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Show Clayson. Is County American Fork Man Is Elected Bureau President; Pres-ident; Many Important Matters V; Are Disposed of. ; ; Eli J. Clayson of American Fork was elected president of the Utah Farm Bureau at the conclusion of the annual 'meeting 'meet-ing of the organization, held Friday at the city and county building. Mr. Clayson has been prominent in farm bureau work in American Fork, and was elected a member of the state legislature at the last election. I S. J. Boyer, of Springville, was elected vice president. The additional members pf the executive committee elected were, Archie Butler, Spring Lake ; Mrs. Ivan Bun;, Orenr, and Mrs. Einer Christensen, Spanish Fork. The executive committee was empowered to select the secretary-treasurer at its next meeting. . . .'. ' '. ... nish the information wnetnor or noi 'the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Cooperative is fosteVed by the American Farm EureauFe.deration Bergeson SjwaUs ' Ephriam Eergeson, of Cornish president of the Utah State Farn: Bureau, spoke in regard to the leg islative program; fostered by the farmers, which he declared to have excellent chances of enactment intc law at the coming session qf the legislature. . An injuiry .direotcd al him earlier in the day, in regard tc his position as vice president of the Utah Taxpayve'rs' association, whe were said to be opposed to farn: bureau, program was ?a;isf actor il explained by him. Officials of the tax body had asked him to become a member of the board of directors of that organization, he said, in or tUM" to represent the farm interest: of the state. He voiced the opinior that much good could be, accom plished in this way" by acquainting representatives of pthcr groups o the farm program. Mr. Bergcsonnnounced that oni of the prominent officers of th Taxpayers' association had recentl; Informed him. "that ,it looks nov as . if wc can go with you on th j constitutional amendment for . th ' classification of property." Tax Reports Given-Investigations Given-Investigations in regard to in (Continued on page four) Warnick Retires - 0 Mr. Clayson succeeds C. L. War-nick, War-nick, of Ple'asant Grove, who has served as president during the past year. Mr. Warnick was nominated for the post by Charles H. White, of Payson, while Mr. Clayson's name was proposed by Dr. Robert J. Evans of Lehi.- Clayson polled 12 votes to win while 8 were cast j for Warnick, each organized Jocal , in the county casting one vote. 1 Five important resolutions proposed pro-posed by L. L. Bunnell, of Lake View, vice" president of the Utah State Farm Bureau, we're unanimously unan-imously passed at the afternoon session. The first of these, mentioned men-tioned in yesterday's issue of the Herald, proposed that all cooperative coopera-tive association which originally sprang from the farm bureau organization orga-nization shed their independent attitude at-titude and return to the fold. Healc-Off Suggested More specifically the resolution proposes that the county and state iugar beet growers' associations and other organizations of a bargaining bar-gaining nature, such as the canning can-ning crops, etc., be dLsmcorprated' 1 and function hereafter through a rommitteo' of the faim bureau. It further specifies that marketing associations as-sociations and the poultry producers' produc-ers' associations amend their articles ar-ticles of incorporation to entitle the farm bureau to a small scaleoff to assist in the farm .organization movement. Another resolution solicits the aid of the American Far hi Bureau Fed e rat ion in securing an emergency enactment to increase" the taiiff on sugar. A similar clause was incor-ported incor-ported in the resolutions of the national na-tional federation at its recent convention con-vention at Chicago, . through the work of the Utah delegation. The' other resolutions provide for the opening of Via h lake for the seining of fish to be used as poultry feed; fcr more daily cows in Utah county and the ereetion of a cooperative co-operative dairy plant and dried milk factory. The Ia;l lVsolutiuu i asks the- state farm bineai: to fur- of the association, made a brief i-poi't i-poi't of the recent national convoj tion in Chicago which he atte'ndc, Emphasizing the 3logan, "Thtr can be no substitute for memb. ship," prominently displayed at t' convention, he urged a more dtv mined drive for members in Uta county. Among his other recoj mendtitions was the speedy en-tion en-tion o& central utility dairy par which he declared would be nanced by Los Angeles capital u-less u-less the banke'rs of Utah count awakened to the need of the , velopment of industries to lncrcs; local payrolls and improve the? c0. dition of agriculture. Other speakers at the sessit-were sessit-were William Chadwick of Ann, ican Fork, Charles H. White Payson, Mrs. Ivan Eurr of Ore-H. Ore-H. W. Gore of Genola, and Ma Austin, agricultural supeVintendr. of the Utah-Idaho Sugar comparj CLAYSON (Continued from Page 3) equalities in the assessment of farm property conducted by a special committee were reported by J. A. Stone of Vineyard and A. R. Creer of Spanish Fork. Nothing of a conclusive con-clusive nature has yet beem uncovered un-covered except the existence of over as well as under assessment, that should be equalized. Reports on the progress of county coun-ty cooperatives were given by Clyde Gillman, of Ore'm. who explained the condition of the Orem-Lindon Dairy association, which now owns a $7,000 plant on the Orcm line. Hyrum Groesbeck, of American Fork reported on the progress of the Poultry Producers' association and W. J. Codne'r of Oi'em explained the Timpanogos Marketing association associa-tion which he declared had saved , the strawberry growers of that re- i gion one and a half cents a pountl, on the entire season's crop. I C. L. Warnick, retiring president |