The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-14

rescued party at the New Ulm massa.
ere in which eleven members of his
party lost their lives. He was wound
ed in the battle of Mauve Terre, near
Medora, N D., in 1864, and will have
arrow with which he was shot in that
battle. After the Indian wars were
over, Mr.. Ives became a very enthus-
iastic granger, and has been identified
with farmers organizations ever since.
In view of the fact that he is probably
the only man left in the northwest
that was wounded by an Indian arrow
in the early days, he will be very
interesting speaker at the convention.
George A. Stillman, of Washburn,
N. D.. was yin St. Paul last Monday
with two carloads of live stock Mr.
Stillman is verv enthusiastic over the
battle that the Equity cooperative ex-
change is putting up for better grain
and live stock markets, and is very
anxious to have meetings held in his
own locality and get the farmers there
interested. He will remain in St. Paul
this week getting better acquainted
with the farmers organization, and as
sisting in any way that he can in the
starting of the live stock department.
Irving Kimball, represenIating the
American Society of Equity, whose ma
tional headquarters are at Wausau,
Wis, was pleasant visitor at the St.
Paul office last Tuesday. Mr. Kimball
was on his way back to Wausau from
Crawford, Neb., where he helped es-
tablish a real cooperative creamery
and warehouse, to be run on the
Equity plan, and affiliated with the ma
tlOnal office at Wausau. Mr.. Kimball
was much surprised to note the growth
of the Equity cooperative exchange.
President J. M. Anderson returned
this week from trip through the state
OF Montana, and reports that the st.
Paul office will receive at least 15,OO0,-
900 bushels Of grain from the state of
Montana this year. According to Mr.
Anderson's report so farmers eleva-
tors in Montana have decided to ship
all OF their grain to the Equity coop
eratlVe exchange and in addition to
this there will be a great many track
buyers shipping the exchange, as we'll
as great many farmers that will load
their own grain. He reports the Mon
tana crops much better than he had
expected to find them; that the farm.
ers in Montana are all very enthusiast
tic over the grain and live stock mar
kets at st. Paul, and that there will be
a great many live stock shipping asso-
Citations formed in Montana during the
next few months, and the object of all
OF them will be to ship their live stock
to their own live stock selling agency
on the South St. Paul market.
The Equity cooperative association
OF Montana made arrangements with
}. M. Anderson, president of the
Equity cooperative exchange, to have
their board Of directors meet with the
board of directors of the Equity CO.
operative exchange in November, with
view of making the exchange their
official agent in all of their co-opera-
tive undertakings. This meeting will
no doubt be held in the city of St,
Paul, just prior to the coming nation.
al convention and celebration. The
Montana people are so we'll pleased
with the services given by the Equity
cooperative exchange that they are
anxious to affiliate themselves more
closely with the St. Paul office.
On Sept. 4, two carloads of wheat
were sold by the Equity cooperative
exchange. One car of No. Northern
for nine cents over the Minneapoli
September price, and one car of No. :
Northern for five cents over the Min
neapolis September price. This mean!
that these two cars were sold for three
cents more than any other car O
wheat was sold for on the Minnea poll.
market on the same day, which is yer,
! different from the stories put in circu
latlon during the last year or two, tina
the exchange had to sell grain for
cent less than it was worth so that tn
purchaser could take it back and sci
it on the Minneapolis chamber of CON
merce floor. The fact that miller
east of the Twin Cities are able t
come to st. Paul and buy their graf
direct from the farmers without pay
Ing a commission is going to make S
Paul a great grain market, and tn
fact that on this market there is on
firm at least which is owned and col
trolled by the farmers is going t
make the farmers far more friendl
toward the St. Paul market than the
otherwise would be.