The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-08-09
FARM BUREAU
MASS MEETING
$50 ATTEND IN SPITE OF HEAVY
RAIN. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS. \

Note-The following item of very
important news was omitted last
week because of an oversight.
The second section of the down
pour which blessed the county the
past week, reacted with disastrous re-
suits to the Mass Meeting of the
Farm Bureau held at Plentywood,
Saturday, July 9th. After a steady
all night rain, the clouds threatened
until noon, so that scarcely anyone
cared to venture out. However,
about $50 We're in attendance, repre-
senting eleven of the twenty Farm
bureau communities of the county.
The Executive committee met in
the morning and among other bust
ness passed the following resolutions:
WHEREAS: Certain farming dis
tricts in Montana have been affected
by drought this year so that they are
asking for Federal aid and
WHEREAS: Portions of Sheridan
County have had serious crop losses;
BE 1T RESOLVED, That, data be
secured by means of Questionnaires
through the Farm Bureau Commu-
nifty committees. That meetings be
held at the rural school houses and
other Community centers on Satur-
day afternoon, August 3rd, for the
purpose of filling out these ques-
tlonnaires. That these question
mares be forwarded without a days
delay to the Farm Bureau office,
there to be assembled and tabulated
into summary, which shall be for
warded to the proper authorities to
be used in united appeal to Con-
gress for Federal aid.
RESOLVED, That the Sheridan
County Farm Bureau pledge it's
heartlest cooperation with the Coun-
ty Council of Defense in its patriot
ic activities.
RESOLVED, That we pledge our
hearty support to the County and
State Fairs and will assist the Board
of County Commissioners to make
the Sheridan County exhibit repre-
sentative display of the agricultural
resources of the county.
No business was transacted at the !
Mass Meeting as the representation
was not considered to be sufficient.
The representatives of eleven COM
munities met after the meeting and
after some deliberations, decided to
a ballot by mail to perfect
a permanent organization and NOM
mated a list of twenty men and wom-
en- from which the membership will
elect eleven executive committeeman.
The program was married by the
absence of the Volt Community
quartette who were not able to get
across country in the mud.
Uncle Sam Hampton delivered the
main address in his usual telling
style. F. S. Cooley, director of the
Montana Extension Service, gave
brief discussion of the scope of the
work now going On in the state. A.
w. March, of Plentywood, an ardent
disciple of the cooperative gospel In
The brief time allotted him, gave the
audience rapid fire and right to the
point talk on "Why The Farm Blu
reau." Miss Olsen and Mr.. Ander-
son, the local extension workers, ap-
oeared in brief talks and Henry
GOODMAN and Miss Garnet Johnson
furnished some instrumental selec-
ions.
The Membership is growing steadi-
y as the scope of the Farm Bureau
$ becoming known. The fact was
announced at the meeting that the
Government will soon make a Nation
vide Farm Bureau drive. An orga-
lzed efficient Agricultural Army is
necessary to properly back up the
Joys in the trenches in their drive
or Democracy.
AS a result of the action taken at
he conference of farm bureaus and
BUSINESS interests of the drought
tricken portions of Montana and the
state Council of Defense at Helena
asst week, the Sheridan County Farm
bureau Executive Committee adopt
d a resolution to the effect that a
anvass of the needs of the farmers
n some portions of this county should
'e made.
Mr.. Anderson and Mr.. Roberts, To-
al extension workers, have just re-
urned from a tour of the western
'ortion of the county, arranging for
neetings at community centers and
chool houses on Saturday, August
bird. At these meetings farmers
vill have an opportunity of signing
% the Farm Bureau QUESTIONABLE.