The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-12
EQUITY NEWS ITEMS


Mr.. D. C. Coates, the managing ed
pleasant caller at the St. Paul Office
last Tuesday. Mr.: Coates was sur
prised to see the development Of the
organization made in the last few
years and sees no reason why the
farmers should not make success of
their livestock selling agency in South
St. Paul, as we'll as the grain agency
in St. Paul.
Last Friday afternoon there was
conference held at the St. Paul Of
flee, in which the following individu-
ais took part: Harry Williams, ma
tional director of the American Socie-
ty of Equity; C. R. Whitaker, secre-
tary of the Minnesota State Union;
M. P. Johnson, president of the North
Dakota State Union; H. G. Tank, Ma
tional Secretary of the American So
ciety of Equity; Tom Raleigh, state
organizer of the state of Minnesota;
]. G. Critics, general manager of the
Equity Cooperative Exchanges; F. B.
Wood, manager of the new Livestock
department at South St. Paul; G. A.
Thiel, secretary treasurer of the Equi-
ty Cooperative Exchange, and j. M.
Anderson, president of the Exchange.
This conference pertained to the new
Livestock Selling Agency of the Equi-
| ty Cooperative Exchange, establish
| ed in South St. Paul, and after the
conference was over, the officers of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange were
more enthusiastic than ever over the
outlook for the new selling agency.
M P. johnson stopped at the St.
Paul office last week on his way home
from Kentucky and Indiana, where he
has been making a series of speeches
with the view of interesting those
farmers in the cooperative market
| inc of their products. While in St.
Paul, Mr. Johnson made arrangements
to have Mr.. Robert Bridges, President
of the Public Port Commission of Sc
attic, Washington, on the program for
the coming National convention and
lcelebration to be held in St. Paul on
tDecember 5, 6 and 7.
f. w. Lewis and f. T. Ring Of Ray,
In. D., and VIM. F. Garriety of Wheel
lock, N. D., were pleasant callers at
1.-THE St. Paul office last Tuesday, bring
ling with them samples Of wheat
|grown in the vicinity of Ray.
/ A GOOD LINEUP .~...--.----
| F. B. Wood, manager of the Live
stock Selling Agency at South st.
Paul, has been very busy ever since
he reached St. Paul getting his force
lined up to handle livestock on that
market. He has secured as head cat
tie salesman Mr.. Jas. Barrett, who
has had twenty years expert nce9 BUY
ing and selling cattle on the South st.
Paul market for several. different
firms. Mr.. Barrett is too we'll known
to the trade to need any introduction
and will be able to dispose of any cat
tie shipped to the Equity Cooperative
Exchange at the very best prices.
For hog and sheep salesman, Mr..
Wood has been successful in securing
Mr.. Ray Farrell. He has had years of
experience in this line with Wood
Brothers & Company of Sioux City,
Iowa. Mr.. Farrell thoroughly under
stands the selling of both hogs and
sheep and there is no question about
his ability to get the very best prices
for either sheep or hogs consigned
to this department. Every STOCKHOLM
err of the Equity Cooperative Ex-
change should realize that they are
also stockholders in the Livestock de-
partment at South St. Paul and should
boost accordingly for this branch of
their business, and with the lineup
Mr.. Wood has at the present time
there is no question about his ability
to handle this livestock to the very
best advantage for the shippers.
| 4 A FALSE RUMOR
Certain individuals interested in
the livestock commission business
have been busy the last week spread
ing rumors through the country that
the Equity Cooperative Exchange
was not going to handle livestock, by
reason of the fact that they we're re-
fused membership on the South St.