The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-27
WILL RE0RGAN|zE FARM
BUREAU IN LATAH COUNTY

At the meeting held in Moscow or
| Monday of this week the executive com
mittee of the Latah County Farm Bur
eau voted to conduct reorganization
and membership campaign. The tentative
date set for the campaign is from De-
cember 2 to December 2l. This may
/ be changed in some localities on ac-
count of the influenza situation.
The objects of the reorganization
campaign are to acquaint members and
others with the work that has been done
by tlfd farm bureau during the past year !;
to present tentative plans for next year,
and to learn the needs and problems of
the various communities in order to de-
termine what lines of work shall be car
ried on next year. Each community has
some special problems in which the peo-
pie are especially interested, and all are
interested in maintaining food produc-
ton to the maximum. This is as nee
essary for the coming year as it was for
the past. Each locality will be asked
to send a member as community repre-
sentative to a countrywide meeting to
be held in Moscow on the last day of
the campaign. Saturday, December Il.
At this meeting these representatives
will determine what big lines of work
shall be undertaken by the farm bureau
during 1919, and leaders will be Sc
1ected for these projects. At the same
time officers will be elected for the ell
suing year and a general reorganization
for next years work will be effected
Farm bureau workers have found that
the interest taken in general agricultural
development of the county, and the work
accomplished by the farm bureau arel
largely determined by the number of
members in the bureau At present there
are 244 members in the Latah County
Farm Bureau, and the executive commit
the proposed to increase the member
ship to 500 during the coming campaign.
In order to place membership within the
reach of everyone, the annual member
ship fees has been set at one dollar.
Most of the present members paid
in five dollars last winter in order to
get farm bureau work started in Latah
county. Now that county agent is |
regularly employed and the work has
been started, it was thought best by the |
executive committee that the fee be |
set at one dollar, which is the amount |
paid in other counties of the state.
Members who paid in five dollars last !
winter will have their membership ex-
-ended to December 81, 1920. Those
who paid in so will have their mem /
Dership extended one year, or until De- |
,ember 81, 1910. All who paid less
han $3.50 will be asked to renew their |
at the new rate of one dol |
ar per year.
Each member of the executive COM
nittee will assume general supervision
# the campaign in two or three COM
and community chairmen will
,e responsible for the campaign in their
community. Meetings will be
leld in most communities and County
Agent 0. S. Fletcher and member of
he executive committee will be pres
mt to help the local workers. In some
ocalities it will not be practical to hold
ocal meetings. Here members will be
ecured by personal work, and each
lan will be asked to indicate what lines !
f work should be taken up in his COM
lunity.
Assistant County Agent Leader W.
>josness was present and outlined what
as been accomplished in Latah county
uring the past year, and especially dur
lg the time in which he was county :
gent for Latah county. He also explain
d what is being done in other counties
nd helped plan the Latah county cam :
aign.
All the other counties of north Idaho !
1at have farm, h1rea11S will n11t on SIM :
ar campaigns in their counties, and the '
blowing county agents attended the i
atah county meeting: t
A. E. Wade, Lewis county; H. H.
eier, Kottenai county; F. I. Rockwell,
enewah county, and Mr. Ludwick of
onner county. On Tuesday these e
gents and County Agent Fletcher took D
art in conference conducted by n
ounty Agent Leader W. Kjosness. At Sc
is conference these agents made fur f,