Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-11
MAD BOAR CANNOT
KEEP TEXAN AWAY
Dad DornblaZer Swore He
Would Go to Omaha in Spite
of All the Hogs,
HE'S WITH FARMERS UNION

An attack, made upon him by a
vicious boar in his hog lots down in
Texas. could not keep Q. +, Dorm
blazer from attending the convention
of the Nebraska Farmers Educational
and COOPERATIVE State Union in
Omaha today
Mr.. Dornblazer is national organ
izer for the union. He is Is years
old. has been married hfty-siX years,
and has been a booster OF the Farm
crS' union ever since its inception,
But during his talk to the $50 dele
gates gathered in the Auditorium he
limped slightly in proceeding back
and forth over the stage. Down i'll
Texas the swine still have little Of
the fighting blood OF the old Texas
wild hog in them. so when Dad"
Dornblazer stepped into his hog lot
the other day. the old boar popped
up his brstles and made for him. In
the melee the old gentleman got
horned little by the big ivory tusks,
and then severely wrenched his knee
in leaping over a fence to get clear.
But he rubbed the knee faithfully
with linimcnt from the topmost shelf
in the kitchen, and swore he would
go to Omaha in spite of all the hogs
in Texas.
Farmer Is Goat.
So here he was Wednesday morn
ing, declaring in loud tones that the
dealer gets the farmer going and com.
ing, and that the only remedy is or
ganization and that organization
through the Farmers union He de-
clared the farmer is the greatest pro-
Queer of wealth in tile United States,
pointed out that the government said
so in its reports. "and then" he said
after telling us we are the greatest
producers of wealth, they turned
around and passed federal farm loan
act to loan money to the farmers,
thereby showing clearly that we don't
get all we produce, or we wouldn't
need this help
The Clay Center Farmers union
orchestra is here with half dozen or
more pieces, and music abounded
when the convention opened.
w. F. Baxter of Omaha delivered
the address of welcome and H. c.
L wood of Creighton responded.
c. S. Bassett of Atlanta, Ga, ma
tional president of the Farmers
union, made the convention a Coop
Grafton talk just before the noon hour.
Growth in Omaha.
State President Gustafson in his
address in the afternoon showed
something OF the growth of the ex-
change in Omaha where goods arc
dispensed to the farmers. He showed
that during 1915 the business done
by the exchange amounted to $780,
600, and during 1916 it reached the
81 100000 mark In the single item
of binder Irvine alone, he said, $780,
600 pounds were sold in 1915 and A.
100000 pounds in 1916.
He reviewed the growth of the or
ganization, showing that in 1911 the
first local was organized in the state;
that in December, 1918, the state
union was organized, with 245 locals
and 5000 members; that i'll 1914
there were 400 locals, with 1900
members; that January |, 1916, there
were 73l locals, with 10000 members,
and that at present there are l,O24
locals in the state, with total men,
bership of 10000; that in 1915 there
were eleven counties organized; that
January /, 1916, Il ere were eighteen
counties organized, and that at pres
ent there are thirty-four counties or
gained.
Education Sqaubble.
On the subject of schools and edu-
cation President Gustafson said:
THE farmer does not demand special
privileges. We are only demanding
that we may spend our own money
to educate our children, and we re-
sent all attempts made by the boss
educators to say how and where our
children shall be educated. If every
farmer in Nebraska only knew what
the program of these boss educators
is and what the results would be if
their program is carried through
they would surely get busy at once
and do all in their power to block
their plans"
The farmers are here for three
days session. About $50 attended
the opening session in the morning
and it is expected that nearly l,500