The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-10-31

OF making and trying to sell som
thing that farmers need.
James c. Stone of Lexington, Ky
the vlee-chairman, is one of a Ion
ane OF Blue Grass farmers. He owr
ana operates one of the family farm,
put for years has been in the tobae
co business. He knows every phas
OF the industry. For seven years h
was president and general manage
OF the Burley Tobacco Growers Co
operative Assoeiation-an enterpris
which at one time had 10000 farm
efs selling all of their products thru
Its channels. Mr.. Stone managed th,
associations affairs so we'll that hi.
name Is popular and respected thru
out the territory and in the trade.
Varied Activities and Interests
Charles c. league of Santa Paula
California, is a wealthy grower OF
citrus fruits, walnuts, and lima beans
tie IS president and chief owner OF
the Ilmoneira Company, a farming
corporation which annually ships 750
cars of lemons, 150 OF 200 cars of
walnuts, and 5000 sacks of lima
Deans. He was president of the Cal
lforma Walnut Growers Association
and the California Fruit Growers As
change, the oldest and one of the best
administered large scale cooperative
organizations in this country. He is
president also of local bank and
director of the largest bank in Los
angeles. He also has investments
IN numerous water and irrigation
companies. Last year he served as
chairman of the American Institute
of Cooperation.
Carl Williams of Oklahoma Citv
was born in Indiana but early became
a cowboy in the West, where he met
and worked on the same ranch with
the former Secretary of Agriculture.
William NJ. Jardine. In 1913 he be-
came editor of the Oklahoma Farmer
stoekman, which he developed into
one OF the outstanding state agrieul- |
.ural Journals of the nation. He was
active IN the formation of the Okla T
1oma Cotton Growers Association.
ne first of the cotton cooperative as
locations to be formed in the South.
ie was also actively identified with
ne formation of the Oklahoma wheat
'ool For year or two he served
5 president of the American Cot
on Growers Exchange and later
erVed under President Coolidge as a
member of the Federal Railway Me-
iation Board.
Rancher, Dairyman, Fruit Grower
cyrus B. Denman of Pennington. !
llssouri, owns the largest stock :
anch IN the Ozark Mountains and !,
$50 operates in Texas. One would :
now him as stockman by his walk >
I'D his friendly, quizzieal smile. even =
ne didn't have his hat on. He was !
pioneer in organizing the coopera- ! !
We live stock movement of the Mid
e West. He was president of the r
'oducers' Livestock Terminal Sales +,
gency of East st. Louis and of the !,
atlonal Livestock Producers AS /;
citation. The twelve units of this Il
tier organization in 1928 handled lft
er six million head of hogs and j.
tile valued at over one hundred and
lrty-eight million dollars. Mr.. Den
ans hobby is the development of 10
equate production-credit facilities oc
livestock producers. n
Another colorful character on the Ct
ard is William F. Schilling, dairy OF
'mer of Mortified, Minnesota. va
OK in 1916-the period when gov al
1ment officials were prosecuting or
operators instead of helping them 60
. Schilling and associates founded wi
Twin City Milk Producers Assoc In
ion. Very shortly thereafter, he co
the other directors of the assoc Be
ION were arrested, charged with adj
latlng the Minnesota Anti Trust sic
t. Needless to say, there was much tn
itement and anger among the ba
indinavian, German and Scotch ua
'h farmers Of the Northwest who ca
Wded the trial room until the jury
ed the accused leaders. He re- re@
med president of the association du
Al ne was appointed to the Board. me
is man of powerful physique and pei
master Of oratory; outdoors his ind
&c can be heard easily by 5000 far
pie. > mn,
'harles G. Wilson of Hall, N. Y, eff
fruit grower who turned profess req
and later returned to fruit grow tro
For ten years he was an instruc- the
and professor Of horticulture and me
lology at Cornell University. For glu
years he was Commissioner of day
1culture of New York state. For the
ther five yeasr he was director cles
secretary of the Western New mig
Fruit Growers Packing Associ- of
n lie is loved for his kindly ben
osltlon, and those who know him T
Eve that he will render real SER ayr
TO the nation in his new position. aga
ne ninth member of the Board, moe
IoV. Samuel R. McKelvie of Ne uuir
ka, was appointed July 81. AS that
= and owner of the Nebraska char
ner and as governor Of a great
cultural state he has had ample A