Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-12-30
FARM BUREAU TO
ORGANIZE DRIVE
IN STUTSMAN CO,

SHIP campaign NedCN2u at
Meeting at Jamestown
Armory Tuesday-Annual
Meeting. fs
The decision OF the Stutsman
County Farm Bureau to begin i'm
mediate preparations for a men,
bership live in the c...lnty in an cf-
fort TO SCARE tho cooperation Of cv-
cry man and woman interested in
the welfare Of all phases of farming
was ""l:!led at the meeting; held in
t." .'ans*:oWn armory Tuesd:.y af-
ternoon. The meeting was attended
by about six hundred farmers and
farmers wives, the decision to put
on a membership drive being unani-
nous.
DR.. Ladd At Chicago
DR.. Ladd, who was to have address
sed the meeting, was unable to be
present, having been called to Chica-
go for a special meeting Of the Far
mers Marketing Committee of II.
The annual meeting of the Bureau
had bt an postponed for a month in
order tO'secure DR.. Ladd and many of
these in attendance were much dis
oppcinted because of his enforced
absence. DR.. Ladd is, perhaps, the
best informed man on Farm Bureau
work in the state.
Thc meeting was presided ever by
Judge J. A. Coffeyy, president OF
the Stutsman County Bureau, and
several addresses were given. II. e.
Fuller, county agent leader for North
DaEGa, was pres: Ut and DISGUISE!
the various ;ne'A".is Gf pal'iEg OH
drives for 3mi;ersh;i's in the Bur-
eau. Mr.. Fuller also told of the work
which i, Le;'>r d'nc by til. Fam: s
Marke ::1g C.'niin:r:rr uf l..
County Judge Mcfarland and Mr..
Stull "a representative of the Eoun-
also .gave,-shOfE dis
cussions, the latter reading a report
OF what the American Farm Bureau
has done all over the country With
in the last year.
Membership Fee Ten Dollar:
The meeting voted unanimously to
place the membership fee III ihe
Stu.=,1lar County Farm Bureau al
ter '!,ollars. The county organizes
ticns are required to send IN five dol
lars to the state organization, fifty
cents of which is then sent in to the
national organization and the To-
cal bureaus may add any amount
they wish for local dues. In some
places the total dues are as high as
$25, but it was thought by the Stuts-
man Bureau that five dollars would
cover the printing of the Farm Bur-
eau News and carrying out the work
of the organization in this county.
The state organization is known
as the North Dakota Federation OF
Farm Bureaus and the national or
ganization as The American Farm
Bureau. The state federation will
assist the county in putting on the
membership drive, which is divided
into three parts, the advertising; gen.
eral or preliminary meetings ana
personal solicitation.
Immediate steps will be taken by
the board of directors to hold the
preliminary meetings throut tne
county, sending some speakers 10
each meeting to explain the work ana
object Of the Farm Bureau. Eight
cen or twenty such meetings will be
held. the list of places and the time
of each meeting to be announced Ia
ter.
BANQUET and Annual Meeting
The banquet and annual meeting
of the Bureau was held at six-thlrty
in tho Elks hall, and was attended
by one hundred fifty members. The
ARRANGEMENTS for the banquet were
in the hands of Alison Wells and ia
cob Yeager. Music was furnished
by the Novelty Elite Orchestra and
coupled with the spread put on ny
Messrs. Wells and Yeager, MADE the
occasion a delight to all who attend
ed.
President Cof;ey presided at the
business meeting following the ban
quet. County AGENT Coc.lhue3 gave
thu annual repor: .:f the: Wcrk OF the
county agents office, and r. M.
Stangler, secretary-treasurer, gave
his report. Oscar Fried gave re-
port of the organization of the po-
ato growers association.
IA number of short addresses were
given following the reading OF the
reports, w. B. Default, Thomas
tPendray, J. w. McNary, Jacob Yeag-
er. E. H. Mattingly and H. B.9Fuller
being included among the speakers
= The nomination committee, COM
posed of S. E. SINNERS, Hugo Riebe,
Otto Gasal, and A. A. Hoffman, rec.
commended the reelection OF all o.
the present officers the report be-
ing adopted unanimuosly. The OF
ficers anddirectors of the Bureau are
as follows: j.. "A. Coffey, president; !;
Theo. !. ,Thom,. vice-president;ys r. N.
Stangled, secretary-treasure; jacob
Yeager, Alison Wells, Mary McGin-
mis- and L. A. Larson.
y one aof the: features Of the pro-
gram which preceded the election Of
officerS,5wasaa, bssSs sole he Mtgn-
tysD Deep,, sbyaJ. a. Cpffey, swhnswas. in.
Etr6d 6duced @ The Farmer solotst. ~