Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-08
SATURDAY Was
FARMERS DAY
Most Successful Convention Of Bonner
and Boundary County Farmers'
Union Held on Northside
FOURTEEN LOCALS REPRESENTED
Many Instructive and Interesting Ad-
dresses Were Given

tons of the Farmers cooperative
and Educational Union of America
was held in this city last Saturday at
the Northside school house.
Delegates from Ia locals of Bonner
and Boundary county were present,
as follows:
Clarksfork: al. Derr, B. E.
Ralph.
Colburn: c. B. Foote.
Copeland: C. S. Daufau, Mrs. E.
Gudbauer.
Curley Creek: S. Leibrecht.
Dover: George O'Donnell, Edwin
Doust, George w. York, E. H. Ed
gerton, H. F. Shedlar, C. E. Albee.
Hope: w. B. Dunkle, Ada Dunkle.
Moravia: Mrs. L. S. Simmons, ].
J. Conway.
Morton: U. G. Smith, J. H. Craig,
w. T. Milliken.
Naples: F. ]. Bond, Elmer Lind,
VIM. Parsons.
Paradise Valley: A. A. Keinholz,
John Hart.
fenQ u OItlllt- ID biSl.
Sagle: James Hunter, Fred Bur-
dick, L. C. Mcpherson, Fred McCar-
ty, ]. C. Watt, Alex Jackson.
Standpoint: B. F. Woodland, r. H.
Mcmillan, T. F. Woodland, c. Brown,
Minnie Brown, Edna Doolittle-
Boomers Ferry: H. B. Carratt, A.
L. Fry, R. L. DeWolf, A. E. Aldridge,
w. T. James, w. F. Dunning, t. j.
Jones, E. S. Cave, ] w. Stanley,
August Hess.
Among those attending the ses-
sions of the day but who were not
delegates were: M. F. McAnelly, of
Copeland; D. P Dayton, Addie; ]. w
Holmes and wife, Sagle; j. W.
Markham and AL. Templeman, of
Meadow Creek; M. M. Fry and wife
O. H. Campbell and wife, P. w
Owen, L. Polzin, VIM. Miller, Jas
C. Bush, Loren Miller, Mrs. Harry
Plato, H. E. Wells and wife, Misses
Alta and Ada Plato, Miss Lila Wells
VIM. Moss and family, Con Wiede-
mann and w. C. Cundell.
The county officers present were
President, A. d. Welch, Boomers Fer
ny; secretary, William Parsons, Ma
pies; members Of executive board
Mrs. Overton, Sagle; Robert Krause
Copeland, and Peter Miller, Sand
point.
The convention was called to ordel
by county President A. D. WEIGH
Senator E. E. Elliott delivered tn
address of welcome and then fol
lowed a repast prepared by tn
women of the Bonners Ferry loca
which was thoroughly enjoyed. Mes
danes A. E. Aldridge, w. F. Dun
ming, A. D. WEIGH, H. B. Carratt, W
T. James and T. ]. Jones were i
charge of the luncheon and Mr.. an
Mrs. A. L. Fry, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
CARAT, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Shively
Miss Inez Aldridge, w. A. Lesli
and Mrs. James Kinney served on tn
reception committee.
Among the first addresses of tn
afternoon was that given by I.
Jones in which he told of the sue
cess of the Kootenai Valley Produc
Co.
A. A. Keinholz, of Paradise Vale.
gave an instructive address, takin
as his subject, "The Educational Sic
of the Farm Institute" The speakt
proposed that an institute be he
here this fall and that the ranchel
of the district arrange to bring
displays and exhibit them in Il
store windows of the various me
chants. The novel idea was a chi
and it is probable that this schen
will be carried out under the supe
vision of the Farmers Union.
J. w. Holmes, of Sagle, in h
address, advocated the establishil
of wholesale produce house
Standpoint.
State President Mccall, of Ha
Wash, was unable to attend the co
vention and George w. York,
Standpoint, and C. W. H. Heidems
of Spirit Lake, spoke in his stes
Mr.. York advising as to the BIZ
means of securing laws favorable
the farmers in the state legislatu
Mr.. Heideman's subject was "Findi
a Market" and his talk showed ca
full forethought and a knowledge
the topic which should have be
heard by every producer of the d
trict.
In the evening County Auditor