The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-12-09
Session There Tuesday Afternoon
With Three In Blackjack On
Wednesday.
EIGHT HUNDRED INVITED HERE
Every Farmer In This Vicinity Asked
to Bring Family and Friends
On Saturday.

Although neither F: B. McLaren of
Wrenshall, nor Miss Margaret Bull of
the University of Minnesota, had ar
rived in Bemidji at noon today, A. E.
Nelson left for Farris to hold the first
of a series of institute meetings
which will be given in Bemidji and
vicinity during the coming two
weeks. With him went Miss Beatrice
Eddy, High school instructor in do
mestic science, who will take the
place Of Miss Bull on the Farris pro-
gram. They will return at $3.50 p.
m.
AS. Mr.. McLaren is coming from
his home, he is expected in Bemidji
this afternoon and Miss Bull will
either come on the same train or ar
rive at p. m. over the M: & l. The
party will leave this evening for Kel-
liner and will lecture at a farmers
meeting to be held there tomorrow.
MIR. McLaren, who is member of the
University faculty in the extension
department, is to talk on Potato
Growing" Miss Bull will talk On
"Housework Simplified," and Mr.. Nell
son will make an address on DAIRY
ing"
The meeting at Kelliher will be
held in the city hall at l p. m. and
those in charge of the arrangements
have made big preparations for big
crowd. The Commercial club has
sent personal invitations to the farm
ers near Kelliher and have asked
them to bring their wives to hear
Miss Bull. A special dinner will be
served at noon in the Kelliher and
Craig hotels and the Kelliher Jour-
nal is handling the tickets.
Wednesday morning the party will
meetings will be held in the morning
and afternoon. In the evening a
third meeting will be held with the
Commercial club. The farmers in
the vicinity of Blackjack are plan
ming to attend the meeting. in force
as many of them have heard Mr.. Nell
McLaren and Miss Bull are also first
class speakers. The Summit Farmers
club will bring out nearly its entire
membership.
Thursday the party will go to
Northome and Mizpah for meetings
and on Friday they will hold meet
ing in the consolidated school at Ten
strike in the early afternoon, will
drive to Turtle River for a late after
noon meeting and return to Tenstrike
for an evening meeting. The party
will come to Bemidji Friday night.
AS personal invitation to 500
farmers in the vicinity of Bemidji,
the following postal card was mailed
out last week by Mr.. Nelson:
"There will be a Farmers Institute
at the Bemidji High school on Satur-
day, December IA, 1912. The fore
noon session will be called at 1890
and the afternoon session at l p. m.
There will be a special meeting for
women in the domestic economy room
of the High school at 900 p. m.
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vited."
Mr.. Nelson and Mr.. McLaren will
each address the morning meeting
which will close in time for lunch
which will be served in the High
school rooms. This lunch will be
similar to the one served at the meet
ing in October and will give the Wis
itors and opportunity of talking mat
tiers over Informally.
After dinner Mr.. McLaren and Mr..
Nelson will make addresses in the
auditorium to which both men and
women are invited but at 2 p. m.
Miss Bull will hold a special meeting
for women in the domestic science
room on the second floor. Mr.. Nelson
will probably speak first in the after
noon as he will have to leave early
In order to catch the Red Lake train
for Nebish.
The Nebish meeting will be held
Sunday and Mr.. Nelson will take Miss
Eddy and Harold J. Dane with him
rs additional speakers. The meeting
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