Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-20

house, which was formerly the nice
ing place CT the association CONVEX
tions and which is now burned, wa
filed at the first session. This di
not happen often and this mornini
President Worst stated that if ther
were 100 people present when tn
meeting was opened he would know
that the attendance at the convention
was going to be large. If the attend
nee this morning is to be taken as
forecast of the remaining days of tn
meeting, it will be the largest Grail
Growers; convention ever. 4 '.1
Worse Opens Convention.
Promptly at 1880 o'clock Presiden
Worst arose and called the meetinF
to order. He stated that for the pas
eight years the 'mseting has been call
ed to order on time. ~
In his usual pleasing manner, Pres
ident. Worst called attention to tn
fact that the convention was maetin'
under really favorable circumstances
calling attention to the auditorium
and its capacity to seat any Grove
that may reasonably be expected tt
come to tina city.
I'VE r meeting under additional!
favorable circumstances" continued
the presiding officer Of the conven
ton, because u country is at peace
with all the world, while the mos
%stupendous and needless war is rag
ing on the other side of the water.
1--WE have much to be thankful TO-
in this country. w eveaetlpyhtnn
in this country. We have plenty t
eat and wear aid are contributing Il
the relief of the dcsolate people
across the sea. .@ <"
There has been no time since
have !bean connected with this inst
tuition that I have felt we shoulf
pause for a moment and consider II
whom We hove our being ald whom
We should thank for the many bless
ings we are enjoying more than 2
the present time" .E4. g " y .
President Worst then introduced
Rev. E. C. Ford, pastor of the Ply
mouth Conversational church of this
city, who invoked the divine Blessinc
on the convention. Rev. Mr.. Ford's
prayer was en- able one in which he
prayed especially for the farmer.
.&' Hardy Welcomes Farmers. ".'
y Sec. J.P. Hardy, OF the Fargo Com
mercial club, was the next speaker
and in his usual characteristic, pleas.
ing manner, welcomed the farmers OF
the northwest to Fargo.
In his talk he paid particular at.
tention to the interest that the com
.mercial club takes in the welfare Of
the farmer, pointing out that all bust
ness men were interested in the farm
er's making two blades of grass
grow where one thistle grew before
He said that the farmer that did tina
was not only doing something TO-
himself, but was doing something TO,
Fargo and for every other town and
city in the northwest. +|g& !
He spoke on what the commercial
club was; doing in the way Of support
Ming the convention, the improved seed
show, the chicken show and the like,
stating that this week the club was
paying $1,000 in these things.
Il welcome you farmers to, the, city.
| cannot speak for everyone in the
city, but 7 feel assured that their sen
timents are the sanne as mile," said
Mr.. Hardy. Fargo is CAD to have
you come here and think that the
best of proof of this Is this auditorium,
which had its beginning in the Tri,
State Grain Growers convention. II
was this convention that inspired the
twenty.one business men who first
took up the proposition Of erecting
this building and, was the inspiration
that was behind the hundreds of citi
ens Of Fargo who were in the move
ment and contributed TO- the erection
of the edifice." ,E8
The morning program was carried
out as advertised, though the program
this afternoon had to be changed
somewhat. owing to- THE fact that Col
r. A. Wilkinson. Of Lake Elmo, MINI.
was prevented from being present. t.
deliver his address, on How to Buil6
Up a Profitable Dairy Herd.
|, Outline up y. 2. Farms.
The principal speaker Of the morn
ing session was O. B.. Wesley, a farm
er of Cooperstown, m. D., who deliv
cred a most interesting address or
Cutting the Size OF Our North Dakota
Farms. IN %Hs
"The subject is one 81 the unde,cid
ed things that we should solve t,at
onve," said Mr.. Westley::a 'Fhe average
North Dakota farm now contains
about 525 acres Of land. The thine
we are looking forward to is more
men and women to take care Of our
large lands and work them in the
proper way. 1t IS a subject that We
viii have to solve soon and should
solve now. EE4' &
"There are many Of our farms that
are too large for the. capita. of the
farmer that is culttvating them. With
his large acres, this farmer has not
the time to farm the land in the IN
tensive way and has not time to care
for the fertility Of the soil az he
should. I think that the time ~ now
at hand when the farmers Of the
northwest are fully awake to the fact