected
as the county's representatives;
Stearns as the producer and Klumb
as the marketing representative of
the dairy business Of the county;
Cation as the representative of the
farmers specializing in fruits and
vegetables, Marshall as the market
ing representative, and Lord as the
of the financial inter-
ests of the city interested in the up
building of the agricultural re-
sources Of the county.
Commissioner A. M. Rowe said:
Dodge and Littlejohn weren't here
last year-Ill take the blame for
this. When we started out we I'M
derstood the idea was to try to get
the merchants and farmers togeth-