Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-04-17

BEGINS ON FARM

T. L. Greer, at the head of the
land sales department of the Hum
bird Lumber company, of Standpoint,
addressed the members of the COM
mercial club last Tuesday evening
at the court house in one of the
most sensible, practical talks which
have been heard by the organiza-
ton in some time.
The speaker urged the cooperation
of the business man and the farmer
and advised of his experiences in
securing the confidence and goodwill
of the farmer. The merchant was
warned against continually talking
about the farmer sending his money
to the mail-order houses and was
advised to begin at once to develop
community spirit; to set about
to aid the farmer and solve the
problems of efficiency. Community
building, Mr.. Greer asserted, began
on the farm. When the farmers
are prosperous, the merchant is pros
porous and everyone enjoys good
times. 1t is up to the citizens of
the town to find a market for the
products of the farm, to encour-
/ age the farmer, put up with his
ways, help and encourage him in
every way possible.
The speaker said that in his coun-
! ty the problem of securing good
roads was a puzzling one. The
county commissioners could not be
! induced to build roads until the dis
trict was settled and settlers would
not locate in the district until roads
were built.
Mr.. Greer urged that the business
men of Boundary. county get behind
and boost the efforts of the North
ern Idaho Seed Growers association
He said he had never seen finer
display of seeds than one which was
raised in this county and that logged
off lands could be made to pay
dividends quicker by the raising OF
seeds than in any other manner
He claimed that in the seed raising
business Boundary county farmers
had the opportunity of realizing large
profits quickly whether they went
into it on a small or large scale
The club extended to Mr.. Greer &
hearty vote of thanks for his kind
ness in coming to Bonners Ferry t.
address the organization.
In the near future the Kootena
Valley Commercial club will hole
another MONDAY luncheon and agar
the members will invite their farm
er friends to join with them abou
the banquet boards. At the sug
gestion of E. M. Flood an invitation
will be extended to H. F. Samuels
of Samuels, Idaho, to come to Bon
ners Ferry for the next noonda!
luncheon and tell the local farmers
and business men about his expert
ences in the clearing of his 10,00'
acre ranch. A committee has beer
appointed by President Fry to hav,
charge of the next monday lunch
con. The date for the luncheon ha
not yet been determined.
Secretary Frank Bottum read ;
letter to the Commercial club from
F. w. Anderson, the new presiden
iof the First State bank in which tn,
writer expressed his interest in thu
work the organization was doing an,
had planned to do, and in which h
offered to pay for the insertion il
middle west papers of advertisement
of Boundary county lands providin,
the club would arrange to hav
answers to the advertisements prop
erly handled and would secure list
ings of good lands at REASONABLE
figures, the lstings to be passes
upon by a competent committee.
The club, of course, decided to &C
cept Mr.. Anderson's offer and tn
financial committee was instructe,
to Immediately set about to formu
late a plan for the operation of
budget system and to report to tn
board of directors at the call of tn
president
The next meeting of the com
mercial club will be held on Tues
day, April "a, and the special topic
for discussion will be the bulge
system, development bureau plan
} and good roads.