The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-10-22
NEWS BULLETIN.


North Dakota Votes for Women
League, Headquarters, Fargo, N. OAK,
October 18th, 1914.
MISS GENA KROG, President, Of
the Equal Franchise Society of Nor
way and one of the women who was
most instrumental in getting the vote
for women in Norway, has just sent
a message to Norwegian men in North
Dakota asking them to give the Nor
wegian women the ballot in North
Dakota as it has been given their sis
tiers in Norway.
MRS. ROBT. M. LA TOILETTE
opened her Short Campaign for Votes
for Women in North Dakota with "a
splendid speech at Dickinson, Oct. 18th.
A. large crowd attended the meeting
and expressed great enthusiasm toth
I, for Mrs. LaFollette and her catse.
She was scheduled to return to Fargo
for a Suffrage Speech on Friday pit
the Sons Of Norway hall, and on Sat
urday, if the weather permitted to
motor tog Wahpeton where elaborate
preparations have been made for her
Saturday night. On the way she will
visit several towns, including Chris
tine and Abercrombie. Sunday after
noon she will close her campaign with
an address in Casselton. Mrs. LaFol-
lette has donated this work to North
Dakota women, and they are very
grateful and feel themselves most for
tunate t ohave such an eminent wo-
man to champion their cause. III;
JUDGE BRUCE of the Supreme
Court in his recent Suffrage address
at Bismarck, characterized Jane Ad-
dams, Mrs. Florence Kelley and Miss
Julia Lathrop, all Of whom by the way
are ardent Suffragists, as the three
greatest individuals of this century,
THE NORTH DAKOTA VOTES FOR
Woman League has placed large
sign at the triangle where the Great
Northern, Milwaukee and Northern
Pacific main line and Southwestern
cross near Fargo. Fifteen trains a
day pass the place and no one can
fail to see the big advertisement.
MISS ALDYTH WARD completed
another suffrage organization at Ry-
der last week with officers as follows:
President, Mrs. B. A. Dickinson; Vice
President, Mrs. T. H. Bracelen., Geo,
Miss Margaret Campbell; Treas,
Miss Alma Moe.
MRS. EDWARD NELSON, Field
Secretary of the North Dakota Votes
for Woman League, recently organic
ed a Suffrage league at Inkster, with
the following officers: President, Miss
May Crittenden; Vice Pres, Mrs.
Richmond; Sec.- Treas, Miss Myrtle
Piffner. t
MRS. E. M. BARROW, President Of
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League, spent last week at Lakota,
Leeds and Minnewaukan, before going
to the Federation meeting at James
town.
MISS OLIVE BELDEN FIELD,
Secretary for the North Dakota Votes
for Women League, has spent the past
week speaking for suffrage in Divide
and Burke counties. Next week she
will be in Williams, Mckenzie and
Mountrail counties.
MRS. JULIA B. NELSON of Red
Wing, Minnesota, who for many years
has been campaigning in the inter
ests of suffrage, is to devote the last
two weeks to the North Dakota cam
paign. Her first engagement will be
at a big Farmers meeting at Ford
vile, October Goth, to which place she
has been invited by the courtesy Of
the Fordville Commercial club. Other
dates have been arranged as follows:
Fairdale, October 21st; Conway, Octo-
Der 22nd; Portland, October 23rd and
Galesburg, October Oath. The fol-
lowing week is not yet settled, but
will probably be given to Steele and
Nelson counties.
| MRS. MENZA BURKE, Of Idaho,
has held fine meetings the past week
at Drayton, Cavalier, Walhalla, Ford
willie and Langdon. Next week she
!, will start west, stopping for speeches
at Steele Oct. 10Th, Glen Ullin Octob-
er' Goth, Hebron, October 21st and
Gladstone October 23rd. The next few
days are not scheduled, but will prob
ably be Belfeld, Medora and Sentinel