20 BULLETIN 825, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
RED RIVER FARMERS' CLUB HALL, KITTSON COUNTY, MINN. 
Far up in the northwest corner of Minnesota, near the Canadian 
line, and off the railway, is a community which was established by 
farmers who, in the early days, came to this virgin country to pioneer 
a home in the wilderness. Poor in this world's goods, but of sturdy 
stock and ambitious for the future, for a generation their one 
aim was to overcome the obstacles confronting pioneer life on the 
prairie and build up homes for themselves and their children. The 
scene is now changed. The wild prairies of the fathers have be- 
come the fertile fields of the children, who, relieved of the stern neces- 
sities of mere bodily existence, find time for the higher aspirations 
of life. As a symbol of the new order they have erected their commu- 
nity club house. 
Fig. 9.— Red River Farmers' Club hall, Kittson County, Minn. 
The Red River Farmers' Club, in Red River Township, was organ- 
ized in 1914. Located in a purely agricultural community, its mem- 
bers are entirely farmer families. Nearly every man and woman in 
the community is an active contributing member. The club met for 
a while in a schoolhouse, but as -the spirit of cooperation grew the 
desire for a more adequate meeting place increased. A special meet- 
ing to consider the possibilities of a community hall was held in the 
fall of 1916. Committees on plans, finances, etc., were then appointed, 
and the work began. 
The club house aims to provide not only a place where the farmers' 
club may initiate propaganda for better farms, schools, and homes, 
but, as a member expressed it, a a real little country theater, one in 
which plain, common, everyday farm folks may display their musical 
and dramatic talents." 
