The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-08
INTEREST GROWS IN
WHEAT Meeting
COMMITTEES REPORT AT CHAM.
BER TING-DIRECTOR EX-
PERTINENT STATION TALKS

I The wheat growers meeting, to be
held in Moscow, at the university
auditorium, on Saturday, August IS,
and which will be participated in by
all the leading senators, representa-
tives, and business men of the north
west, shows every prospect of being
well attended and a successful
meeting, according to the chairman
OF the committee, G. p. Mix, in an
address before the Moscow chamber
of commerce, Wednesday noon The
meeting has been advertised over
four northwestern states and from
replies that have been received from
many of the leading men they are
planning to come to the meeting.
E. F. Mason, Of the publicity COM
mittee, stated that there had been 81
letters sent out to he press in the
four states, announcing the meeting.
Senator Gooding, in a communica-
tion to Mr.. Mix, said that he hoped
that this meeting would start a
movement to cement the whole north
west and that with he combined for
ces the Gooding bill would be pushed
through successfully The Spokane
Wheat Growers association is hold
LIS q iiCCliuS W Iut MOScOW
meeting Saturday, and has sent word
that this meeting will be used as a
preliminary to the Moscow meeting
and that as many men as possible
from that city will be in Moscow to
help make this big meeting a sue
cess.
Mr.. Mix said that it was ridicu-
lous for anyone to think that the
farmers of this community do not
want this meeting to help them
through their difficulties He said
that by looking out for the farmer
and the wheat prices now, the future
would take care of itself. That there
is no wheat surplus at present, but
that the extra wheat raised during
the war had been consumed was main
tanned by Mr.. Mix.
To Entertain Normal Students
Dean Messenger, q the school of
education at the university, urged the
members of the chamber of commerce
and the townspeople to attend the
services to be held in the
auditorium, Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock Congressman
french will address the audience and
here will be special music for the
occasion. He also pointed out that
he Lewiston normal students were
oming to Moscow, Thursday after
DON on return excursion trip, and
rged as many business men as poss-
BILE to meet the students and let
hem know that they were interested
4 the visitors. An opera will be
iven by the normal students in the
auditorium, Thursday evening for
-hich there will be an admission
barge of 25 cents. Owing to the fact
lat several of the summer students
Ill pc leaving tomorrow, Dean Mes
niger urged the townspeople to give
lie program their full support.
Henry Hoffman, representing the
rmers from north of town, appeared
sfore the chamber and showed that
le farmers were SIS short on the
aiding of the north main street hill.
ne highway district furnished three
'ths of the amount necessary. and
e farmers two-fifths. Mr.. Holman
ked that the remaining indebted
'ss be raised by popular subscrip-
IN among the business men of this
y. The chamber agreed to do this
"a a committee was appointed to
licit the SIS.
Station Leader Talks
DR.. Beal, representative of the
lited States department of agricuI-
re, who is in Moscow this week
oking over the university expert
mt station and it's work. addressed
chamber, telling of his satisfac-
N with the work that has been
ne at the university experiment
'tion and the work that is being
AIMED for the coming year.
DR.. French, brother of Congress-
n Burton L. French, and an old
tab county resident, who is head
the school of medicine at the Uni
'sity of North Dakota, gave a short
1ress. telling of his pleasure to be
ong his old friends and relatives
lin. He said that from his point
view everything in the west
nted to bumper crop and better
es