The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-05-27
The owner will have the right to bid

The owner will have the right to bid
in his or her own animals or may
sell them and take the profit.
More clubs Of this kind may be or
Eanized in the county and undoubtedly
will. There is no reason why any
farm boy or girl cannot own Guern-
sey heifer such as those distributed
| Wednesday. 1t was a great day for
the farm boys and girls Of Ward
county. It did the writer good to
see them as they gathered at the As
ISOLATION of Commerce rooms to listen
to the addresses and to draw for their
heifers. There was look of de-
termination on the faces of all of
them that augurs we'll for the sue
cess Of the greatest project of it's
kind ever launched in Ward county.
The members of this club are our
future dairymen. The shipping Of
these splendid animals to Minot will
have far reaching effect. It means
that the farmers are going to soon
have dairy stock far superior to the
average dairy animal ct present main.
tanned on the farms. The boys and
girls are going to show dad" thing
or two about dairying and if Father
keeps in the running, he will have to
invest in few choice dairy animals.
The credit for the success Of the
club can be given to the Ward County
Guernsey Breeders association.
The heifers were all given by lot
and every member Of the club appear
ed satisfied for there was very little
difference between the value of the
heifers.
After the meeting, the picture of
the heifers and the members of the
club were taken.
A very enthusiastic meeting was
held at the Association of Commerce
rooms. o. X. Spires, one of the men
who went to Wisconsin to buy the
heifers gave an interesting account of
his experience, with report of the
expenses and the cost of the heifers.
Chas. Scribner, another member of
the purchasing committee also spoke.
Major Person, the "Father of the
Club" spoke in an interesting way.
Major Person owns one of the finest
herds of dairy cattle in the west and
he is doing much for the dairy inter-
ests of the northwest. The boys and
girls are very thankful to the mem
bers of the purchasing committee for
their interest they have taken in their
welfare. n
Mr.. Haney, of the extension depart
ment of the International Harvester
Co., attended the meeting and spoke
in glowing terms of the project.
Norman Ellison, representing the
Association of Commerce, spoke.
Other speakers were Robert E. Bar
ron, Anthony Walton, M. r. Porter
and B. B. Mouck, president of the
Ward County Farm Bureau. James
johnson was also one of the speakers.
Norbert German, Ward county agri-
cultural agent, who has taken great
interest in the calf club, presided at
the meeting.
The following are the members of
the club, each of whom secured q
heifer Wednesday:
Geo. and Reinhard Eckert, Fox
holm; Leonard and Donell Sise, Sur
rey; Harold Bryant, Foxholm; Miles
Scribner, Burlington; Clementine
Baumgartner, Foxholm; Thos. J. Con-
molly Jr., Berthold; Dave Conklin, Mi !
not; Dean Monagin, Edna Conklin, /
Maurice Monagin, Minot; Thos. Ward,
Burlington; Verne Swanson, Berthold;
Elmer Werner, Burlington; Gertrude
C. Hooke, Foxholm; Floyd c. Almy,
Burlington; Emil and Frank Parizek
Jr., Minot; Edith and VIM. Quacken-
bush, Des Laos; Lyle Rakness, Berth
old; John T. eastman, Lloyd Archi-
bald and Lawrence Keough, Fox
holm; Fue and Fay Cook. Logan;
Olive McAlister, Surrey; Milton Lam
bert, Foxholm.