Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-18
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BAKERS MAKE;
CElST LEADER
OF MOVEMENT
Meeting Held for Pur.
pose Of 1Esffecting Wheat
!. Conservation.

The bakers sot North Dakota were
called to n meeting at Fargo. N. D..
last Tuesday, by DR.. f. r. L4add. and
an. organization a formed, called
the North Dakota Association of Bak-
ing Industry. The following officers
were elected: II X. Geist. president.
Grand Forks; G.. A.. Troyer. vice pres
idept. Rugby; w. X. Ninmo. secre-
tary and treasurer. Devils Lake. The
aid in the conservation of wheat.
A tat service committee was
elected with members in the five larg-
est cities in h state. II. K. Geist Of
this city is chairman. Under this COM
mittee are captains for each district.
Geo. III. Wilder of Grand Forks being
elected for this district; he will have
five counties under his supervision.
1t was unanimously agreed at this
meeting that bakers of the state
would do all in their power to help
conserve wheat. which means that
they who have q recipe that they have
been using for years will now have
to give this to all of their competitors.
if it is found to be cheap n saving.
The captains to the state commit
tee will, have as their principal duty,
to see that all bakers in their terri.
tory sign and live up to the pledge Of
the bakers Of America, which is to
the effect that he and his men will
do all in their power to make it. pos
sible for the bakers to meet the
emergency they face because of the
shortage Of wheat. and that they will
give to any baker any formula or
best method known to them, using a
percentage of cereals other thar
wheat; farther that they will demon
strate the method to them in their.
nv hio chNr 1,-hor, n0Scio1o and that
they will encourage the deronstra-
tions in their community SO that each
and every baker may save his full
quota of wheat -four for soldiers. The
captains report to the state service
committee, who in turn report to their
representative at Washington co-op-
Grating with Herbert Hoover, federal
food administrator.
DIR. Ladd delivered an address on
the conditions in England at the
present time and showed how the
English are meeting the situation. He
also spoke Of the various foods that
may be used for foods with very
good results at this time. Dr.. 14add
; asked the bakers to do their share
feeling that they can be of unlimited
assistance at this time.
interpretations and application of
laws and regulations for the newly
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DR.. Ladd and his assistant, Mr.. Baird.
Mr.. Shoots and Mr.. Tod, experts from
the Fleischmann Yeast company, OF
St. Paul. were on hand to answer any
technical questions that might arise
1t is the firm opinion of Mr.. Geist
that "if the bakers had not ~co-operat-
ed and in this way spread a recipe
which will mean a great saving ir
wheat, not only mons the bakers
themselves but among the housewives
for they will soon recognize the value
of this) it would have been but q
matter of a few months when We
would have o had any wheat. but
with a wholeheartcd cooperation
there is no reason why we should not
have enough for our boys and still
have some at home
More than fifty bakers attended thu
conference.