The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-06-21
C0MMUN|TY|SM IS
FEATURE AT ANNUAL
FARMERS PICNIC
Bemidii Merchants are Guests Of
Of Farmers at County Fair
Grounds.
ATTRACTS NATION
WIDE ATTENTION
Exc5lent Program is Given; Farmers
and Merchants Get
Acquainted.
ATTRACTS NATION
WIDE ATTENTION

About 1000 men, women and chill
dren raised the standard of "Com
munityism" and rallied to the color:
today at the county fair grounds al
the annual picnic given by the farm
ers for the Bemidji merchants.
"Communityism'' was the slogan
of everyone present.
Farmers, bankers, lawyers, mer
chants and their wives rubbed shoul
ders today, sat side by side at dinner
and discussed farm and city prob
lens The Mexican situation, the
primary election and every other sub
ject was forgotten while the farmers
and the merchants and their families
became better acquainted.
Attracts Attention.
The picnic today attracted nation
wide attention. It is not an unusual
thing for merchants to entertain
farmers at a picnic but it is an un-
usual thing for farmers to entertain
merchants, for farmers to take the
leading step to become better ac-
quainted with the merchants. Rep
resentatives from metropolitan news
papers and from trade journals were
present to attend the picnic.
Mr.. McCabe, representing the Mer-
chants Trade Journal of Des Moines
Ia, stated that this was the first time
that he had heard of farmers enter
tanning merchants. He is preparing
an article on the picnic for his
magazine.
1T is big movement" he said to
a Pioneer representative. 'It is one
of the best movements I have ever
heard Of"
Gather Early.
Farmers left their work early this
morning and long before ten O'Clock
gathered at the fair grounds to pre-
pare for the picnic. Representatives
from the Beltrami County Breeders
association, the Big Lake, Northern
Bemidji, Grant Valley, Mississippi
Eckles, Long Lake, Nary and Lam
mers Farmers clubs were present. Six
hundred feet of banquet tables were
constructed and farm women pre-
pared the excellent lunch.
Merchants and their wives went te
the fair grounds shortly after ter
o'clock and with the farmers went tt
the school farm and inspected th5
crops.
Blows Out Stumps.
August Jarchow gave a STUN,
blowing demonstration.
Shortly before noon, the president:
of the various farmers clubs held {
meeting at the ticket office of thu
fair grounds and discussed the worl
Of their clubs.
Nearly 500 merchants, their wives
and families attended the dinner a
noon.
Community Singing" was tn
feature of the picnic this afternoon
Under the direction of Miss Margare
Newton, Instructor of music at th'
Teachers Training school, the farm
ers and the merchants sang nationa
and "old time" community songs.
The Bemidji band gave an excel
lent program.
Addresses Given.
T. A. Erickson of the department
of agriculture, state leader Of boys
and girls clubs in the state, CAV
an address on rural contests. He ex
planned the different contests, includ
ing the potato contest that is beini
conducted by the Minnesota Devel
opment association.
w. H. Schilling of Mortified
Mimi, one of the largest pure bre
cattle raisers in the state, gave al
address on Community Live Stocl
Improvement.
Prof. A. ]. Mcclure Of the Univer
city Extension division gave an ad
dress on "The Dairy Cow
A program Of field and track sport
in which boys and. girls took par
was given this Afternoon. Farmer
had a tug-of-Tar contest end late thi
afternoon the Farmers and the Mer
chants played a game of baseball
The program was ended by pro
gram CT folk dances under the diree
tion Of Miss Emma Hoglund of tn
Teachers Training school.
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