Imperial Valley press., 1923-03-12
FARM BUREAU TO
CAMPAIGN FOR
new ME MBERS
jenkins Announces Drive
Will Start in Ten
Days

c. C. Jenkins, manager of the
Imperial County Farm Bureau, with
the active cooperation of the exc
cutive committee of that body, is
rapidly completing the plans for
the big membership drive, in which
it is hoped practically the entire.
adult population of the county will
be enrolled in one big organization.
having for its purpose the promo
ton of agricultural industries of
the valley.
The executive committee consists
of l.. c. Lee, Seeley; George NJ.
Austin, McCabe; and B. ID. Irvine,
Magnolia. They are among the
most active members of the County
Farm Bureau, and their associates
in the work of lettering farming
conditions in every way believe
their enthusiastic support of pre-
sent plans for complete re-organi-
cation Of the Bureau is bound to
make the membership drive huge
success.
A short time ago when Mr..
jenkins was employed rs manager
of the organization, the directors
of the Bureau decided that the
first big job they would require of
the new executive would be an
energetic campaign to increase the
membership to the greatest pos
sible number. Mr.. jenkins is
thoroughly "sold' on the idea that
every man and woman residing in,
or having any interest in Imperial
Valley, properly should become a
member Of the Farm Bureau.
Increased membership is the
| only logical manner in which to
increase interest in the organiza-
ton that means more basically to
the future prosperity of Imperial
Valley than any other actively sup
ported by the people of the cOun-
try That is the whole argument
in a nutshell, as Manager Jenkins
explains the big membership driNe
soon to be started.
Bank Gives Prizes So.
Among the most interesting fea-
lures of the drive will be the con-
test staged among the eleven Farm
Centers of the valley. At least $500
will be offered as cash prizes for
the Centers gathering the largest
numbers of new members during
the drive. The money for the
prizes is being donated by the,
banks throughout the valley. 1t will
be divided into first prize of
SIS, second prize Of 800 and third
prize of $50. 1t is believed by
Manager Jenkins and the mem
bers of the executive committee
that the opportunity to add so
materially to the treasures of the
Farm Centers will stimulate inter
est among the various local bodies
and spur their members on in the
campaign to increase the member
ship throughout the valley.
The executive committee and
Manager Jenkins also have plans
for the organization of at least
three new Farm Centers. The
new bodies will participate in the
membership prize contest on an
equal footing with the present
Centers. 1t may be possible to OF
fer special prize to the new Cen
ter having the largest number of
members at the close of the drive.
This plan would insure prize for
at least one of the proposed new
bodies, regardless of the activity
and success of the members of the
older Centers.
Starts Soon
"In just about ten days we will
be ready to shoot said Manager
Jenkins today, "and then both fur
and feathers will fly. 1t is the
plan Of the executive committee TO
sell the Farm Bureau and its
beneficial purposes to every man
and woman in the valley. There
will be no escaping the arguments
of the membership committees en-
gagged in the drive for the various
Farm Centers. They have the facts
all ON their side, and it will not be
difficult to convince every good
and progressive citizen of Imperial
Valley, whether resident in city
Or town, or actively engaged in ag'
ricultural pursuits on the land, that
it is not only privilege to become
a member of the organization, but
a duty every citizen owes to his
or her own best interests. So let 5
be ready to 60 when the time comes
and not have any waste motion.