Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-07-26
DEVELOPMENT TOUR
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Continued from nrst page)


station and school at Crookston gives gives:
ono of the most wonderful CONTACTS
with the people and particularly Tue
farming people, that ! nave eSes
known" a,,oo,
was an exceptional one. SAID all u
tho visitors. The dinner was cook h.,t1
said A, D. stephens Of Crookston, we l's
postmaster, by the "mllllonalres a,l
editors Of Crookston' and served ~
tho Camp Fire Girls of the same ne, CITY,
ana + was perfect from fruit cock.ail
70 coffee. And the program Whlch 1''l
1owed was as fine as the dinner.
rho nrogram opened with songs ny
+,,o Crookston Mems Chorus, leo ny
Mrs. J..rL. Gavin and accompanies ~. ~
Mss E,,yera Peterson. Senator ole-
-s1,ans was at his best and began the
ipneech- making with a highly humoi-
n,,s sketch of the history OF the W.
low and it's wonderful resources, 1htio
dncing G, G. Selvig, superintendent -
~ evneriment station ana asrcul-
t,,,,1 school connected with II. VI W.
S1,.ia .out1ined the work OF ms ms, lhs ISL,
t',+ion and the. service it had renue 'l'
e ~ was irving to render to the re,
alu 6 NJ Sivertson then EXTENDED
ssan,,,o, Greetings to the visitors IN a
law hanny- manner. Dean W.. -.
Cntfov Of the University Department
If Agriculture followed with a pIleA
address on the relation OF the I'M
versity to the agricultural develop
mont of the state, in the course "
his address introducing the mempeis
Of his staff who were present. soHe
Of whom made very brief talks. MIS-
Frank NJ. Warren, the newly appoint
cd woman member of the University
Board of Regents, then gave some OF
her impressions of the Valley, chleI
among which, she said, was the tree
dom and breadth of vision OF the
regions people. She had noticed she
said that the chorus which sang dur
ing the evening was led by a woman
and remarked that men in all affairs
of life are led and influenced by
women. The closing addresses were
by Mr.. 'Leadly and A. J: Glover, edi-
tor of Hoard's Dairyman, Fort Atkin-
son; Wisconsin. ..e
One of the features of the program
was an interruption of Mr.. Stephens
remarks by chosen representatives of
the Red River Valley Development AS
ISOLATION, the Red River Valley Dairy
mems Association, the Northern Min
nesota Poultry Associa ton, the Red
River Valley Crops and Soils Associa-
ton, the Red River Valley Certified
Seed-Growers' Association, the Red
River Valley Winter Livestock Show,
and the Red River Valley Livestock
Association, each in turn singing the
praises of the work of his OrganiZa-
ton. AS, each spoke, small boy Or
girl came in and placed large pla-
card presenting some phase of the
work of the association being men
toned on a raised platform at the
end of the room
Other features of the program were
community songs led by ''Ted' Thor
son Of Fertile, and orchestra numbers
by Uggens orchestra. Mr.. O'Brien, a
new man in Crookston employed in
the railway service, sang a number
of Irish songs to the great delight of
the visitors.
Leaving the farm all felt greatly
indebted to Supt. c., G. Selvig for
many courtesies and favors. He is a
man in the right place and has by his
energy and ability built up great
institution whose influence for better
farming in the valley is growing from
year to year ... .as
On the morning of July p, we
started on the last lap of the tour.
from CrookstOn to Mahnomen, passing
through Dugdale. Mentor. Maple Lake,
Erskine and Winger. We had not
gone many miles before our party
was halted at a cross roads by Father
Theileon Of GENTLY in fine - new
touring car and who invited the tour
list to detour few miles in order to
see his famous church and cheese fac
tory. Owing to the length of the days
trip we could not accept the good
pater's invitation. This is a French
community and Father Theileon is a
leader for the advancement of both
the spiritual and material welfare Of
his people. Seeing that his parish
toner's were getting poor raising wheat
he organized a cooperative cheese fac
tory and started them on the road to
diversified agriculture and prosperity.
GENTLY cheese is served in high class
hotels and restaurants and in the
diners Of many railroads. He has also
built a church said to be one of the
finest for it's size in the state Seeing
that we could not accompany him the
good priest presented a>big cheese to
the party. j.; We are sorry to say that
the university professors appropriated
this cheese for their own regalement
and would not share it with the other
tourists. These professors speak glibly
about community spirit, but they do
not practice what they preach when
it comes down to GENTLY cheese
A little further on another pleasant
surprise was in store for us. A bunch
Of fine Holstein cows and a noble
looking sire were lined up by the side
Of the road at the Dollar Farm near
Mentor, owned by w. w. Hall and in
the shade, Of the nearby grove stood
a table where Mrs. Hall was kept
busy for some time serving sweet. cold
milk and cookies to the languishing
tourists. This was a treat that was