The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-08
Trading at Home is Prominent Feat
ure Of Dan Gray's Stirring Talk
Bemidji Has Splendid Future.
NORTHERN WINS ATTENDANCE,
Reynolds Predicts That 10000 New
Settlers Fill Locate in This Terri
tory During Next Ten. Years.

be city Of 25,0O0; that within the
same length of time 10000 new set
tiers will have located in the terri
tory tributary to this city; that Be-
midi will soon be the center of one
of the nations greatest dairying Sec
tions and that the agricultural de-
velopment of the country will ad-
vance at a rate heretofore not believ-
ed possible, those in attendance at
the giant Farmers Institute of Sat
urday afternoon were inspired with
a confidence and enthusiasm in the
future of their home community
which is certain to bring greater CO.
operation and more powerful activi-
ties in the future.
Barker Welcomes Farmers.
In welcoming the farmers to Be-
midi, E. A. Barker, president of the
Bemidji Merchants association, said
in part:
''In behalf of the Merchants asso-
citation I wish to extend to you our
greetings and I thank you for this
splendid attendance. We want you
to realize that we are sincere, and alb
solutely earnest in our endeavors to
make these meetings mutual bene-
fit.
Our Organization is a Success.
''If you will recollect a year ago
at this time we entertained you and
had very successful meeting We
recognize the necessity of having your
good will and we hope you will see
the advantage of having ours. Too
much cannot be done to bring the
producers and distributors together.
Recently I had the good fortune
to attend one of the largest conven-
tons ever held by the state retail
: hardware dealers at st, Paul and DUR
ing the speaking by various persons,
it developed that our community is
away, far ahead in farmers club Or
ganization than some of the older
communities, that is according to the
facts presented"
Daniel Grey of the town of Be-
midi and a progressive farmer If
this section in his address said: 1--WE
have confronting us the problem Of
making Bemidji a city of $4,000 in
1925. The more I think Of it., the
easier it seems to accomplish.
"Comparing this city and the pos
sibilities of the surrounding country
with those of other states, I am sat-
isfed that we stand head and
shoulders above anything I can COM
pare with it. We have the schools,
the manufacturing possibilities, ~the
churches, the railroads and the soil
in the country to bring this about.
1--WE need still more cooperation
among the merchants and the farla-
,ers as we'll as more of it among them
selves. Bemidji should also provide
hitching place for the farmers,
so that we can put up our rigs under
cover when we come to town to shop
and sell produce" -
Trading at Home.
Mr.. Grey also brought out the ad-
vantages of trading at home instead
of sending out of town for merchan-
disc. By doing this he stated that
the local merchants would be in po-
:sition to pay the farmer better price
complsh, more than by "scrapping''
over little deals of lesser import
:ance. 7-..~.
H. E. Reynolds, one of Bemidji's
most prominent real estate dealers,
spoke of the future possibilities of
city and country. Zone cannot grow
without the other" said Mr.. Reyn-
odds. Continuing he said:
"In order to make Bemidji city
of $4,000 in 1925 it will be necessary
to bring at least 10000 additional
farmers to this section. There were
never brighter prospects to reach this
point of development than right here
in this section. -
In Place of Saw Mills.
Something must take the place
of our saw mills and numbering in
terests when they go, and our only
resource is the agricultural devel-
opment of the country. We are on
the right road, but we must keep
working hard, and with the joint CO.
operation of the city and country i
is probable to attain the growth We
desire before 1926
Mr.. Reynolds compared this section
with the country Of Denmark and re.
cited statistics from there, showing
great progress made in the daiEying
lines and it's by-products.
Scores Commissioner. sss 4.
He scored the county commissions
er, meaning Commissioners Hayes, fol
standing in the way Of Beltrami coun