Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-01-18

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one of the cafes and voice my |
opinion in regard to the opening |
of new road in which we were
mutually Interested, the atmos-
phere cleared at once. l was lis
tened to with attention, and the
matter was taken up promptly
with the couny board with 100
united men back of it, instead of
only two or three.
1t may suit some farmers TO
make appointments to meet at the
pool hall or at "Jake's Place." but
such places do not suit all of us.
To wait and talk things over in
someone's store or office is not
very satisfactory and may very
easily become nuisance, so a
injecting place for farmers and a
rest room for far mwomen are
highly desirable in almost any
town. maintain that farmers
and their families will feel much
more free to use such rooms, and
at the same time preserve their
self-respect more, if they help
pay the expense of their mainten-
ance.
Our chamber of commerce has
kept up two centrally located
|rooms in new building, with all
modern conveniences and a free
employment and information bu-
treau i'm connection. Business men
of the town, as we'll as farmers,
make appointments to meet There,
and the rest room for the ladies
lis especially we'll patroniZcd and
appreciated.
Last June about 200 members
4 of the Ogallala community club
visited us to inspect the work OF
The experimental substitution.
which is located near our town.
A large per cent of these visitors
were farmers, and il was a pleas
nre to meet them with cars and
} take them over the experiment
station farm. Lunch was pro-
! vided and some speeches We're
made. All voted il a day most
profiiably spent.
; Later a "gct-acquainted-wiih-
your-ncightbor' and silo inspec-
lion trip was planned and carried
out successfully. or course,
, felt pretty sure that these trips
! were inspired primarily by the
business mems desire to help
heducatc the farmers, but ] didn't
resent that and sullS. felt pref
ty sure that the business men
l would learn a few unexpected
5 things. too.
= AS one farm after another was
visited. and the farmers told. i'm a
5 STRAIGHTFORWARD business like
!. manner their problems and diff
: culties and what had been done
why and at what costs, and gave
L the concrete results in business
s terms of profit and loss, | saw
j those town business men listen
ling and lOking around at all Tho
s different lines of farm activity
j, / saw respect growing on theil
: faces. and | even heard one re
: mark to another. "1'herc is 6
g |wholc darn lot to this business.
$ When Dean Burnett of the Ne
S braslla Agricultural college re.
S viewed the entire subject from al
: sides, i'm his matters fact, bus.
J. mess like way. telling of the use
5 fulncss and limitations of th,
T silo. HAT il was a good thing
I: where conditions justified it, blu
i; not for every farm--some farm.
Y ers made resolutions to try ont
as soon as they could. and som
# business mon also resolved not t.
d be too 'buttinskyn with sill
a propaganda. Two or three bust
= ness men told me of such reso
n luton ON their part / know o
: one silo built as a result of tina
s trip.
S Was all this worth while?
S surely was. Everyone. enjoye
S the trip and the better under
s, standing between us all will mea
a great deal.
1T Later | was instrumental j
= getting a carnival q company c
"a doubtful standing ruled off tn
program at our county fair. Ar
le farmers interested i'm such thing
l. and if so why should they nc
speak up? In every instance
have found that any rcasonabl
- suggestion emanating from
farmer will receive a rcspeclfl
N hearing as one from any othe
J. source. Why not? Truth has n
fear i'm the open forum.
J. IF the business man can sho,
IS lme something, | need it. If he
> off his base | can show hin
rt where and have a laugh coming
re That is better than having
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