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Show Farmers Organize District Dis-trict Clearing House II. (I. Mt'bli Llecltil President, J. W. riiudnlck Vice President, and Ou limns .Sccrclarj. The Farmers Society of Kqulty held a district convention In tho Lehi Tnb-ornacle Tnb-ornacle Monday. Thcro wore two sessions, ses-sions, morning mid afternoon. Delegates Dele-gates weie present from locals In Lehi, American Fork, Alpine and Cedar Ced-ar Fort. Mr A V. Satterllohl of Pocutello, Idaho, and who Is President Presi-dent of tho Intel-mountain district us well as national oignnlzer, was present pres-ent and helped in the organization. Mr. Allen lloach of Treinonton, Uox-chler Uox-chler county, Wpas also present and made an address, Kdwnrd Southwlck was elected chairman and (leorgc F. SheJloy, secretary sec-retary or the convention. FranclB Child scere'tary of tho Lohl local, guve tho address of welcome and advocated the farmers hanging together- for mtit-uol mtit-uol piotcctlou. There wero present IS members from Lohl, (! Trotn Alplnu, I from Ametlcan Fork and I from Cedar Foit, besides many farmoro who wero not members of either locul. Iu the election for clearing house ofllcoru, H (1 Webb, Lolloy Davis and (2uy Hvmib wero elected members of the oxicutlvo committee from Lehi, (leorgo F. Shelley and W. J. Chad-wick Chad-wick wero elected fjrom American Fork, D. C. Strong and (3. E. Uurgess wero elected from Alpine, and Duvld lie.rry and T. W. Hacking were elected elect-ed of Cedur Fort. There gentlemen uf-terward uf-terward met and selected H. U. Webb president, J. W. Chadvvlek vice presl. dent, mid tJuy Kvaus secretary, with D. (!. Webb, W. J. Chadwlck and Don C. Strang as members of tho executive execu-tive committee. Tho most Important, olllee, that of manager and organizer, reviinlna yet to bo filled. It will probably bo Fdword Southwlck or Guy Kvans. Mr. Satterllold, In his address, explained ex-plained the ttso to which tho societies' fuuds wero put, and tho workings of tlio national, district and local organizations, organi-zations, lie, explained tho marketing side of tho work and stated thot in northern Utah and Idaho tho society had marketed fi,000 car loads of potatoes, pota-toes, 2,000,000 bushels or grain and hundreds of car loads of hay, seedf and hogs. Tho society has purchased too car loads of implements, 70 car loads of grain and potato sacks, 100 cars of hi in be i- mid several of twine, coal and other farmers' supplies, all at n vast saving to tho farmers He showed how Suit Lake City takes a loll of 20 per colit ou all tho farm implements im-plements that are distributed to tho luter-mountaln country, which per nont should bo saved to tho farmers farm-ers themselves. Of tho high cost of living tho runners receive only 42 per cent, while C8 por cent wont to the middle man. Ho thinks somo middle men are necessary and bcnodclal, but that most or them could bo eliminated. Mr. Hone!), who Is manager or the Treinonton local, proved to bo a most Interesting talker and carried con vie tlon with his remarks. Ho told of the farmers there owning their own Cush Uuycrs' Union, purchasing their jwii Hour mill, installing their own telephone system, their own Insurance compuny, saved Its canal compuny to the farmers, and lu all of tlie.so cooperative co-operative enterprises big sums hud been saved tho farmers. The Tremon. ton local Is ouo or tho biggest uud best managed locals lu Utah. Mr. Al-lenimn Al-lenimn of Springvillc, was also present, pre-sent, made a talk uud advocated i, closer relationship between tho locals lu tho north uud south cuds of the county. Tint district clearing house will hold conventions every three mouths, In January, April, July ami October The Lehi local hns now Increased to -12 members and has ten more who have promised to Join, Monday tho runners signed up for u half ton of binding twine and will probably treble this amount before the order Is bent off. Tho price Is 'J 1-2 cents us computed with 15 cunts paid last yer. |
