The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-06-25

HAS HARDEST
ASSIGNMENT
But, Says Speaker at Farmers
Picnic, Is in Better Shape
to Do the Job.
More than 700 Attend Twenty
first Annual Affair Held
Near Vandalia.
BY Courier Correspondent


HINSDALE - Agriculture today
faces the toughest job in its his
tory, but is in the most favorable
position in history to do that job.
M. P. Hansmeier of Bozeman, extern
sion conservationist, told farmers at
the twenty-first annual countrywide
farmers picnic at the Buffalo Coulee
ranch south of Vandalia Sunday.
More than TOO attended.
Pointing out that farmers have
efficient machinery of local agricul-
tural planning and conservation
committee through which they can
coordinate their production efforts
with the country's needs, Mr.. Hans
meier declared that agriculture to-
day is the only industry in the
United States with a stockpile of
reserves ready for use now.
I'VE must produce, produce and
produce to keep that stockpile up
and make sure that hunger does not
turn victory for us and our allies
into certain defeat he said.
Sacrifice Little Enough
There are sacrifices ahead. Labor
is scarce and getting scarcer and we
must work harder than we have for
many years to do our job. But what
is this sacrifice compared to the SUI
preme sacrifice our boys made at
Bataan and On the other fighting
fronts?
"Agriculture'S job is the individu-
ais job. AS individuals we must find
out through Jul agricultural food
advisory councils what is needed to
be grown; then we must grow it.
Agriculture is equal to its job; as
individuals we are equal to our jobs
and we are going to do them and
do them well.
IF representative government and
democracy are to survive, we as in
dividualS must take an intelligent
interest in making them work. In
talking of the advantages of de-
.ocracy we must not forget the re-
Sponsibilities that go with these
Our problems will be-
come more critical, needed sacrifices
must be greater as the war goes on,
but American agriculture can and
do its part"
McGibney, Jarrett Speak
Also on the speaking program were
James K. McGibney, Valley county
agent, and Charles E. Jarrett, for
ner county agent and now agricul-
,ural development agent for the
Great Northern railway.
A program of foot races and sport
contests was held, with winners as
Little boys race-John Gil-
bert of Glasgow first, Donald Ray
Bauer of Glasgow, second, and jim
ny Joe Walsh of Glasgow, third;
title girls ~race-Sylvia Kolstad and
Donna Rasmussen of Glasgow, John
eutter of Hinsdale; boys 6 to 10
clifford Shipp, Dickie Vallandigham,
Richard Lamphier, all of Glasgow; 8
iris 6 to 10-Nora Ellsworth of Van ]
lalia, Peggy Rutter of Hinsdale,
Stensland of Glasgow; boys 10 s
o 15-Donald Shipp and David VAL !
andigham of Glasgow, David School, Z
len of Hinsdale; girls 10 to IS !
Hen Pickett, Shirley Stensland,
nga Hotter. all of Glasgow; boys
ack race-David Schooner of HinS- +
ale, George Kolstad of Glasgow, I
David Vallandigham, Glasgow; girls Z
ack race-Carol Stensland of Glas- q
ow, Peggy Rutter of Hinsdale, Inga I
Iolter of Glasgow; sack fights
,ickie Baker of Hinsdale, Philip 5
IammernesS, Morris Braaten, Leo
attison, Junior Rasmussen, George (
lark, all of Glasgow.
Merriment was evoked by a can \
race. Neither the crowd nor
lie candidates could agree on who
on the race, so the decision was
ostponed until the primary cleo
on July 81.
Softball games between Glasgow
ans concluded the sports program.