The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-14
Annual Meeting
of arm Bureau

| Inc long postponed meeting OF thu
Bingham County Farm Bureau will
be held at Blackfoot next Saturday
February 18th. Owing to the influ
enza conditions this meeting ha.
been set and called off several time.
but the executive board at the regu
lar monthly meeting Tuesday decid
ed that the meeting could safely bt
held at this time.
Plans had been made to invite
Governor D. w. Davis and presi.
dent Lindley of the State University
to address the meeting but it wa.
later decided to forge any speaking
and to hold strict business meet.
ing.
Much Business to Come Up.
The executive board and officers
for 1919 will be elected and the report
of the accomplishments OF the var.
ious projects for 1918 read. Figures
given out at the farm bureau office
that the work of the organization
has saved the citizens of Bingham
County approximately $4,000 in
1918. Detailed reports Of these saw
ings will be given by the project
leaders on Saturday.
A committee on constitution and
bylaws has been appointed and it is
expected that this committee will
have new constitution and bylaws
to present for ratification or am
endment at this meeting. There
will in all probability be several
resolutions presented for adoption
with regard to certain legislative
matters which are Of importance to
the farming interests Of Bingham
County. The members Of the local
bureau are especially interested in
the Bovine tuberculosis Compensa-
ton law which is before the legis-
lature at the present time. Laws
providing for the state inspection of
potatoes and measures providing for
relief from the alfalfa weevil and
improvement and livestock improve
ment will receive renewed attention
this year, while the boys and girls
club work will receive more and
special attention as plans are being
formulated at the present time TO
maintain club leader for the coun-
ty on q twelve months basis. .|s
The creation OF sugar beet d.
vision Of the farm bureau which IS
being agitated by the sugar beet
growers of the bureau will come up1
for attention at the annual meeting|
and it is expected that the members
will discuss this particular project
very carefully. rg.ig
Important Committees Named.
At the meeting Tuesday the fol-
lowing committees were named in
preparation for the annual meeting:
NOMINATION COMMITTEE.-W.I
H. Scott Pingree, chairman; MILFORD
Christensen, Shelley; F. T. Halver-
son, Riverside; Leo Gushwa, Rose;l
Marion Ginger, Aberdeen.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE. G.. |
4. Line, Springfield, chairman; DR..
'. C. White, Blackfoot; R. E. Hughes,
raber. /
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
COMMITTEE: County Agent Mon
zoe, chairman; A. J. Snyder, Spring.
ield; w. C. Sollenberger. Engle-
wood. i
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE:
!. S. Beebe, Blackfoot; F. E. Seeger,
Mark Farmer, Blackfoot.
These committees have been noti-
led to meet at the farm bureau Of
ices at ten o'clock on the morning
4 the meeting date in order that all
matters pertaining to the general
Meeting may be in readiness when
he gavel falls at 80 p. m. The gen.
raj meeting will be held at the
curt house or the X. P. hall.
Hartman Beebe Promises Surprise.
The News reporter learned yes