White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-04
FARMERS ORGANIZE
MARKET ASSOCIATION

The Nevada Cooperative Marketing
Association vas organized at Reno
during the week. seven counties be-
ing represented and the business OF
organization occupying a twe-days'
session. White Pine county was not
represented. but this does not signify
any opposition to the association on
the part of the farmers in this part
of the state. On the contrary, men,
bers of the White Pine county farm
bureau are said to be in hearty SYM
pathy with the movement and County
President J. H Gallagher says that
in his opinion there is no doubt but
that this county will later be repre-
scented in the association. At the
present time and with business as it
is the expense of getting to Reno and
return was a factor to be considered
and is the principal reason that
White Pine county did not have a
representative present at the organ
izati0n meeting and is for the time
being out Of the association.
The exact form of the organization
was not determined and a committee
was appointed to engage legal Oun
sci to assist in p%erfecting a cOnstitu-
tion and bylaws and the form of con-
tract which will be used by members
in dealing with the association.
w. +. Dressler of Gardnesville,
Douglas county, is chairman of the
committee, the other members of
which are Frank Simpson. Lyon coun-
ty: E. c. Riddell, Elko county; G. w.
Kennedy, Pershing county: c. ].
Lockwood, Storey county; Thad HOl-
comb, Washoe county, and ShOber
Rogers. Churchill county. These men
are to be the directors of the associa-
ton for the first year.
Another meeting will be called
when the committee has completed
its work. so that the members may
pass upon it.
An incident of the meeting was a
membership campaign for the Wa
shoe county farm bureau. f. G. Rid
dell, state farm bureau president;
Mrs. Frances Friedhoff, head OF the
homemakers' club Of the bureau; v.
+ Christensen, Mrs. j. s. Lyons and
c. j. Fairchild took part in the work.
The meeting voted thanks 20 c. A..
Norcross, state market specialist:
Mrs. Friedhoff, who acted as secre-
tary; Fontaine Johnson and G.. w.
Felts. California farm experts. who
addressed the gathering, and to the
Reno Chamber of Commerce for pro-
viding a meeting place and for other
courtesies.
The Nevada livestock men already
have a state association of their own
but are expected to join in the move
ment for better marketing conditions
for all the states farm products, in
Guiding their own.
In some states associations such as
has been organized in Nevada have
central offices and warehouses, where
some of the products are shipped for
marketing to local dealers or to buy
ers at n distance. One of the func-
lions of the Nevada association will
probably be The fixing of prices, so
that farmers in one part of the state
will not be underselling those in 9TH
er sections. Also the cooperative
plan offers the possibility of a better
distribution of farm products within
the state itself. those districts having
a surplus sending to those who have
q shortage.
Mrs. Frances Friedhoff of Yering-
ton, president of the homemakers'
division of the Nevada state farm bu-
reau. has been appointed by the ex-
ecutive committee as Nevada's dele
gate to the national farm bureau con-
v%ention. to he held in Atlanta. Ca,
November 22 to 26.
The farm bureau has received
LITE signs. official symbols of the ma
tional organization, which will be dis
tributed among the Nevada members
in the neal future.
Fred I, Moore n1umhiuv md hoat-