The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-06
RED CROSS WILL
| Benefit FROM
F. TRACTOR MEET
All Profits Will Go to County Branch
of Red Grassland Will be Crop
ped for Benefit of Organization.

The Agricultural committee of the
War Work Division of the Minot As
soclaton of Commerce and Mr.. Frank
Alnha are deserving of great credit
for the manner in which the tractor
demonstration will be handled, for un-
der the arrangements thus far con-
summated the Red Cross of Ward
county should reap a splendid none
tary benefit. When Frank Linha
found out that the Red Cross Society
was to benefit from the demonstra-
tlon he offered to the committee half
section Of land that he was about to
lease for a term of years to the COM
mlttee, with full power to go ahead and
crop the land either this year or next,
and turn the profits over to the Red
Gross. He even went further, and
stipulated that if the crop next year
was a half crop, that the committee
could have the land in 1920 for the
bsneilt of the Red Cross Mr.. A. A.
Robinson has been appointed trustee
to carry out the provisions of the con-
tract that has been entered into by
Mr.. Linha and the Agricultural com
miStee, and the Campaigns and Finan-
cial Appeals Committee of the Asso-
citation of Commerce will look after
some of the important details of the
denontratlon so as to assure its
success. This is going to be one Of the
biggest deals that has been pulled off
for the benefit of the Red Cross in
this state.
The Agricultural Committee also
showed rare judgment in securing O.
M. Champlin, that veteran farm i'm
.plement man, to take charge of the
details of the demonstration, and from
the way Mr.. Champlin has entered in
to the work, the demonstration cannot
help but be success in every way.
A meeting Of the tractor men Of the
city, was held at the association of
Commerce rooms Tuesday evening anC
when Mr.. Champlin had explained the
whGe proposition to them every one
Of aEem expressed themselves as be.
ing oEly too glad to enter their trac.
tors for the demonstration, and the
meeting turned out to be the most en-
thusiastic one that has ever been helC
in the Association rooms.
Large posters will be gotten out i'm
mediately in large numbers and these
will be distributed all over North Da-
kota, northern Montana and southern
Canada, the tractor companies offer
ing to send out this advertising mat
ter, thus relieving the committee from
the work and saving more money for
the Red Cross The Red Cross will
have full charge of the "jitney" bus
service to and from the grounds, thus
assuring the visitors attending the
demonstration a fair deal in the mat
ter Of transportation, Arrangements
are also being made to secure other
transportation facilities if needed.
The Northern States Power Co. will
install telephones at the demonstra-
ton grounds for the benefit of thl
participants, and the. oil companies
will install service stations adjacent tc
the grounds. Everything possible will
be done for the companies entering
the demonstration.
The dates, June 18th, 10Th and Goth,
have been definitely set, and it is eX-
pected that Minot will have the larg-
est crowd in her history on these three
red-letter days.