The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-07
WORK OF N. N. D.
A. DURING PAST
YEAR OUTLINED
BY SECRETARY
Mccarthy Praises Committee Which
Conducted Amendment No. l
Campaign.
URGES PROGRAM TO
MAKE LAND ACCESSIBLE
Remedy Needed to Provide Funds E;
Some Counties Bear Heavy
Burden of Upkeep.

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George D. Mccarthy of Duluth,
secretary Of the Northern Minnesota
Development association, in submit
ting his annual report to the seventh
annual convention of the association
which is being held in Bemidji today,
urged program to bring more set
tiers, to this section of the state.
He urged program that will
make land accessible through roads,
partial clearing and bitches, and to
make it productive through the ap-
plicati0n of scientific methods of ag-
riculture.
For Amendment No. /.
His complete report is as follows:
Gentlemen:
Much of the time, thought and ef-
fort of your secretary in the work
of the association this year has been
devoted to Amendment No. 1 in ac-
cordance with the theory adopted last
year that the amendment was the
greatest need in the orderly progress
| Northern Minnesota. It is gratify-
ing to know that the placing Of that
measure at the head of it's program
by this association has not been in
vain. The amendment has been
adopted by a vote that indicates that
throughout the state of Minnesota
there is greater appreciation of the
problems Of Northern Minnesota and
of the unity of interests of all parts
of the state. The vote on the amend
ment is convincing. evidence 4thaestne
efforts of this association in all the
years of it's existence to impress up
on the other parts of the state that
Northern Minnesota is really part of
the state of Minnesota, and it's prob
lens the problems of the whole state,
have been effective
The details of the campaign will
be reported on by the committee that
conducted it. Let me call your at
tention to something that the COM
mittee very likely will not. The SER
vice given by that committee is some
thing that the citizens of Northern
Minnesota should not soon forget.
Every member of it entered heart and
n
number of meetings were held, usual
ly at the state capitol as a central
point, and the members of the COM
mlttee gave up their time and their
business and paid their own expenses
to attend those meetings. Let me i'm
press the names upon you: Hon. P.
H. McGarry of Walker; Hon. L. H.
Nord of International Falls; C. R.
Middleton of Baudette, the president
OF this association; L. B. Arnold of
Duluth; J. w. Wheeler of St. Paul:
A. A. D. Rain of Minneapolis, and
John MoOnan of Waseca. Hon. J. A.
.. Preus, state auditor, and Hon. Fred
ID. Sherman, commissioner of immi-
grafton, met with the committee at
every meeting and gave every assist
ance to the campaign. Northern
Minnesota owes all of these men a
debt it can never repay They have
| their recompense in the consciousness
of a service we'll performed and ef-
fective in it's results.
Organization and Finances.
The report of the auditing commit
tee to be submitted will show the
condition of the finances of the as
soclatlon at the present time and the
| financial transactions of the past
year. Again it will be shown that
an undue burden falls upon some
counties because others, whose in
teres'ts are equally great, whose bene-
fits from the work of the association
are the same, do not give the asso-
citation financial support. The ex-
ecut1ve committee has had this SUBJ
ject under consideration. Some rem
| edy undoubtedly will be found. This
is an association for Northern Min
nesota. Everything it does is de-
signed to advance the development
OF this part of the state and the bene-
fits that flow from it's efforts cannot
be confined to the counties which
pay the small, amounts requested of
them. It is possible therefore. for
counties to obtain benefits without
paying, if they choose to adopt that
course. It would seem to be due
the association and the people in the
counties that are supporting it, that
the men in counties which have not
been paying make some provision for
raising funds.
At some time during the year I
have had the pleasure of meeting
with all of the active county devel-
opment associations in the territory.
It is notable that the least difficulty
in obtaining funds for the work of
the association Isl experienced in those
counties having county associations.
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