The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-01-17
Harmony Restored in State
Federation at Annual
Sessions Held Here
NEW MEN ELECTED
TO ALL OFFICES
Secreary Talley Resigns and
Walla Walla Man Is
Chosen President

AS the result of its annual meet
inp held here Monday and Tuesday,
he State Farm Bureau federation
vhich was threatened with disrup-
Hon due to internal strife will go
forward in 1924 as united body and
With complete change of admins
t1ation.
The controversy which existed be-
tween two factions aligned on the one
side with President Soren Sorrenson
and Secretary w. H. Talley on the
other, was settled. By skilfull maneuv-
ering of peacemakers the fight was
not carried to the floor. of the con-
vention and the differences were COM
posed in conference.
As q compromise settlement Mr..
Talley resigned as Of December 26,
1928 with the understanding that
there was to be a thorough house
cleaning no one Of the former offic-
ers to be elected and that Walla Wal
u, Whitman, Yakima, Skagit and
Spokane counties were to have rep
resentation on the executive commit
tee but that no one of them was to
have more than one member.
Carrying out this agreement w.
G. Cordiner Of Walla Walla was elect
ed president, and Peter Omdahl, Of
Skagit, vice president. The following
we're chosen as members Of the ex-
ecutive committee, A. A. Kelly, Spo-
kane; Fred Rodgers, Whitman; F.
A. Norton, Yakima; Thomas Ander-
son, Pierce; H. Delaney, Columbia.
The meeting adjourned Tuesday
evening but the newly elected execu-
tive committee held sessions Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning to out
line the coming years work. Pros
ident Cordiner will select secretary
to succeed Mr.. Talley and federation
headquarters will be moved from Spo-
kane to Walla Walla.
The keynote of the discussions can
well be said to have been cooper
ating marketing of farm products and
the federation in the adoption of res
olutions presented by Lee M. Lamp
son, chairman of last years market
ing committee, again pledged its sup
port to the establishment Of COM
modify cooperative organizations on
long term polling contracts. It en-
dorsed the action of the State Cham
Der OF Commence in calling the ap-
pie marketing conference now in ses-
sion In Yakima and pledged it's ac-
i've support to whatever marketing
plan is set up by the conference pro-
vlded it involves the long term pool
ing contract and organizations own
ed and controlled by the growers, OF
central selling agency through
which existing cooperative apple as
.soclations will operate.
Another outstanding resolution
was the denunciation Of the Portland
chamber of Commerce for its oppo-
slsion to the proposed government
wneat export commission. The reso-
intion charges that the Portland
Gnamber is dominated by Portland
Iraln dealers and calls upon mem
Oers OF the farm bureau and all per-
sons interested in the movement to
land. 49," = :
The accredited delegates to the
convention We're: Whitman, Fred Rod.
gers, William Dooly, Anson Patter-
sun; Skagit, Peter Omdahl, F. C.
10 MyOnnson, c. L. Murdy; Kittitas, A
". Gregory, L. L. Sharp; Pierce, T
=, Anderson, C. w. Orton; Walls
maiia, d. w. Barclay, Chas. Baker
W. =. Cordiner; Spokane, JOSEPH
McEachern, A. A. Kelly, Mrs. Clayton
nmith; San Juan, ]. R. Montgomery
nenton, p. o. Price, Ole Brue; What.
com, s. E. McCaw; Stevens. d. Fl
uu,rlch, E. A. Barnett; Yakima. C. p
Mmikersham, c. L. Miller; Columbia
nenry Delaney, Troy Lindley.
During their stay here those in at.
tendance were served lunch and din.
asrs In the Christian church. Mon
gay evening they were guests of the
ION commercial club at which time short
ANS sa,As We're made by several of the del
f fgases and local citizens. Music wa:
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