The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-02-19
VIRGINIA HOST.
TO COUNTY CLUB
MEET FRIDAY
General Public Including Ladies
Will Be Cordially Welcome at
Sessions Which Will Be Held
in Elhs Home-Attendance Is
Expected to Set a. Record.
Dean Wilson, State immigration
Commissioner Sherman, Fred
D. Ward, George Mccarthy,
Among Speakers Who Will Be
Heard on Interesting Program


The annual meeting Of the St. Louis
County club, at which will be repre-
sented through delegates practically
every Commercial club and Farmers
club in St. Louis county and which
from present indications will be the
most largely attended meeting of the
organization held since it's inception,
will be held in Virginia tomorrow af-
ternoon and evening. The afternoon
meeting will be at the city hall and
the evening meeting at Elks' Home.
Owing to the fact that during the
past year many new Farmers clubs
have been organized, especially in this
section of the county, it is early as
sured that the number of delegates
attending will far exceed any other
meeting Of the county club ever held.
President N. B. Shank of Biwabik,
will preside. The standing committees
will meet at II o'clock to formulate
their reports and the roll call Of dele
gates will take place at 1870. The
opening address will be by President
Shank on "The Purpose of the Coun-
ty Club" The report of the committee
on dairying will be given by George
P. Grout of the Jean Duluth Stock
farm, Duluth. w. T. Bliss of Virginia,
vii; a7epot- for tho committee on
garden crops and marketing. John
Owens Of Cook will respond for the
committee on farm crops and Secre-
tary Lewis of the county club and the
Hibbing Commercial club, will give an
address on good roads and what has
been accomplished along this line in
the interval since the last meeting.
rhe election of officers will take
place at the afternoon session.
A 6 o'clock dinner will be served at
the Elks' Home. The after dinner
program will be devoted entirely to
agricultural subjects and Virginia
business men will be welcome at all
the sessions. Ladies will be welcome.
The formal program is as follows:
Evening Program.
"The Functions of the County Com
missioner" Charles Kauppi, county
commissioner, Duluth.
Address by Dean Wilson of the
University Extension department and
state leader Of the county agricultural
agents.
1.-THE One-Room Rural School"
County Superintendent of Schools,
Noah A. Young.
"The Merchant and His Relation to
Farm Development" F. J. Hughes,
Hibbing and Virginia.
"The Farmers Place in the Came
Ole Larson, president Of the Jackson
Farmers club, Duluth.
"The Way in Which Commercial
Clubs Can Promote Development
George B. Mccarthy, secretary of the
Northern Minnesota Development as.
sociation.
"The Banker as Factor in Help.
ing the Farmer" Fred B. Myers, Bi
wabik, MINI.
"The Biggest Farm in the Count,
and How It Is Rum" Fred D. Ward
superintendent county work farm
Duluth.
"How the State Is Helping to Sc
cure Settlers" Fred Sherman, com
missioner of immigration, St. Paul.
In addition to the speakers on tn,
program there will be present mum
ber of the most prominent agricultural
enthusiasts at the head of the lakes
including A. B. Hostetter, with tn
Duluth Commercial club, L. B. Ar
mold of the Duluth & Iron Range Ian
department, former president J.
Harding and others.
The interested public, including tn
To-