Show FARMERS UNION ELECTS OFFICERS saturday last was the biggest day of 0 the year for or the farmers cash union of this county it was the occasion ot the annual meeting ot of the stockholders for the alio purpose of listening to the reports of the officers electing now officers and receiving from the secretary their usual dividend checks the meeting was held at tremon ton and as in former years tile the social side bide of the function was not overlooked the always make provision to entertain their fellow stockholders at a luncheon during the noon hour and this years meeting was no exception for a regular banquet was provided at the Al midland idland hotel hatel where the tha one hundred men and womer women gathered around the groaning tables and with feet comfortably crossed under the flower be decked board the they y forgot all about the war hard work on the farm even the ilie dividend check in their inside pocket packet and gave themselves over to the spirit of the hour the meeting began at 11 in the morning and was held in the L D S hall the first order ot of business was listening to the reports of tile the various committees and the auditors these consumed the time of the morning session and then the banquet was served in the afternoon manager david holmgren gave his report and the election of officers was attended to after which C h a letter was read fro from in the Speak speakers era bureau at washington D C which was followed by a general discussion of the farmer and his problems in this world crisis the meetings were characterized by a spirit of cooperation and inhere which indicates the unity existing among the farmers and with respect to the world war the farmers pledged themselves to raise food crops to the limit of their ability and practice the necessary economy to enable the government to supply its allies with as great an amount of food stuffs as can be spared by the people of this nation the directors elected for a term of to years were moroni ward T F coombs jotin john P holmgren nels jenson and J C dewey the board of af direct directors ars held a meeting and elected the following officers president P al hansen vice president moroni ward secretary and manager david Ho holmgren lingren from the alie managers report it is shown that the total net sales for the year amounted to the gross trading profits on which were 52 this volume of business on a capital stock of shows a very splendid condition the net profits tor for the year were and an 8 per cent cash dividend amounting to was declared at the beginning of at 1917 the building and real estate owned by the carpo corporation po ration was valued at and during the year additional improvements and equipment were added in the sum 0 2 rhe company owns three big s rs res the main store at tremonton Tre monton the branch store in this city and meat and grocery store at Treni tremonton Tre monton onton and each concern showed a big gain in both sales and profits over the previous year |