The Beltrami organization will follow the recommenda- 

 tions made by the Duluth convention. Other counties are 

 following the example set by Beltrami. Word has come that 

 several other county associations are in the process of being 

 organized. 



Back of all of these county organizations will be the North- 

 ern Minnesota Development League, the district and county 

 agricultural societies and the state immigration department. 



Agricultural District Favored. 



The convention also went on record favoring the formation 

 of agricultural districts and the issuance of bonds by those 

 districts. A legislative committee composed of N. J. TJpham, 

 C. P. Craig, and A. J. McGuire was appointed to draft a bill 

 providing for the authorization of such agricultural districts. 



A committee composed, of Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis; 

 A. G. Wedge, Bemidji and George W. Empey, Hinckley, was 

 appointed to impress upon the Minnesota Bankers' associa- 

 tion the necessity of extending credit to settlers. 



Helping the Small Settler. 



Helping the small settler was the keynote of every address 

 made at the convention. It was pointed out that the small 

 settler was the hope of northern Minnesota. It is to him, 

 said the speakers, that northern Minnesota must look for her 

 future development. They said that the first help the small 

 settler needed was in clearing his land, in removing the 

 stumps that held the land locked. 



The convention opened in a most matter of fact, "go as 

 you please" fashion. No program had been prepared. Every 

 one present, however, had come there to recite his experience 

 and to listen to the experiences of others so it was not long 

 before a definite program of action had been worked out. 



Best Way of Cleaning. 



A. J. McGuire, superintendent of the experiment station at 

 Grand Rapids, said that the best way to clear land was to 

 turn it over to pasture for some years while the stumps gradu- 

 ally loosened. 



