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Show COUNTY FARM BUREAUORGANiZED Three Locals Form County Organization Representatives of the various local lo-cal Farm Bureau organizations met at Minersville Saturday afternoon for the purpose of organizing The Beaver County Farm' Bureau. Lew Mar Price presided and the following officers were elected. Ernest Joseph of Beaver, Beav-er, president; Horace Palmer of Mil-ford, Mil-ford, vice president; F. E. Hall, Minersville, Min-ersville, secretary-treasurer. The county Farm Bureau consists of two members from each local in the county chosen by the board of directors of the respective locals. j Representatives from Beaver, Ern- j est Joseph and Roy Harris; Miners- i ville, Henry Roberts and F. E. Hall; Greenville, Zealand Morris and Geo. L. Barton; Milford, Horace Palmer and another to be appointed. Ad-amsville Ad-amsville as yet has not organized a local. The purpose of the county organi- zation is to consolidate the various j locals under one head so that the membership Avail jreally have some weight and bearing. The county board will keep in close touch with the state legislature making recommendations recom-mendations regarding legislation vit-1 al to ,the farmer. It will cooperate ' with the state organization and pass : on helpful suggestions to the locals, j The greatest problem confronting , the farmer of Beaver county today is ! taxation and the County Farm Bur- j eau at its meeting Saturday passed j the-following motion: That the pre-; sidents of the various locals call a special meeting to determine its ! membership's views on tax reduction, to find out just how great a reduction we should reasonably expect under present conditions. This report to be ready by Thursday February 16 at which time the County Farm Bureau will meet with the county assessor and demand a readjustment of the valuation in the real property of Beaver county. A legislative committee was elected as follows: Henry Roberts, Minersville; Miners-ville; Zealand Morris, Greenville; Roy Harris, Beaver. This committee is to study state bills pending and to report on same to the county board. |