The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-12-14
All in Readiness for
the First Country Life
Conference for N. D
hree Days Of Next Week VIII voted to Boys and Girls
Institute and Country 4 Conference
Bey and Girls VIII Be Here From ry County in North
Dakota and Will Be Welt rtained
Conference Is Being Held Under Auspices Of the Extension
Department Of the North Daksta A. C.

The First Country Life conference
ever held in North Dakota will begin
next Tuesday, Dec. II, in Fargo, and
will continue for three days. 1t will
rival in Importance the Tri-State
Grain Growers convention. There will
be speakersSof Importance from North
Dakota and other states. I-
Boys and girls, winners in corn and
other contests from every county in
the state, will be here, most of them
at the expense of the county from
which they came and all to be guests
of the A. c. Men and women are in
cluded also this year and it is ex-
pected that there will be a big attend
ance of adults. --..-..--.-.. -.
Everything is in readiness for the
Country Life conference to be held at
the A. G. next Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. Well known speakers
from North Dakota and from other
states will be in attendance and some
interesting topics will be discussed.
On Tuesday, Country School day, the
conference will be opened in the aft
ernoon in the college chapel. Profess
sor Trimble will be the presiding off,
Ger and the following people will
speak: G. w, Randlett, j. H, Worst,
Minnies j. Nelson, N. G.. Abbott, H.
Foght and fifteen county superintend-
ents, who will discuss social conditions
an entertainment will be given by peo-
pie from the country.
On Wednesday, Country Church
day, Rev. j. nj. Walters will be in the
chair. The following win appear:
Professor Gillette Ralph L. Fulton,
Pres. J, A. Aaskegaard, DR.. Bait, w.
9. Palmer and j. A. Engel. There will
be country church social in the
evening including seven films of NOV
ing pictures, story hour, q country
orchestra and a social session.
On Thursday, Country Home day,
Miss Katherine Jenson will preside.
Mrs. Bertha Dahl Laws will be the
lady has been much in the public eye
of late by her efforts to better the
country home conditions,
Professor Keene will have small
models of country homes on exhibition
at this time. "A big country supper
family style. viii close the convention
and the evening will be spent in q So
ciaI time.
The social aspect of country life in
North Dakota has never been made
the particular subject of any confer
ence. That 1t represents a most
unique and comprehensive problem
cannot be Questioned. for no state in
the union is so dependent upon agri-
culture as Hiawatha's Land of the De-
cotahs, 1t is not an uncommon thing
to hear the elite of society discuss the
crop situation as well as the farmer,
or the producer of crops. Every
body, everywhere, every day in North
Dakota talks agriculture.
The conferences will be held at the
same time and in conjunction with
the North Dakota Boys and Girls
institute, thus giving the people who
attend an opportunity to Sc what
is being done in North Dakota to
keep the boys and girls on the farm.
The object of the conference is to
bring together those who have been
active in lettering social conditions
in the country, to discuss the eff
cheney of institutions peculiarly rural
in their character and to demonstrate