The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-02-27
RETIREMENT OF SOCIAL LIFE.
Strong Plea Is Made For Better Social
Organizations Among the Farmers of
the state-Joln B. Maloney Speaks
of Education From State Standpoint.
(From Wednesday IS Daily

henOSha county farmers are taxing
a treat interest in the farmers insti
tues in the county which opened at
Pleasant Prairie on Tuesday afternoon
and there is to be one continuous
round of speeches for farmers until
Friday evening. As soon as the insti-
tute conductors complete their work
at Pleasant Prairie this afternoon
they will move on west to the village
of Salem where a two days institute
will be opened on Thursday morning.
The institute at Pleasant Prairie
was held at the Methodist Church aud
it drew the biggest crowd ever known
at an institute in the village. l.. p.
Martiny Of Chippewa Falls, conduct
ed the institute and he will have
charge Of the institute to be held at
Salem beginning tomorrow.
The farmers showed a very lively in
terest in the discussion of all the top.
les on the program, but took special
interest in the discussion Of the big
problem of the disposal of milk. SEC
rotary Jack Of the Milk Shippers !
Union was present at the institute
and he outlined the fight that the milk
producers are to make to secure prop
er prices fo- their products in the big
city markets.
The most interesting feature of the
institute so far as the PEOPLE Of the
village Of Pleasant Paaae y9se con
cerned was the entertainment given on
Tuesday evening which was in charge
of Miss Belle Hunt, the teacher Of TAG
village schools. The entertainment
was most interesting one.
During the evening Conductor Mar
tiny gave very interesting and help
full address on the social life of the
farmer and the farmer s children. He
urged the people living in the rural
communities to unite to secure more
social features in connection with their
schools and churches and declared that
these organizations were doing moe
to make the farm and farm life popi
ular than any movement that had been
started in the state III recent years.
John B. Maloney himself former
Pleasant Prairie man gave very in
teresting address on big movements
along educational lines in the state.
He urged the people Of the rural com
munities to see to it that the best pos
sible men were placed at the head OF
the state educational department de-
daring that the greatest need Of the
state was intelligent and progressive
management Of its schools. He spoke
especially Of the work that has been
done in Wisco nsin in the past few
years declaring that this work has put
Wisconsin in the very front rank Of
the states in dealing with great cdu-
cational problems.
At the regular sessions Of the insti,
tute on Tuesday and today many mat
tiers Of great interest to the men Of
the farming communities were taken
up and discussed and the farmers en-
tered warmly into the discussion of
these questions. Among the spe lkers
were w. III. Clark of Rice Lake; E. L.
Alderhold, Of Neenah, a member Of
the Wisconsin Dairy and Food Com
mission; D. E. Bingham of Sturgeon
Bay, member of the State Horticul-
tural Society; S. A. Baird, Waukesha,
one Of the officers of the Visions n
Live Stock Breeders Association; aud
"A. J. Plowman of Elderon.
All Of the speakers brought lJcal
application to the work in hand and
it is declared that the institute will
be productive Of great good.
1t is expected that the institute at
Salem will be a great rallying pl.tce
or the farmers from all of the towns
the western part Of the county.