White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-10-05
ORGANIZE BOARD OF
HAY GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Local hay growers will be inter
ested in the following account OF
the organization of the board of
directors on the recently incorpor
ated Nor thwest Hay Growers Asso-
citation. which was published in last
Sundays Yakima Herald:
L. A. Hunt Of Hermiston, Ore,
was elected manager of the North
west Hay Growers association at
the organization meeting of the
board of directors held in the Com
mercial club rooms last night. Mr..
Hunt is the manager of the Oregon
Cooperative Hay Growers and has
taken leading part i'll the organi-
zation just completed covering the
four counties of Kittitas, Yakima
Benton and Walla Walla.
The election of the directors was
ratified at meeting of los dele
gates from all districts of the four
counties held yesterday forenoon fol-
lowing count of the mail vote cast
by the membership.
The board last night elected w.
L. Dimmick, Yakima, president; ].
F. Schreiner, Yakima, first vice pre-
sident; H. w. Brown, Ellensburg,
second vice president; and Lee Nj.
LaYnpson, Kennewick, secretary
treasurer. The board will again
meet OH Monday to work out all
details of procedure in getting the
business of the association under
way
On opening of the morning ses-
sion, Fl. L. Hulk president of the
Yakima county farm bureau, was
elected chairman, and L. A. Hunt,
manager of the Oregon Coopera-
tive Hay Growers, secretary. After
brief addresses by Chairman Hull
and President Soren Sorenson Of
the Washington Farm Bureau fed
Grafton, two delegates from each
district represented were appointed
by the chairman TO count the votes
for directors of the association.
The vote had been taken by mail
ballots, each district electing its di-
rector or directors, as the case might
be. Out of almost an even 1000
members there were 632 votes repre-
sented. On completion of the count
the following men with districts
represented weres shown to be
elected: ]. 0. Sorenson, Harry
Brown, Ellensburg; Clifford Riggs,
Walla Walla; Lee Lampson, of
Kennewick, Benton district; E. c.
Houston of Prosser, Mabton dis
trict; R. B. Dwinnell, Outlook; j..
F. Schreiner, Yakima; c. O. Lowell,
Toppenish; Harry Jones, Wapato;
W. l.. Dimmck, Bench district.
Fl. c. Lucas is the eleventh di-
rector on the board. He was ap-
pointed by Director OF Agriculture
E. l.. French and accepted the ap-
poiiitmcnt yesterday. He VIII re-
present the general public on the
board and will have the same rights
as the other directors on the board,
according to the bylaws of the as
socation.
At recess taken following the
election of the directors the new
board met and elected w. L. Dim
mick temporary chairman and Lee
Lampson, temporary secretary. The
board then approved the marketing
contract According to the bylaws,
the board holds office until the am
nual meeting in May, 1925
The afternoon session was de-
voted to the reading of the bylaws,
section by section, and their adop-
ton. The bylaws as drawn up by
by the organization committee were
adopted without change. An addi-
tiona1 article was adopted giving each
district authority to remove it's di-
rector at any time!s
Other business transacted in the
of delegates was the ap-
proval of the procedure to date and
the ratification of the election of
directors. There were $50 delegates
and growers present and much en-
thusiasn was shown over the COM
pletion Of the hay growers asso-
citation. Each district will have an
advisory committee whose duties are
to be determined by the board OF
directors.