The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1921-12-17
FARM BUREAU HOLDS AN
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING

IL would seem To the observer who
attended the meeting of the Farmer
StOckman Bureau which was held
on Wednesday in the district court
rooms, that every community in the
county was well represented and
that the farmers are becoming very
enthusiastic in the matter of or
ganizatiOn. At the afternoon meet
ing the court room was filled to-
capacity with most Of the room talk
en- up. Many of the citizens of the
town We're also present.
While this meeting was the an
nual meeting at which the officers
for the year are elected. it would
seem from the proceedings that it
was called for the specific purpose
of deciding what course Ia take in
the case of A. l.. Tarltun. who had
been depOsed as county agent. Mr..
IarltOn, who has been county agent
here since +. C.. Hollingcr left. was
recently discharged by MIR. Mulcs.
who represented the agricultural
college, and who has charge of the
county agents work of the state
The county commissioners. in max
ing their appropriations for the
year, in the interest uf cc0unmV and
in accordance with the rptrench-
ment program failed to make an
appropriation for the county agents
work. Among other causes which
led to the disc0hlinuancc of the
county agents work here and led
the college to take the stand which
they did in the matter was the
charge that Mr.. TarltOn was not
working in harmony with the town
and that hr was knocking on the
town to such an extent that il was
detrimental lo the business inter
.csts OF the town
II seems as though The matopity OF
those attending the meeting Wed
ncSdaY were in favor of retaining
Mr.. Tarlluu on the work here i'm
spite of the stand that the college
.and the county commissioners had
taken and in Tia" formulation of the
report Of the finance rummtter-pru-
Visions were made whereby The
membership fee VAS raised tu $500.
$500 Of which VIII go into salary
fund for ihchpaying Of Mr. Tarllon's
salary. This means that Mr.. Tarl-
ton Will remain here and work in
dependently for the interest Of the
farm bureau.
In the absence of President Chas.
Adams the meeting was presided
over by Ben ChilcOlp. vice president.
The nominating committee in its re-
port, renamed Mr. Adams as prrs-
dent and Mr.. Chilcuie a. vice pres
ident for thc coming year. Speeches
were made by C.. f. Anderson, Mr..
Busey Mr. Howard and Mr.. Davis.
manager of the Farmers Elevator AT
TeXlinr.
In the election m Mr. Tarllon as
secretary -trraslrcr. Mr.. \. l.. Eng
land is retired aud Robert p. Ley of
Seneca, takes The place of W. b.
PlunkrLt on the executive commit
tee.
During the progress or lhr meet
ing. Simon llcrZStcIn arose and ask
cd what there was i'm the laws of
the association hat prohibited The
business men Of the town from be
coming q mCmbcr of the urganiZa-
iiun, ana ne was not long i'm learn
ing that the farmers did not want
any of the business men associated
with them and that in case there
was a provision for such a member
ship that the business men would
not be- entitled TO a vote in the meet
ing. This showed that on the face
of things the farmers of the county
have made up their minds To run
The organization independent Of the
business men Of Clayton
The appointment of members OF
each community to be- a representa-
tive ON the executive committee was
one of the recommendation of the
dominating committee and The husi-
ness Of the bureau will be conduct
I'd almost entirely by this represent
alive committee.
The meeting concluded with The
OF the various reports and
the Farm Bureau will begin the
work of 1922 in accordance with a
program which was drawn up and
adopted at this meeting The slo-
gan adopted was DO II Yourself"
and the farm bureau will follow
this slogan the coming year, as was
shown bF their attitude at this
Deeiing.