Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-05
real BOOSTER
FOR live STOCK
E. G.. Patterson Takes Lead in the
Movement to Exempt Silos
From Taxation. r..

That the Mckenzie and 500 hotei
should take a leading part in IN
ralSe-more-ilyestock campaign oe
cause their patronage depends OF
prosperity AID prosperity depends. Y
a great extent on live Stock as wa.
said last night. Also because K. &
Patterson, their proprietor, is know
in the stock world for his splendid
Jersey herd and Tor his big silo O
reinforced concrete, IS by ~, tls
largest private silo in the state; nj:
new concrete barn that is being bu.it
1DOx36, and other features of the 4os
acre ~aMcKenzie-Soo Hotels .Jerse!
Farms, two and a half miles o Bis
marck. IA. .g. 49,
He was. more nan willing to SCI
apart a kOrtion of the Mckenzie's lob
by for the headquarters of the South
st. Paul Live Stock Exchange t.
meet it's friepds and distribute its Ii;
erature, and, to decorate the lobo!
with livestock posters.
A Honey Corner For the Boosters.
A touch of trueless was given the
t livestock headquarters by moving in
Two ancient leather touches that have
that comfortable, worn look that fol
lows years of use. At the South 81.
Paul Exchange, livery commission
firm has big. .roomy armchairs and
rockers fer the farmers to enjoy when
they drop in with their stock. UE-
able to m0veS its own offices to Bis.
marck, President Rogers ald his as
soclates were delighted to have the
big easy chairs of the Mckenzie to- sit
in while the ,stOckmen talked over
the campaigrf with them.
Andthe first visitor to the livestock
quarters was Mr.. Patterson himself,
with news that seven head of bloodeo
Jerseys had just been shipped by ex.
press from Anoka, Mimi, to mis- farm
here. 1t is. such practical examples
as that, backed by profitable expert
ence raising good stock, That puts tlc
solid bottom under the campaign.
Mr.. aPtterson is much interested in
the good roads campaign Minnesota
has been carrying on, spending abou>
100000 Of state and county money
on the roads in January, and told
how this county, of which ne is chair
man OF the county commissioners,
had built splendid roads at far less
cost than nest people have Imagined
possible. Mr.. frPattcrson urged that
the question of exempting si!os, hog
houses and dairy, farm equipment
from taxation be discussed, as these
branches OF farm industry need ali
the help they can get. He called at
tention to the fact that some states
loan money to farmers without in
terest to buy silos, on the ground the
state will De immensely benefited l..
increased taxable values.
Mr.. Patterson is one 0 fthe charter
membeFs Of tao Farmers onion.
Exennpting SiIos From Taxation.
Everyone consulted last night re-
'garding the exemption CT silos anG
other equipment US I'd in stock raising
and dairying agreed it would be a
coed thing, as the state would RAPIDLY
increase the value CT all taxable prop.
erty If it made 1t easy for the farm
ers and dairymen to get started right
and thus create prosperity on a wide
scale. The cost of equipment in adj.
ditioe to buying and feeding the stock
deters many farmers from making q
proper effort.
Pleased With Hctei.
The livestock men eyr)d ,ssel them.
selves much pleased with the McKeu-
zie and its management, and said it
was a hotel worthy a city of half a
million population. IT is a grea,
thing for a city to have such a hotel"
said one, of the delegates. 1T makes
you feel like staying in town just as
lo1g as you can and then come
again" '''s