The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-14
WILL HELP
HOOVER IN CAMPAIGN

o~ ~AN - AA8OAN
The North Dakota association of
County fairs and also the Grain Belt
fair circuit held their annual meet
ings in Fargo on March 6 and z.
The meeting was held in the big audi
forum building and both were well
attended. Messrs. Gorder and Wilson
represented the Bottineau County fair
at both meetings.
The following were selected as Of
ficers of the North Dakota association
of fairs: S. H. Wilson, president;
Ben Killeran, Cooperstown, vice pres
ident and Don V. Moore, Grand Forks
secretary-treasurer.
Those elected as officers of the
Grain Belt circuit are: J.. L. Harvey,
Cando, president; 0. A. Spillum, Rug
by, vice president and A. F.. Belcher,
Sykeston, secretary-treasurer.
Both associations decided to hold
their next annual meeting at Grand
Forks.
After discussing various details of
the convention work the fair associ-
atoms decided to do all they could to
aid in the food saving propaganda and
other patriotic movements of the
United States.
In view of the fact that the food
department Of the country needs the
cooperation Of every citizen and
every organization, the convention
went on record in resolutions pledg-
ing it's membership to the fulfillment
of the measures advocated by the gov
eminent Of the continuation of and
holding of fairs throughout the state.
The following is a copy Of the reso-
lutions adopted by the conventions:
Whereas, u country is now en-
gagged in the most terrible val of it's
history, and every governmental
agency is being taxed to it's fullest
capacity to win the war, to the end
that the democratic principles upon
which our nation was founded, namely
liberty and freedom, be maintained,
not for ourselves alone, but for the
liberty loving peoples of the world,
and,
The state and county fairs of North
Dakota are recognized as having the
powers and opportunities of rendering
real and necessary service to the var
ious departments comprising the war
machinery of our government, and
Whereas, food production for our
selves and our allies in this great con-
fict is the most vital consideration,
and
Whereas, the food department Of
the United States needs the Coop
GRAFTON Of every loyal citizen and
every available organization to stimu-
late to the utmost the maximum pro-
duction of farm products and also to
assist in educating our people to the
necessity of maximum food conser-
walton,
Therefore, be it resolved that this
association Of County fairs, co-operat-
ing with the state fair Of North Da-
kota, pledge themselves to the fulfill
ment Of the measures above advocat-
ed and to the encouragement of the
continuation and holding of fairs
throughout the state of North Dako-
Ia in view of the important part they
can play in the national war program,
and in view Of the need of clean and
healthful recreation and entertain
ment of u people.
And we thereby tender to President
Wilson, Herbert Hoover and the heads
of all other governmental agencies
the good Offices Of our fairs, by so
arranging our exhibit as to best en-
phasize the program of food produc-
ton and conservation as set forth in
Mr.. Hoover's campaign, and further
that we will leave no stone unturned
and no opportunity unused to make
our fairs the greatest possible aid to
the work of encouraging the purchase
Of Liberty bonds, War savings stamps
and Thrift stamps, to the noble work
being done, and possible to be done,
by the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A.; K. c..
and other kindred agencies, to the
cause of patriotic educational address
ses and programs and to the task Of
discouraging all unnecessary farm and
home labor and production, and that
we give this aid unselfishly and when
necessary will sacrifice gladly and re-
joicingly, to the end that our fairs
may play their full share in the de-
tense Of democracy and those ideals
which we, as Americans love most.
Resolution Committee-Gerald P.l
Nye, Don v. Moore, Franklin Page,
s. H. Wilson, Ben Killeran, B.. E..
Groom, F w. Roberts.