Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08

duu lOIIOWSu up every opening. nC
said. Besides the American plants.
they operate in Canada, Australia and
. Great Britain. Just because Il bust
ness is big. 1t doesn't follow that it is
crooked. as I. w. VS.. Bolsheviki and
Nonparty LeaGuers would have us he
~lieve." he said. 1T is usually the little
business man who knocks. the man
who has never been anything but a
failure"
AS with the others, Mr.. Ferguson
concluded with a. patriotic address.
He said that outside of the beatin.;
given her by the United States, Great
Britain had been defeated. and
that now that the two are workin;
together, the world will he shown an
excellent example of team wol X.
In rcpards to the future of the live
stock industry, MIR. Fcrgucrn said
that no other business held such cp-
p~ortunities. With Canada SUITE ling
from a shortage of men. with Jus
tralia and New Zealand just r."r:cr-
ing from "a severe drought and with
Argentine. Americas nearc>: rv,i ~
this lima, suIfe'jnS from a ba I drought
and lack of la.",r. the world is depend
ing on America for the sto IL IL t1u
future
lie stated. in closing, that the fell
lows who are in the business now
are the ones who will make money on
their investments.
a number of short speeches fol-
lowed Mr.. Fnrguson's talk, the first
being ny James Austin OF Hannah,
who also entertained the men by =
couple Of Scotch songs
John Donnelly Of grafton, one of
the men who started the association
and Who was its first president. gave
a fcw statistics on the growth and
work since then.
Ole Ellison Of Ia Mourc. in a very
short and to the point talk. said that
he would be content 10 live. d hun
dred years, if he could be with men
such as attended the banquet.
+. w. Ayler OF %t;ryndon. said thn
by mixing sense and feed. a mar car
build UP the best kind of Il hero
VIM Hammer of Hammer Bros. OF
Cooperstown, thanked the peorlc Of
the city for the many courtes,e, ana
~conveniences shown whilc here
Mr.. Vile in a short talk, comment.
ed on the L m er nj yhunG ~, %.
the meeting. eXclaiming that here
tofore only the older men had at
tended.
j. ~. Bacon said hat he had always
been Interested in better farming and
WAS glad hat The farmers OF tbs
STATE we're taking such interest in
tsilos. He said tina: there IS no douL,
that the prur!a Of North Dakota arc
loyat az veil as the United States i,
over here will fight 10 t!la last dltc,
- back up the boys over there"
r. y. Hovers:ad Of F'arSo. who i;
connected with the Agricultural Col
lege, gave a short aud interesting tals
j. G: Haney of Grand t'or&S. spuke
on silos. Iie said that any farmer
without 4 silo was not Il livc:tock man
y. l.. Burdick of Willston, forme,
lieutenant governor. spoke OF the pro.
yaess the association had made. which
ne h'shl commended. He gave /.
very Interesting. patriotic speech.
taking up the men i'll history who have
tried to conquer the world and failed
and expressed his surety that tn,
present World-conqueror VIII share
the am fate. ~
Following is a tabulation of YES
terday's sales: SS
The first horse up, B~rocanteur II. f;
5-year-old black Percheron stallion
o." by John G. Nelson, Fullerton
n. d.. was purchased ny ". /. Steer
Of Mott, for $3.50.
Dumont, ,2-year-old percheron
purchased by. E. II. Montgomery, Ink
ster, for $500. S
DAB boy, s-!edT-OIQ PcrCherOn,
chased BY Ralph Ward, Garrison. fo
$500.
Hiatus, imported Percheron stall
lion, purchased by james Austin
odin, 4%-year-old Percheron, sol
!. for $475.
Leblanc. 3-year-old rerchercn
purchased by James Cooper. Gran,
! Forks. $3.50.
Frederic of Ashdale, s-year-ol,
Eercheron. purchased by E6gewoo,
Farm, Fargo, $1s5.
Jeddoa. 9~-year-old P%ercheron, pur
chased by Andy Thompson, sarles
for $725.
on. purchased by Hiram stepp, Sarles
Grogneur, 12-year-old Percheron
purchased by Lewis Peterson, Cathay
for 500.
Rob Roy, a-year-old f-ercheron
~purchased by John Kennedy, Gran,
Forks. $175.
Sultan. 3-year-old. purchased b
I Andy Thompson, Sarles. for $3.50.
Will Heines. Of Esmond. n. D., pur
chasAd Rosette and Mathild. tw
mares. the former for $3.50 ana tn
latter for $se5.
! John skionsl,y. Of Hixop, N. D
/. puTCNdsSu Stefih, ~0-NedTsOI0 mQfe. 10
sass. and Jean. 2-yeas.old marc 10
32b0..
} Geo. Bert. Kensai, purchassd Jes
: samine and Faystte, two mares. 10
$2h0 each.
! lars set.rxeiand. Of Mayvi,le. Dur
chased McEeill, s-year.old Clydesdals
) Efor 5000. "
8. y. Kvamen. of Mcviile. pnrchaa
ed Lord Donald, Clyd~sdAle. tor $500
! Thomlinson Brothers purchase