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eloquence that besides having the committee's report 

 adopted by the Association r ma Tiimor'fltyj fl ft ffMwffl 

 the"Interest of quite a few Hf]figatps Thprp was, never: 

 thclesSy mttch adverse criticism, not a little apathy and 

 some levity. 



" Let's hold a meeting of our own," suggested some- 

 one. The word was passed for all who were interested 

 to meet in the council chamber of the Brandon Town 

 Hall. Between twenty and thirty farmers attended 

 this meeting and the plans of the Sintaluta men for a 

 co-operative trading company were approved. It was 

 decided to meet at the Leland Hotel in Winnipeg some 

 time in March or April to formulate plans for an active 

 campaign. 



For two days those in attendance at this second 

 meeting discussed the details of the undertaking. A 

 great many different views were expressed, not all of 

 them favorable. There were those who objected to the 

 chosen name of the prospective company as being a 

 handicap upon the Association movement in case the 

 venture failed. The Sintaluta provisional directorate 

 was allowed to stand and the canvassing committee 

 was enlarged to include a number of Manitoba men 

 who were to take the field for a stock canvass. 



That stock-selling campaign will dodder through to 

 the Final Memory of those who took part in it. The 

 man who stood on the street-corner and offered ten- 

 dollar gold-pieces for a dollar had no harder task. 

 Blood from stones! Milk from dry cows! Although 

 ten per cent, on each share was all the cash that was 

 asked apparently some farmers were so hard up that if 

 yarn were selling at five cents per mile, they couldn't 

 buy enough of it to make a pair of mitts for a 

 doodlebug ! 



