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LIVESTOCK men
HELD SPLENDID
MEETING MIN0T
Were Greeted By Minot Busin-
ess Men-Enjoy Banquet -
Organization Formed Which
Included the Counties of
Burke, Renville, McEienry,
Pierce, Wells, Divide, and
Others. a

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Minot, Feb. 10.-One hundred
of the leading parts of North Dakota
gathered at Minot Feb. 4th, for the
organization of what is known as the
Mouse-Loop Pure Bred Livestock
Association. Minot business men
greeted the breeders during the day
assuring them of their hearty co-op-
Grafton both financially and otherwise
After the dinner the formal organiza-
ton was perfected.
This organization includes the fol-
lowing counties: Burke, Renville,
McHenry, Pierce, Wells, Divide, Nc
Lean, Montreal, Bottineau, and Ward.
Headquarters and distributing point
will be at Minot, N. Oak.
The Purpose. The organization is
to encourage the breeding Of more
and better Pure Bred Livestock, to
promote the interests Of Pure Bred
Livestock breeders, and to hold Live
stock shows and sales. 1t will be the
object of this association to develop
the Pure Bred Livestock industry to
the highest standards and to assist
the beginner along the proper lines
of breeding and to ultimate success.
During the last few years the steady
increase in the number of Pure Bred
Livestock breeders has created a de-
mand for a sales center in the North
west. Because of Minot being CEN
terally located, and its railroad facil-
tiles makes it a logical place for a
distributing point.
At the meeting Of the association
of Commerce rooms. Mr.. U. L. Bur-
dick of Williston, President Of the
Missouri Yellowstone Pure Bred Live
stock association, spoke on organiza-
ton. Nh. Burdick stated that Minot
was an ideal location for a Livestock
center. He spoke of the arid West
as being a country Of opportunity,
a country whose climate conditions
are all right, and he appealed to the
stock raisers not to try to change the
laws of nature and make it rain more,
but to adapt themselves to the con-
ditions as they prevail.
B. H. Critchfeld traced it as his
tory Livestock Sales in the North
west, and stated that Minot should
be one of the best Livestock centers
in the Northwest in the near future.
At 700 pm. the Livestock Breeders
congregated at the Averly Cafe,
where a banquet was served, which
was given by the Ward county breed
ers. Mr.. Kinke, president of the Ward
county Livestock Association acted
as POSTMASTER, and introduced Mr..
E. c. Lonf, president Of the ~associa-
ton of Commerce who welcomed the
Breeders to Minot, and stated that
the Minot business men would give
every support to the organization
which was about to be formed. He
also stated that every business in the
town of Minot was directly dependent
upon the prosperity Of the farmer
and that the Livestock Breeders could
be assured that the Minot Association
of Commerce would extend every eff.
fort for the welfare of this organiza.
ton.
Mr.. U. l.. Burdick was then intro
duced and stated that the destiny Of
the Northwestern part of this coun'
try rested in the hands of the Live
stock Breeders and with the destiny
of this country resting in the hand.
of such notable men as were sitting
at this banquet tonight the future o:
the Northwest was assured.
Mr.. Arthur H. White, President O.
the North Dakota Livestock Associa
ton, and a man who has done more II
promote the interests Of Livestock il
the Northwest than any other breed
er, stated that Minot was the logi
cal place for a sales center, and tina
there was great need Of an organiza
ton such which was to be organize
at this time. He also stated that M
not had lost an opportunity in nc
having a sectional or County Fai,