Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-14
Suffrage Workers Ad-
vancing Cause by Many
Methods; Uses Cook Car

The past week has been an active
one for women. suffrage workers in
spite Of the fact that this is the busy
season for the farmers and the house.
addressed groupsrofss threshers from
the cook a with much success. The
~suffragists Of Dickinson have been
similarly busy. and Mrs. Robert
S~lnedenning of Wimbledon has been
motoring with Mrs. Van Fleet in that
neighborhood calling upon the farm
women in their homes.
The close Of the month will wit
ness county fairs at Wahpeton, Wash
burn, Garrison, Dickinson and James
town. For all Of these fairs the suf-
fragists are busy preparing booths and
planning for speeches and in other
ways to reach the voter with the mes
sage. Votes for Women" In many
cases it is planned to reach him in
the usual feminine way with tempting
sandwiches. doughnuts, coffee and
cakes.
Mrs. barrow and Mrs. Amidon spent
of Bismarck, visiting Washburn. I'm
derwood and Garrison and Max. At
Underwood arrangements were made
for a suffrage booth and for suffrage
speeches at the Mclean county fair,
September II, the management Of
the fair wishing to make it something
of a feature. ------
There have been five new leagues
formed in the state during. the last
week: Underwood, with Mrs. Prof.
vice president: Mrs. Lilly NJ. Merri-
field, treasurer and secretary. Courte-
nay, Mrs. Jones. president: Mrs. H. N.
Tucker, secretary: Miss Marsh, treas
urer; Darcy, Mrs. E. A. Duff, presi-
dent; Mrs. J. A. Carlson, secretary;
Mrs. F.. Krueger, treasurer; Leal, Mrs.
J. H. Flewell, president; Mrs. M. s.
James, secretary and treasurer; Suit
ton, Mrs. o. B. Hoff. president; Mrs.
Mofat. vice president; Mrs. Chas. P.
Hafney, secretary and treasurer.
Recently Valley City suffragists in
a%ugurated a unique method of adver-
Using the suffrage cause. Each wo-
man took her chair under her arm
and marched to the city hall where
they held a meeting to discuss plans
for the remaining weeks of the cam
paign.
The New Rockford league held a
ICC1AS III" HILL duNAC 6SoS WcIS IiduS
by Miss May keime.. and Messrs. Cam
eron and Bothne. The young people
enlivened the meeting by presenting a
suffrage play entitled, "Petitioning in
New Rockford" Further. meetings
are planned for doing the remainder
of the month at which five local at
torneys have promised to speak.
The Dickinson league is planning
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visit of DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, Sep
TENDER 10. One of the attractive fea-
lures will be a group Of young girls
from the Girls Suffrage club riding
horseback. The horses will be decor
ated in yellow and the girls will wear
yellow caps and sashes.
{ The state suffrage. organization has
secured the services. of Miss Olive Bel
don as field worker for the remainder
of the campaign. Miss Beldon is a
Indiana university. and g., speaker of
promise. won the university peace ora
~torical contest last winter and repre-
sented the university In the state con-
test. She also o the first prize in
the Black prize essay contest, which
was open to all undergraduate women
in the United States. This gave her
the privilege of. attending the Lake
Mohawk peace conference where she
made a speech in response to the one
made to- her in presenting the prize.
Miss Beldon also represented the stu.
dents at the Phi BetagKappa banquet
at her university. She has made a
special study Of suffrage In reference
to this work and It Ii expected that
she will be a valuable addition to the
force, Of, suffrage workers in the state.
Miss Beldon's home Ii near HettinEer
In Adams county.
Mrs. lAntoinnetteg4 Funk one Of the
.linois and = member Of the national