The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-06-06
Big FARMERS PICNIC
K&2E SATURDAY, JUNE 21
1.N r1rTEMc &&> NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE
EQUITY CO-Of. >AT1VE EXCHANGE, AND
VIM. BURL1NGAME STATE PRESIDENT,
TO BE PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS

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of the American Society of Equity,
J. M. Anderson, president of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange at St.
Paul, and VIM. Burlingame, state
president of the Montana Union of the
American Society of Equity, will be
the principal speakers at big farm
ers' picnic which is to be held here
Saturday, June 21st.
Frank Belzer, who is chairman in
charge of the local arrangements, pre-
diets that the picnic will be the larg-
est ever held in this vicinity. In an
interview he stated that because of
the prominence of the men through
the northwest, it is not unlikely that
farmers from distant portions of the
county will make it point to be at
the picnic upon that date.
Farmers in this locality feel partic-
ularly fortunate in being able to Sc
cure these speakers for this occas-
ion as all are unusually busy and all
are in great demand. The demand
for their services was so great in fact
that it became necessary to arrange
tour to meet with all the requests
for dates and it was through this tour
that arrangements were made for the
local meeting.
Perhaps no man is better known to
the farmers of the northwest than J..
M Anderson, who has been in the
equity movement for the past twelve
years and has at all times during
that period served as president of the
Equity COOPERATIVE exchange of St..
Paul. The largest institution of it's
kind in the United States, which boasts
of paid up capital of nearly mil
lion dollars.
Mr.. Tittemore is also we'll known,
having made the acquaintance of many
Montana farmers while attending the
Co-Operators' congress at Great Falls
last January. He is an able speaker,
is possessed of forceful personality
and through comprehensive study
of agricultural conditions in their re-
lation to economic subjects and his
wide and varied experience in the COM
mercial world, is able to talk intel
ligently and interestingly on the mat
ters that are of vital Importance to
the farmer.
Nearly every farmer in Montana
knows VIM. Burlingame. Those who
do not are going to take advantage
of the opportunity to get acquainted
with him at these picnics. No matter
how far you may travel up and down
the broad state of Montana, you will
not find anybody who is held in high
er esteem among the farmers than is
"Bill" Burlingame, president of the
Montana union of equity.
Burlingame is an everyday sort of
chap, it is said, and never made any
study Of speaking, but when he mounts
the speakers stand and gets talking
to his fellow-farmers as man to man,
his sincerity, his earnestness of pur-
pose and his intense belief in the work
in which he is engaged, makes those
who hear him soon forget that he is
not master of oratory, but they do
realize that he is talking to them in
the best Of all languages, namely, COM
mon everyday English.
The picnic will have many other
pleasant features in addition to the
speaking. There will be dancing in
the evening and program for the
afternoon, which will doubtless prove
entertaining and interesting to every
one