Heard & Seen
AROUND PARK RIVER
A group of 15 women had a birth-
last Friday for Miss Tillie
at the home of Mrs. Thee.
The guests brought the
with birthday cakes, and al-
gave Miss Hanson gifts.
401 BULLS
265 HEREFORDS
54 ABERDEEN . ANGUS
82 SHORTHORNS
To be sold at the
47th Annual
BULL SALE
MARCH 28.29
at the Exhibition Grounds
REGINA
Saskaichewan, Canada
BIG, STRONG-BONED, RUG-
GED BULLS---Every animal
in this Sale must pass an in-
spection and Culling Commit-
tee•
• All registration papers
guaranteed and all animals
T. B• and Bangs Free and
protected against Shipping
Fever.
• Only 253 Miles from Minot,
North Dakota, and 110 miles
om Plentywood, Montana.
'xeellent roads and conven-
ient rail connections.
• Write for free catalogues
and sale information to:
T. H. McLEOD,
$°cretary-Treasurer,
Box 547,
Regina, Saskatchewan
f
Week end guests at the home of I
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Parke were
their daughter, Mrs. Roy Ratliff and
Mrs. Tony Biminlski of Brecken-
ridge, Minn. Other guests on Sun-
day were the Ernest Parke family
of Langdon.
The Hi Lo bridge club met last
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. T. A. Meagher. Score honors
went to Mrs. Duncan Meagher, high
and Mrs. James Larson, low. Sub-
stitute players were Mesdames M.
S. Bateman Melvin Neste and Ivan
Spornitz• Lunch was served.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Ellingson on Wednesday were
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dobmeier and
family. On Thursday they were at
home to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sam-
uelson of Adams and on Sunday the
Leonard Vaudrins of Adams called
at the Ellingson home.
Out of town people here last
week to call on Mrs. Joe Lykken at
St. Ansgar's hospital were Mr. and
Mrs. William Powers of Lawton,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Geary, of Ad-
ams, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Axvig,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Winding-
land and Mr. and Mrs. Denis Men-
son of Edinburg.
Among the Park River people at-
tending the concert given by the
Concordia College choir of Moor-
head, Minn., held in Grand Forks
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. George
Widme, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose
Spoonland, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Olson, Mr. and Mrs. John C. H.
Moan and daughter, Dlkka, Odrey
Madland, Joel Johnsen, Marlene
Severson, Corrine and Eloise Lunde.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hardy return-
ed Saturday from St. Paul and
Northfield, Minn., where they vis-
ited at the home of Mrs. Hardy's
aunt, Mrs. E. L. Fox. While they
were there Mrs Fox observed her
80th birthday on February 29. Also
visiting at the Fox home were Kay
and Deane Hardy, J. C• Brown and
Joan Marachek, all of St. Paul. The
Hardys also visited their, daughter,
Keitha, who is a patient at St.
Mary's hospital in Minneapolis•
AS ADVERTISED IN
T -ER
H00gN00F00ARM
SAINT "PAU.' ' MINNESOTA
Now00 at Overbye Furniture
STOP '"00OFT-BED"
BACKACHE
Save as Never Before
for only
MATCHING SOX SPRING SA/,E PRICE
Prke Subject to Change Without Nofice
COMPARE WITH OTHER TUFTED
MATTRESSES SELLING AT HIGHER PRICES
Sale Now 0nl and continues for limited time oniy l
Only Serta dares to offer you this famous ,'Serm-Posture"* Mat"
tress, built with healthful firmness many doctors recommend,
now only at a deep-down nri h, oc,,o comparison for quality
so high! . . . tut remember t'he':'.l':o'ic reductions are strictly
cod ad ewill be withdrawn immediately after sale.. Check icae d
pare many luxury features--usually founa m higher-pr
nationally-adverthed tufted mattresses. Then, hurry1 Buy now
SQve now at
Overbye Furniture Company
We give S & H Green Stomps
Perk River, N.O. Dial $6342
The Vernon Halvorson family vis-
ited at the W. S• Peterka home in
Grafton Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ellingson were
dinner guests at the Albert Vigen
home at Adams Friday evening and
Sunday went to Minto to be dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lan-
gowski.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bygland, Mrs.
Joe Helt, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Nap-
pen, Richard and Carol and Mrs.
O. P. Nappen of Reseda, Calif., were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bygland at Grafton.
Mrs. Clifford Gilbert had a birth-
day party for her daughter, Janiee,
age 10, on Thursday evening. The
guests were her cousins, Lorna
Skoje and David Lee Hanson.
The evening eirclg of the Presby-
terian ladles aid met Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. T. A. Meagher.
Mrs. John Peterson, chairman, con-
ducted the business meeting. Mrs.
Wendell White gave the Bible les-
son. Lunch was serevd.
G. M. Anderson, office manager of
the Agricultural Stabilization Com-
mittee, spent the week end with
his family in Wahpeton• They ex-
pect to come to Park River when
housing can be obtained.
Mrs. Kenneth Von Rueden and
children, Debra and David, spent
the week end in Grand Forks at
the John Von Rueden home while
Mr. Von Rueden was in Fargo for
the eastern divisional basketball
tournament.
Mrs. John Duncan, who makes
her home with her nephew, Bet1
Hardy and wife, returned Sunday
from Walhalla where she had beer
visiting for a week at the Robert
Metelmann and Robert Hardy
homes.
About 80 guests attended a birth.
day party given for Mrs. Joe Fail
by her family at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Fitzsimonds Friday
evening. Televiewing, cards and
visiting were the diversions. After
the guests were opened, a two-
course lunch was served- The Pete
Fail family of Grand Forks canoe
up for the party as did Mickey Fail,
who is attending school at Valley
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Staven re-
turned last Thursday from a three
weeks trip to the west coast. At
Walla Walla, Wash•, they visited
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Falter and Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Falter. At Ken-
newick, Wash., they called on Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Falter and at
Britton, S. D., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Unger (Olive Fal-
ter). Going on to LaMoure, N. D.,
the Stavens visited the Don Dob-
meier family and Mrs. John Dob-
meier, formerly of Park River•
PARK RIVER. NORTH DAKOTA PAGE
Walsh County Li',00:stock Tour Set for March 19
The Walsh County Livestock Tour, / view their milk parlor and milk
which was postponed from Feb. 17, I house, water system and feed racks.
has been rescheduled and will be From the Tallackson farm the
held Monday, March 19. The North- group will go to Park River and see
east Dairy Herd Improvment As- the new livestock sales ring. Law-
sociation, the Waish County Live-rence Wilkes, the manager of the
stock Association and the Extension i sales ring will explain how it is
Service are cooperating in sponsor- operated and also take the group
ing the livestock tour.
Members from Northeast DI-I
includes dairy farmers from Pem-
bina, Cavalier, Towner and Walsh
Counties and the Walsh County
Livestock Association is made up
of livestock producers and business
men from Walsh County. The spon-
sors of the tour extend an invita-
tion to all farmers and business men
in the four counties mentioned
above.
The tour will get underway at
10:30 a. m., Monday, at the Art and
Harvey Taliaekson farm 9 miles
west and 11/2 miles north of Graf-
ton or 8 miles east and 1 miles
north of Park River. At the Tal-
lackson's the livestock men will
through the sales ring.
The next part of the program will
include a free noon luncheon, com-
pliments of the Goodman Electric
Company of Grand Forks and Graf-
noon lunch will be served in the
ton Milk Company of Grafton. The I
basement of the Park River City
Hall at 12:00 noon.
Kenneth D. Ford, manager of the
Feed Division at the State Mill and
Elevator at Grand Forks will speak
on pelletized feeds and livestock
rations•
Door prizes will be given out at
the close of the noon program. The
prizes will be practical and can be
used on any farm and they are
contributed by the DHIA and the
I
"Feel free to ask me anything you want . . . like what am |
doing this evening, or anything..."
Apportion Funds to School Districts
A New Kitchen
. . . Like Magic //I" /
xx out of a Hat!
I
I QT.
Just one coat of Supermix 4-Hour Enamel can
make your kitchen,and bathroom walls and
woodwork look like new. • • add sparkling mod-
em color to the whole room,, . make you feel
like a very lucky magician.
• full gloss with no brush or lop marks
• flows freely giving solid coverage
• tough, super-washable finish
In 21 Gay-as-Spring colors.., plus non-yellowing whi
:..
˘SPRING PAINT. , .
,- ,,,
,SPECIAL -,,
.( from PAINT
'' "e: • HEADQUARTERS
PAPER DROP CLOTH
Protect your furniture, rugs
and floors while painting.
79˘ WLUE
MALDE & SHARPE HARDWARE
Dial 22821 Park River, N. D.
The February apportionment of
$15,987.40 in state tuition funds has
been made for the school districts
of Walsh County, according to A.
G. Strand, county superintendent of
schools.
The apportionment for February
is being made one the basis of $3.38
for each person of school age listed
on the 1955 school census.
Graded schools received $9697.22
in the following amounts: Grafton
Walsh County Livestock Associa-
tion.
Following the noon program and
luncheon the caravan will visit the
Hylden Brothers tarm south west
of Park River. The Hylden Brothers
have recently expanded their dairy
enterprise and have a pipe line
milking system and an automatic
feeding set up.
The next stop will be at the Dean
Miller farm, where the points of
interest will include Miller's new
large pole type barn.
The last stop on the tour will be
at the Skorhiem Brothers farm
southeast of Adams. The Skorhiem
Brothers planned and constructed
their own milking parlor, and milk
house. Coffee will be served to close
the tour.
Swanson to Attend
MinnkoL00 Meet
Mr. and Mrs. Murray S. Swanson
of Hoople will attend Minnkota
Power Co-operative annual meeting
in Grand Forks, March 12• Minn-
kota supplies the electrical require-
ments of rural members of the No-
dak Rural Electric Cooperative•
Swanson is Minnkota's vice presi-
dent and represents the local group
on the power generating organiza-
tion's board of directors•
More than 200 delegates, man-
agers, employees and their wives
from Minnkota's 12 member dis-
tribution cooperatives are expected
to attend the meeting.
In reviewing the year's activities,
Minnkota President Victor M. Ed-
man of Alvarado said, "This has
been one of our most memorable
ears since we first organized in
1941. During the past 12 months we
eliminated our operating deficit, re-
duced wholesale power rates, ac-
quired two new member distribu-
tion cooperatives (North Star Elec-
tric Cooperative at Baudette, Minn.,
and Roseau Electric Cooperative at
Roseau, Minn.), planned for a
$2,000,000 expansion of facilities and
repared for the coming of our first
allocation of hydro power from
Garrison Dam.
"In addition, the cooperative pur-
chased a system analyzer (the first
such piece of equipment to be in-
stalled in any cooperative), joined
in the sponsorship of a successful
Second Annual Area Power Con-
ference, and helped initiate the
Atoms for Agriculture research
program."
According to Millard F. Dailey,
treasurer, of Red Lake Falls, Minn-
kota realized an operating margin
of $267,516.01 from revenues of
2,619,311.23 during 1955.
Power Use Up
Minnkota's farm members used
11.9 percent more electricity last
ear than they did the previous
year, requiring the cooperative to
roduee and purchase more than
200-million kwh of electricity
enough to supply the total electrical
requirements for a city of 1,000 pop-
ulation for 90 years.
Snoeial Dist No 3 $353548" Ardoch During the year, Minnkota em-
Dist No 10 $179• 14; Mmto Specml ployed 85 persons and had a pay-
-- " , a -71658" Veseleyville roll of $300000 Taxes insurance,
Dist. No. 36, $162. 24; Lankin Dist. deprecmtmn and interest amounted
No• 39, $429.26; Hoople Dist. N:. 42, to $898,122.66.
$703.04; Forest R" er D" • . , Besides the treasurers report,
$351.52; Pisek Dist. o• 71, $253.50; Dailey will also tell of the Red Lake
Park River Special Dist. No. 78, Electric Cooperatives experience in
$1551.42; Fordville Dist. No. 79, the merchandising of electrical
$645.58; Edinburg Dist. No. 106, equipment.
$267.02', Sauter Dist. No. 111, $165.6', Andrew L. Freeman, manager,
Dewey Dist No 120 $1492 • Adams will o-en the all da session .....
• • ' • ' ir Y a Iu•;u
Special Dist No 28 $32448' Fa a m The eia wfl" "
' 12'9 -9744' ' " • . y "i erase with a.
dale Dmt No $
• • .... 6:30 p. m., banquet in the Dacotah
The sum of $6290.18 was distribut- Hotel for those attending the meet-
ed among districts with one-room ing and Minnkota employees and
rural schools, i their wives•
Easy Terms-3 Years to Pay on
MAMCO
ARCH BUILDINGS
IDEAL for Iivedoc|
poultry, grain or
machinery storage
EASY to erect
precision € u t J
pre-drilled, x16 i
segmenta 1
arches J
LOW COST QUARTERLY OR SEMI.ANNUAL PAYMEltTS*
(Materials complete for building above ground)
36' x 50' Building NO DOWN PAYMENT
4 payments per year for 3
2 payments pet vear for 3
40' x 60' Building
4 payments per year for 3
2 payments per year for 3
Available sizes in widths
24". 30', 35". 40', 50' 50'
years--Approximately $188,98 each
vearsApproximately $383.32 each
-- NO DOWN PAYMENT
years--Approximately $201.75 each
years--Approximately $409.22 each
*Figures based on machine
storage construction -- arches
Intermediate sizes also available on 6' spacing.
Terms con be arranged with MAMCO MFG., INC., and
Fursteneau Lumber Co.
Where Your $ Buys More
West on Hiway 17 Park River, N. D.
I i i i
I III II
Heard & Seen
AROUND PARK RIVER
A group of 15 women had a birth-
last Friday for Miss Tillie
at the home of Mrs. Thee.
The guests brought the
with birthday cakes, and al-
gave Miss Hanson gifts.
401 BULLS
265 HEREFORDS
54 ABERDEEN . ANGUS
82 SHORTHORNS
To be sold at the
47th Annual
BULL SALE
MARCH 28.29
at the Exhibition Grounds
REGINA
Saskaichewan, Canada
BIG, STRONG-BONED, RUG-
GED BULLS---Every animal
in this Sale must pass an in-
spection and Culling Commit-
tee•
• All registration papers
guaranteed and all animals
T. B• and Bangs Free and
protected against Shipping
Fever.
• Only 253 Miles from Minot,
North Dakota, and 110 miles
om Plentywood, Montana.
'xeellent roads and conven-
ient rail connections.
• Write for free catalogues
and sale information to:
T. H. McLEOD,
$°cretary-Treasurer,
Box 547,
Regina, Saskatchewan
f
Week end guests at the home of I
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Parke were
their daughter, Mrs. Roy Ratliff and
Mrs. Tony Biminlski of Brecken-
ridge, Minn. Other guests on Sun-
day were the Ernest Parke family
of Langdon.
The Hi Lo bridge club met last
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. T. A. Meagher. Score honors
went to Mrs. Duncan Meagher, high
and Mrs. James Larson, low. Sub-
stitute players were Mesdames M.
S. Bateman Melvin Neste and Ivan
Spornitz• Lunch was served.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Ellingson on Wednesday were
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dobmeier and
family. On Thursday they were at
home to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sam-
uelson of Adams and on Sunday the
Leonard Vaudrins of Adams called
at the Ellingson home.
Out of town people here last
week to call on Mrs. Joe Lykken at
St. Ansgar's hospital were Mr. and
Mrs. William Powers of Lawton,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Geary, of Ad-
ams, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Axvig,
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Winding-
land and Mr. and Mrs. Denis Men-
son of Edinburg.
Among the Park River people at-
tending the concert given by the
Concordia College choir of Moor-
head, Minn., held in Grand Forks
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. George
Widme, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose
Spoonland, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Olson, Mr. and Mrs. John C. H.
Moan and daughter, Dlkka, Odrey
Madland, Joel Johnsen, Marlene
Severson, Corrine and Eloise Lunde.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hardy return-
ed Saturday from St. Paul and
Northfield, Minn., where they vis-
ited at the home of Mrs. Hardy's
aunt, Mrs. E. L. Fox. While they
were there Mrs Fox observed her
80th birthday on February 29. Also
visiting at the Fox home were Kay
and Deane Hardy, J. C• Brown and
Joan Marachek, all of St. Paul. The
Hardys also visited their, daughter,
Keitha, who is a patient at St.
Mary's hospital in Minneapolis•
AS ADVERTISED IN
T -ER
H00gN00F00ARM
SAINT "PAU.' ' MINNESOTA
Now00 at Overbye Furniture
STOP '"00OFT-BED"
BACKACHE
Save as Never Before
for only
MATCHING SOX SPRING SA/,E PRICE
Prke Subject to Change Without Nofice
COMPARE WITH OTHER TUFTED
MATTRESSES SELLING AT HIGHER PRICES
Sale Now 0nl and continues for limited time oniy l
Only Serta dares to offer you this famous ,'Serm-Posture"* Mat"
tress, built with healthful firmness many doctors recommend,
now only at a deep-down nri h, oc,,o comparison for quality
so high! . . . tut remember t'he':'.l':o'ic reductions are strictly
cod ad ewill be withdrawn immediately after sale.. Check icae d
pare many luxury features--usually founa m higher-pr
nationally-adverthed tufted mattresses. Then, hurry1 Buy now
SQve now at
Overbye Furniture Company
We give S & H Green Stomps
Perk River, N.O. Dial $6342
The Vernon Halvorson family vis-
ited at the W. S• Peterka home in
Grafton Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ellingson were
dinner guests at the Albert Vigen
home at Adams Friday evening and
Sunday went to Minto to be dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lan-
gowski.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bygland, Mrs.
Joe Helt, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Nap-
pen, Richard and Carol and Mrs.
O. P. Nappen of Reseda, Calif., were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Bygland at Grafton.
Mrs. Clifford Gilbert had a birth-
day party for her daughter, Janiee,
age 10, on Thursday evening. The
guests were her cousins, Lorna
Skoje and David Lee Hanson.
The evening eirclg of the Presby-
terian ladles aid met Wednesday at
the home of Mrs. T. A. Meagher.
Mrs. John Peterson, chairman, con-
ducted the business meeting. Mrs.
Wendell White gave the Bible les-
son. Lunch was serevd.
G. M. Anderson, office manager of
the Agricultural Stabilization Com-
mittee, spent the week end with
his family in Wahpeton• They ex-
pect to come to Park River when
housing can be obtained.
Mrs. Kenneth Von Rueden and
children, Debra and David, spent
the week end in Grand Forks at
the John Von Rueden home while
Mr. Von Rueden was in Fargo for
the eastern divisional basketball
tournament.
Mrs. John Duncan, who makes
her home with her nephew, Bet1
Hardy and wife, returned Sunday
from Walhalla where she had beer
visiting for a week at the Robert
Metelmann and Robert Hardy
homes.
About 80 guests attended a birth.
day party given for Mrs. Joe Fail
by her family at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Fitzsimonds Friday
evening. Televiewing, cards and
visiting were the diversions. After
the guests were opened, a two-
course lunch was served- The Pete
Fail family of Grand Forks canoe
up for the party as did Mickey Fail,
who is attending school at Valley
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Staven re-
turned last Thursday from a three
weeks trip to the west coast. At
Walla Walla, Wash•, they visited
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Falter and Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Falter. At Ken-
newick, Wash., they called on Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Falter and at
Britton, S. D., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Unger (Olive Fal-
ter). Going on to LaMoure, N. D.,
the Stavens visited the Don Dob-
meier family and Mrs. John Dob-
meier, formerly of Park River•
PARK RIVER. NORTH DAKOTA PAGE
Walsh County Li',00:stock Tour Set for March 19
The Walsh County Livestock Tour, / view their milk parlor and milk
which was postponed from Feb. 17, I house, water system and feed racks.
has been rescheduled and will be From the Tallackson farm the
held Monday, March 19. The North- group will go to Park River and see
east Dairy Herd Improvment As- the new livestock sales ring. Law-
sociation, the Waish County Live-rence Wilkes, the manager of the
stock Association and the Extension i sales ring will explain how it is
Service are cooperating in sponsor- operated and also take the group
ing the livestock tour.
Members from Northeast DI-I
includes dairy farmers from Pem-
bina, Cavalier, Towner and Walsh
Counties and the Walsh County
Livestock Association is made up
of livestock producers and business
men from Walsh County. The spon-
sors of the tour extend an invita-
tion to all farmers and business men
in the four counties mentioned
above.
The tour will get underway at
10:30 a. m., Monday, at the Art and
Harvey Taliaekson farm 9 miles
west and 11/2 miles north of Graf-
ton or 8 miles east and 1 miles
north of Park River. At the Tal-
lackson's the livestock men will
through the sales ring.
The next part of the program will
include a free noon luncheon, com-
pliments of the Goodman Electric
Company of Grand Forks and Graf-
noon lunch will be served in the
ton Milk Company of Grafton. The I
basement of the Park River City
Hall at 12:00 noon.
Kenneth D. Ford, manager of the
Feed Division at the State Mill and
Elevator at Grand Forks will speak
on pelletized feeds and livestock
rations•
Door prizes will be given out at
the close of the noon program. The
prizes will be practical and can be
used on any farm and they are
contributed by the DHIA and the
I
"Feel free to ask me anything you want . . . like what am |
doing this evening, or anything..."
Apportion Funds to School Districts
A New Kitchen
. . . Like Magic //I" /
xx out of a Hat!
I
I QT.
Just one coat of Supermix 4-Hour Enamel can
make your kitchen,and bathroom walls and
woodwork look like new. • • add sparkling mod-
em color to the whole room,, . make you feel
like a very lucky magician.
• full gloss with no brush or lop marks
• flows freely giving solid coverage
• tough, super-washable finish
In 21 Gay-as-Spring colors.., plus non-yellowing whi
:..
˘SPRING PAINT. , .
,- ,,,
,SPECIAL -,,
.( from PAINT
'' "e: • HEADQUARTERS
PAPER DROP CLOTH
Protect your furniture, rugs
and floors while painting.
79˘ WLUE
MALDE & SHARPE HARDWARE
Dial 22821 Park River, N. D.
The February apportionment of
$15,987.40 in state tuition funds has
been made for the school districts
of Walsh County, according to A.
G. Strand, county superintendent of
schools.
The apportionment for February
is being made one the basis of $3.38
for each person of school age listed
on the 1955 school census.
Graded schools received $9697.22
in the following amounts: Grafton
Walsh County Livestock Associa-
tion.
Following the noon program and
luncheon the caravan will visit the
Hylden Brothers tarm south west
of Park River. The Hylden Brothers
have recently expanded their dairy
enterprise and have a pipe line
milking system and an automatic
feeding set up.
The next stop will be at the Dean
Miller farm, where the points of
interest will include Miller's new
large pole type barn.
The last stop on the tour will be
at the Skorhiem Brothers farm
southeast of Adams. The Skorhiem
Brothers planned and constructed
their own milking parlor, and milk
house. Coffee will be served to close
the tour.
Swanson to Attend
MinnkoL00 Meet
Mr. and Mrs. Murray S. Swanson
of Hoople will attend Minnkota
Power Co-operative annual meeting
in Grand Forks, March 12• Minn-
kota supplies the electrical require-
ments of rural members of the No-
dak Rural Electric Cooperative•
Swanson is Minnkota's vice presi-
dent and represents the local group
on the power generating organiza-
tion's board of directors•
More than 200 delegates, man-
agers, employees and their wives
from Minnkota's 12 member dis-
tribution cooperatives are expected
to attend the meeting.
In reviewing the year's activities,
Minnkota President Victor M. Ed-
man of Alvarado said, "This has
been one of our most memorable
ears since we first organized in
1941. During the past 12 months we
eliminated our operating deficit, re-
duced wholesale power rates, ac-
quired two new member distribu-
tion cooperatives (North Star Elec-
tric Cooperative at Baudette, Minn.,
and Roseau Electric Cooperative at
Roseau, Minn.), planned for a
$2,000,000 expansion of facilities and
repared for the coming of our first
allocation of hydro power from
Garrison Dam.
"In addition, the cooperative pur-
chased a system analyzer (the first
such piece of equipment to be in-
stalled in any cooperative), joined
in the sponsorship of a successful
Second Annual Area Power Con-
ference, and helped initiate the
Atoms for Agriculture research
program."
According to Millard F. Dailey,
treasurer, of Red Lake Falls, Minn-
kota realized an operating margin
of $267,516.01 from revenues of
2,619,311.23 during 1955.
Power Use Up
Minnkota's farm members used
11.9 percent more electricity last
ear than they did the previous
year, requiring the cooperative to
roduee and purchase more than
200-million kwh of electricity
enough to supply the total electrical
requirements for a city of 1,000 pop-
ulation for 90 years.
Snoeial Dist No 3 $353548" Ardoch During the year, Minnkota em-
Dist No 10 $179• 14; Mmto Specml ployed 85 persons and had a pay-
-- " , a -71658" Veseleyville roll of $300000 Taxes insurance,
Dist. No. 36, $162. 24; Lankin Dist. deprecmtmn and interest amounted
No• 39, $429.26; Hoople Dist. N:. 42, to $898,122.66.
$703.04; Forest R" er D" • . , Besides the treasurers report,
$351.52; Pisek Dist. o• 71, $253.50; Dailey will also tell of the Red Lake
Park River Special Dist. No. 78, Electric Cooperatives experience in
$1551.42; Fordville Dist. No. 79, the merchandising of electrical
$645.58; Edinburg Dist. No. 106, equipment.
$267.02', Sauter Dist. No. 111, $165.6', Andrew L. Freeman, manager,
Dewey Dist No 120 $1492 • Adams will o-en the all da session .....
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Special Dist No 28 $32448' Fa a m The eia wfl" "
' 12'9 -9744' ' " • . y "i erase with a.
dale Dmt No $
• • .... 6:30 p. m., banquet in the Dacotah
The sum of $6290.18 was distribut- Hotel for those attending the meet-
ed among districts with one-room ing and Minnkota employees and
rural schools, i their wives•
Easy Terms-3 Years to Pay on
MAMCO
ARCH BUILDINGS
IDEAL for Iivedoc|
poultry, grain or
machinery storage
EASY to erect
precision € u t J
pre-drilled, x16 i
segmenta 1
arches J
LOW COST QUARTERLY OR SEMI.ANNUAL PAYMEltTS*
(Materials complete for building above ground)
36' x 50' Building NO DOWN PAYMENT
4 payments per year for 3
2 payments pet vear for 3
40' x 60' Building
4 payments per year for 3
2 payments per year for 3
Available sizes in widths
24". 30', 35". 40', 50' 50'
years--Approximately $188,98 each
vearsApproximately $383.32 each
-- NO DOWN PAYMENT
years--Approximately $201.75 each
years--Approximately $409.22 each
*Figures based on machine
storage construction -- arches
Intermediate sizes also available on 6' spacing.
Terms con be arranged with MAMCO MFG., INC., and
Fursteneau Lumber Co.
Where Your $ Buys More
West on Hiway 17 Park River, N. D.
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