The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1919-02-14
W0BURN FARMERS
ORGANIZE CLUB

The third farmers club to be Or
gan1zed In Burke county Is the W0-
burn Farmers Club which was Or
ganized at the Woburn hall on Mon
day afternoon of this week with "a
very enthusiastic members. The
directors elected were Jos. E. Pheif-
er, E. J. Marks, Conrad Olson, Jos.
Bailif and o. J. Stompro, and the
officers will be elected by this board.
County Agent G, c. Edwards, who
was present at the organization,
tells The Tribune that he never saw
more enthusiastic set of farmers
In his life. and that in his opinion
the club was sure to be huge sue
cess.
The membership fee is one dol
lar per year, and this fund will be
used to pay the small expenses con-
nected with conducting the affairs
of the organization, such as post
age, stationery, telephone messages,
etc. A constitution and bylaws
were adopted, and 1t Is the inten-
tion of the club to incorporate I'M
der the laws Of the state Immediate
ly and be permanent organization.
The club members. will ship in
whatever supplies they need ON
which money can be saved, and
will also club together and make
shipments of live stock, grain, etc.
In addition to this it is the inten-
tion of the members to hold regu-
lar social sessions at which their
wives and children might also en-
joy themselves. They have a very
pnOH n1ooo IN whioh RI moot OF VNn-
burn, and we can't see any reason
why the club should not prove
profitable and pleasant organiza-
tion. One Of the members told us
that Woburn was getting rather
dead in spite of the many live peo-
pie living there since the Woburn
band quit furnishing music, and
that club of this kind should
bring the people together the way
they used to meet every so often q
few years ago. At the meeting
the members will be invited to
bring up any and every subject
which would interest the other
members. and everything of inter-
est will be talked over.
The first club of this kind to be
organized in Burke county was that
of the farmers near Powers Lake.
This club has membership of
something. like 100 farmers, and has
proven of great benent to the COM
mundty.s The! secoId 9clubf to J., bs
organized was the Clayton Farmers
League and Shipping Association.
and this proved also to be beneficial
to all the members as long as reg
ular meetings we're held. but no
sessions have been held for some
time. and several members of the
Clayton club have Joined the Wo-
burn club. Farmers were present
at the Woburn meeting from near
Ignite to see how the organization
was perfected, and before leaving
they made up their minds that
proposition Of this kind was just
what they wanted. and invited
County Agent Edwards to come to
Ignite at some future date to as
sist them in getting started.
The Tribune does not believe
that there Is more progressive set
Of farmers in the state than there
Is in the Woburn country. They
are all nice fellows who it is a great
pleasure to meet and visit with, and
they have absolutely no trouble
whatever in getting along with each
other. Every last farmer there
realizes that to help his neighbor
he is building up the country and
thereby helping himself, and that
is the reason the Woburn farmers
are always forging to the front.