The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-24
MLEAN, WILLIAMS
Counties READY TO
join IN MOVEMENT
"a Minnesota Counties Also
Said to Have Been Or
gained For Action
GARRISON MEETING SUNDAY
Farmers Of Neighboring County
Will Decide on Plans at
That Time

The farm strike movement on ap-
proximately the same basis as that
which has attracted attention In
Iowa, was spreading into North d.
kota Wednesday.
Twenty four Minnesota counties
also were said to have been organized
to participate in the movement Ia
that state.
Williams and Mclean counties, In
western North Dakota, were the CEN
tiers of activity In this state and there
were indications that the movemen.
would spread to other areas.
Farmers of Mclean county will de-
eide whether or not to go on a selling
strike at meeting IN the Garrison
high school auditorium at o'clock
next Sunday afternoon when the or
ganization Of county unit Of the
Farmers National Holiday association
will be completed.
A meeting OF more than 800 farmers
in Garrison last Sunday decided to
go ahead with organization plans
and next Friday meetings will be held
in every township in the county, II
the plans adopted at the first Garri-
son meeting are carried out
To perfect township organizations
the following committees were ap-
pointed:
First commissioners district-H H.
McCulloch, r. r. Scholl and p. H.
Miller.
Second commissioners district-Dr.
E. c. Stucke. H. r. Freitag and J. e.
Doran
Third commissioners district -
Christ Nathan, w. B. Beggs and Ole
| O. Sundby.
Meeting Favored idea
/ The meeting in Garrison last Sun
day declared in favor of a farmers
strike and applauded speeches by A.
B. Burgeson Douglas: H. H. McCul-
! loch. Washburn; States Attorney G
A. Lindell. Washburn: DR.. e. c.
Stucke, Garrison: r. r. Schol, Wash
burn; Mrs. Christ Linnertz, Minot:
r. L. Fraser. Garrison: H. r. Freitag,
Max. and w. A. Schaefer.
The temporary county organization
consists of A. L. Maxwell. Turtle
Lake, chairman. and Chas. E. WHEEL
don. Roseglen, secretary.
Governor F. B. Olson of Minnesota
was invited to address the meeting III
an invitation from DR.. Stucke, who
said in his message North Dakota
likes your declaration Of yesterday"
Stucke was notified the governor
will be unable to attend because he
has speaking engagements for all OF
next week.
| Olson's statement. to which the
message referred, was made Monday
when he announced he was in SYM
pathy with strike efforts and was
willing to join with other governors
Of AGRICULTURAL states in drastic meas
ures to make the strike effective. even
to the extent of martial law.
williams Is Organized
The Williams county Farm Holiday
association has been organized and
has gone on record as favoring an i'm
mediate farm strike affecting flax
and wheat, according to reports from
Williston.
The group voted to await orders
from the state association as to action
on livestock and other farm products.
Resolutions adopted called for adop-
| ton of slogan to stay at home and
sell nothing unless We are given the
cost of production as determined by
the state executive board Of the Farm
Holiday association"
This is to be in force as soon as
the strike is called In this state" the
resolution said.
Representatives from a. of the 81
townships in the county were present
at the meeting at which Joseph Veg
ley was named president. Other Of
ficers elected are Harvey Solberg, Sc
cretary- and Carl Erickson,
(Cortinued on page three)