The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-11-28
Judge Finds Agails the Taxpayers

FARM BUREAU
DIRECTORS l[f|j: 1H)f5 N MEET
Many Important Matters Dis
cussed-Nearly All Directors
Present.
The following Farm Bureau
Directors met at the Farm Bu-
reau Office November 18th: H.
P. Madsen, Carl B. Peterson,
Niels Christensen, John Stoner
and Mrs. Clair Stoner. Mem
bers absent were Hans J. Dixon,
Dagmar, and Mrs. Edith Hum
bert, Scobey.
Minutes of former meetings
were read and approved. The
report Of the tellers committee
on the election of the Farm Bu~
reau Directors and Community
Committeeman were read and
approved. A division was made
between the memberships OF
Roosevelt and Sheridan County
Farm Bureaus. A tentative
agreement had formerly been
drawn up between the County
Agents. The same was read and
approved. Hereafter all the
Farm Bureau members in
Roosevelt County will secure
the Roosevelt County Farm Bu-
reau News instead of Sheridan
County Farm Bureau News. II
any Roosevelt County farmers
wish to belong to the Sheridan
County Farm Bureau they may
join hereafter.
The correspondence with the
Railroad Administration trying
to find out why the Farm Bu~
reau has to pay a higher rate
on the shipments Of gopher
poison than other shippers was
taken up. It was pointed out
that there was more danger in
shipping gopher bait in sacks
than in boxes. Therefore the
rate was higher. An effort will
be made to get the rate reduced
on gopher bait in sacks. A let
ter was received from Attorney
General Ford stating that the
money which had been received
in the old County Seed Grain
loans could not be used again
by the farmers. This money
must be used to pay off the
bonds on these seed grain loans.
All correspondence in connec-
tion with the relief for the
drouth stricken farmers on the
Fort Peck reservation was dis
cussed and filed for further use.
The Farm Bureau has the as
surance that something will be
done for the relief of the farm
ers on the Fort Peck.
The Directors further dis
cussed the County Drouth Re-
lief proposition and decided that |
they would not recommend to
the commissioners to call an
election unless sufficient re-
quests were eventually filed to
warrant the calling of the same.
This stands as formerly. They
also concluded that no election
would be called for road bonds
unless a Drouth Relief election
was also called. They do not
consider the road bonding pro-
position as a Drouth Relief pro-
position. Furthermore there
are too many counties at this
time taking up road bonding
and therefore the costs are too
high. Road bonding should be
postponed for at least a period
of one OF two years. The fol-
lowing claims were presented,
approved, and paid: Claim No.
SO by E. w. Anderson for post
age on Oct. issue Of the Farm
Bureau News and for postal
cards $1S.66. Claim No. 81,
News for printing Oc-
tober issue of Farm Bureau
News $38.50.
It was moved, seconded and
carried that a budget of $500
be requested from the County
Commissioners for County |
Agent work for the year 1920.
It was moved, seconded and car {
l'ied that H. P. Madsen, Presi-
dent of the Farm Bureau, at
tend the Farm Bureau Confer .
ence at Bozeman this winter. ;
Mr.. Niels Christensen, vice