The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-12-08
300 Are Expected to Attend Meeting
Which Will Open at Ten O'clock
at City Hall.
BEM1DU DELEGATES ARE
NAMED BY COMMERCIAL CLUB
$50 Exhibits Of Potatoes and 50
Chicken Exhibits for Show to Be
Held in Connection With Meet.

Over 300 delegates. to the North
ern Minnesota Development associa-
ton will invade Bemidji tomorrow
for the sixth annual meeting of that
asso ciation. A number of delegates
will arrive in the city this afternoon
and tonight.
Plans Completed.
The plans for the entertaining of
the visitors were completed last eve
ming at meeting of the Commercial
club. The entertainment committee
of the club, of which E. A. Barker is
chairman, will have charge of the en-
tertainment. s- = ..c' - : ~-.-.. s.
Bemldji delegates to the convention
were elected last evening at the meet
ing of the Commercial club. The
following are delegates: E.sA. Bar
ker, E. H. Winter, NJ. j. Brown, Hon.
L. G.. Pendergast and A. p. White.
and the alternates are II. E. Reynolds,
H. G. Baer, E. H. Denu, w. 2. Robin
son and Charles Cominsky. 80
Meet at Ten O'clock. 50,
The first meeting of the association
will be called at ten o'clock tomorrow
morning at the city hall Every cit
izen and all delegates are urged to be
present at the opening meeting. The
program for tomorrow is as follows:
10000 A. M.-Call to order, Presi-
dent Charles T. Kelley, Menahga; In
vocation, Rev. Ira D. Alvord, Bemidji;
address of welcome, Mayor William
McCuaig,, Bemidji; response -presi-
dents annual address, Charles T.
Kelley, Menahga; annual report of
secretary, George D. Mccarthy, Du-
nth; report Of agricultural commit
tee, Otto I. Bergh, Grand Rapids,
chairman; appointment of auditing,
credentials and resolutions commit
tees; adjournment. -. ..-.. ST.
1880 P. M.----Address, advertising
as q Force in Development" Charles
H. Macintosh, Duluth; report of
committee on rural credits, G. R.
Middleton, Baudette, chairman; re-
port of committee on Amendment No.
L. Hon. P. H. McGarry, Walker,
chairman; 'The Task Before U.s.
the Campaign for Amendment No. l."
Hon. L. N. Nord, International Falls:
address, ''The Health of the Pioneer"
!. J. Murphy, M. D., executive secre-
tary, Minnesota Public Health asso-
citation.
500 P. M.-The delegates to the
meeting and other visitors will be
entertained by the Bemidji CONNER
cia1 club.
Executive Committee to Meet.
. The executive committee will hold
meeting at the Hotel Markham at
eight o'clock. 80.
The discussion of Amendment No. 1
and the lowering of lake levels in
the reservoir district will probably
take up the greater part of the time
at tomorrows session.
= -s. $50 Potato Exhibits.
"There are already $50 specimens
of the finest potatoes ever grown,
entered, without the local exhibits
and considering that this has been
very poor year the number and quail
ity are far beyond expectations" ac-
cording to a statement by Professor
B. M. Gile, secretary of the Potato
and Poultry association. The show
will be the first annual affair.
Over IS coops have been built and
arranged to accommodate the large
number of chickens that are expected
to be exhibited at the show.
The show room will be over Bat
ties hardware store.
Today is the last day of entry for
both potato and poultry exhibits
and the place of exposition and entry
will be open until o'clock this af-
ternoon. No entry charges are made
and no admittance fee will be
charged to the show. The show
room will be open Thursday until
9 p. M, and will be open until pm.
Friday. .'