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January y 1931 



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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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 Who Paid the Hotel ^ 



Bill? Farmers Ask 



Commenting on the "rump meeting" 

 held in the Great Northern Hotel early 

 in December (see December REC- 

 ORD), Bill Stahl of the Farmers Na- 

 tional Grain Corp. observes that: 



"While the Farmers National Grain 

 Dealers' Association was meeting in one 

 Chicago hotel, another meeting was 

 being held at another Chicago hotel. 

 It was significant that those who called 

 this meeting had abandoned the use of 

 the letterheads of the Farmers Grain 

 Dealers' Association of Illinois and de- 

 scribed themselves as the Farmers Ele- 

 vator General Committee. 



"Presumably ' to attract a crowd 

 which failed to materialize, the Farm- 

 ers Elevator General Committee an- 

 nounced that Senator Norbeck of 

 South Dakota and Senator-elect Lewis 

 of Illinois had been invited to speak. 

 Neither aooeared. A third expected 

 speaker. Will Zurbucken of Dodge 

 City, , Kansas j also failed to appear. 

 And thereby hangs a tale. 



"Mr. Zurbucken attended a meeting 

 of the same group at Mason City, la., 

 a few weeks ago. He now makes affi- 

 davit that he was invited to attend the 

 Mason City meeting by an employe of 

 an independent grain commission firm 

 in Kansas, -W^ith the assurance that all 

 his expenses for the trip would be borne 

 by the old-line firm. He states fiilrther 

 in his affidavit that the promise was 

 ^ kept and that he has been reimbursed 

 in cash for all his expenses on the trip 

 from his home to Mason City. 



"Prior to the Chicago meeting Mr. 

 Zurbucken received a letter from one 

 of the spokesmen for the Farmers Ele- 

 vator General Committee inviting him 

 to speak at the Chicago meeting. In 

 this letter it was suggested to Mr. Zur- 

 bucken that 'I hope you will be able 

 to stir -up some interest and make a 

 survey by telephone or otherwise, to 

 get in touch with some of the right 

 kind of fellows who will be coming 

 up to the Live Stock Show, and who no 

 doubt would be interested in attending 

 our afternoon and evening session on 

 Monday.* 



"Included with the letter was a sug- 

 gested outline for the speech that Mr. 

 Zvirbucken did not make. It is re- 

 ported that such a speech was delivered 

 at the meeting, but Mr. Zurbucken 

 neither delivered it nor authorized it. 



"It is reported also that ten rooms 

 were reserved at the Chicago hotel for 

 expected guests that did not arrive. 



"Who paid the hotel bill? 



"Who maintains the offices of the 

 Farmers Elevator General Committee 

 at Bloomington, 111.? ;^: ^T/v : :: 



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Luncheon Speaker 



HON. liOmS li. KAIBIBRSON 



NOTICE OF ANNUAL 'MEETING OF 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL HOLD- 

 ING COMPANY 

 Take notice that the annual meeting of 

 the stockholders of Illinois Agricultural 

 Holding Company will be held on Wednes- 

 day, the 28 th day of January, 1931, at the 

 hour of 1 1 o'clock a. m., at the Abraham 

 Lincoln Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, to elect 

 directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm 

 the report of the board of directors of the 

 company for the fiscal year ending Decern- ^ 

 ber 31, 1930; and to consider and, if ap- 

 proved, ratify and confirm all the acts and 

 procpedings of the board of directors done 

 and taken since the last annual meeting of 

 the members of the company; and for the 

 transaction of such further and other busi- 

 ness as may properly come before the meet- 

 ing. 



Dated at Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 1, 1931. 



George F. Tullock, Secretary. 



"Who pays for the mailing and print- 

 ing of propaganda? 



"Who pays the salaries, if any, of the 

 active office and field staff? 



"None of these expenses are paid by 

 the Farmers Grain Dealers' Association 

 of Illinois, according to its officials. 

 Nor is the program sponsored by the 

 Farmers Elevator General Committee 

 in line with the resolutions adopted as 

 set out above by the Fanners Grain 

 Dealers' Association." 



Dr. Craig Speaker 



For Serum Ass'n. Meet 



The Illnois Farm Bureau Serum Asso^- 

 cxation annoimces that Dr. R. A. Craig, 

 veterinary from Purdue University, will 

 be the principal speaker at its coming 

 annual meeting at Springfield, Wednes- 

 day, January 28. Dr. Craig, will dis- 

 cuss "Swine Diseases." 



The meeting is called for 10:00 a. m. 

 The business session will be held in the 

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"Tug" Wilson Speaker 



State Baseball League 



KENNETH L. "TUG" WILSON, 

 director of athletics at North- 

 western University and one of the lead- 

 ing college coaches in the middle west, 

 will address the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League at 

 Springfield Wednesday morning, Janu- 

 ary 28. Mr. Wilson telegraphed his 

 acceptance of the engagement from 

 Florida. 



"Tug" Wilson has many friends in 

 downstate Illinois. His former home 

 was at Atwood in Piatt county. Wil- 

 son attended the University of Illinois, 

 where he won high honors in track. 

 He was named the best all-around man 

 in sports during his senior year in 1920. 



After graduating from the College 

 of Agriculture he took coaching work 

 and assisted in the U. of I. athletic de- 

 partment for several years before going 

 to Drake University, Des Moines, where 

 he held a position similar to the one 



he now holds at Evanston. r"' - 



Delegates, players, managers and fans' 

 from the 3 1 counties having organ- 

 ized Farm Bureau baseball teams will 

 gather for the annual convention. 



A Good Year 



The I. A. A. finance department re- 

 ports that more members of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association paid their dues 

 during 1930 than in any year since 

 1923. The net increase in membership 

 for 1930 over 1929 was 4,519. 



FARM BUREAU BASKETBALL 



A State Farm Bureau Basketball 

 League with inter-coxmty games lead- 

 ing to a state championship tourna- 

 ment has been suggested as a means 

 of providing sport and recreation for 

 farm boys and men, entertainment 

 for young and old, during the winter. 



High school and community gym- 

 nasiums can be obtained for regular 

 practice and play. The cost of run- 

 ning County Farm Bureau teams 

 will be light. Expenses can be met 

 by charging small admission fees to 

 games. 



Iroquois county is ready to go, 

 providing other counties will bring 

 out teams to furnish competition. 



Eligibility rules similar to those 

 used in the Farm Bureau Baseball 

 League are contemplated. 



Get in touch with your County 

 Farm Bureau office if you want a 

 team, or write Department of In- 

 formation, Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation, 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. 



The Rock Island County Farm Bu- 

 reau recently passed a resolution favor- ^^ ' 

 ing a permanent 4-H boys' and girls' . 

 club building on the State fair grounds. ^-; 



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