The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-20
mrs. TYlAR THOMPSON
TO MEET WOMEN TODAY
Member of State Council of
Defense to Announce
Plan of Relief.
BUSINESS MEN NEXT
General Session With Prom
inent Citizens to Be
Held Saturday.

MIS-. Iviar B. Thompson returned
yesterday from Helena, where she had
been summoned to a session of the
Montana Council for Defense held on
"Wednesday evening at the Placer no.
tel.
Mrs. Thompson comes bringing
plans for immediate and vigorous
work which she will set before the
women of Missoula this afternoon, in
the meeting of the women's section of
the Navy league to be opened at 2:3O
clock in the chamber rooms on East
Cedar street. Mrs. Thompson urges
that all patriotic women of Missoula
be present this afternoon, to get a
clear understanding of the steps to be
taken to make it possible for Mon
tana to produce more food to feed q
hungry world.
General Meeting Saturday.
On Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Thompson will meet at the cham
Der of commerce rooms representatives
from the merchants, the bankers, the
county commissioners and the Mis-
soula Light and Water company to
plan with them immediate organiza-
ton of local forces in the great work,
to make Montana increase its growth
OF spring wheat from Is to II mil
lion bushels of last year to from q to
80 million bushels this year.
The Montana State Council of De-
Tense had presented at the meeting on
Wednesday evening, as was stated in
The Muscular of yesterday morning,
Governor sam V. Stewart, G. d.
Greenfield, state commissioner of ag-
riculture; Charles G. Kelly of Butte;
Senator J. +. Edwards of Forsythe:
Representative B. c. White of Buffalo:
Mrs. Tylar B. Thompson of Missoula;
Chancellor r. c. Elliott of the State
University and viii A. Campbell, ed
itor of the Helena Independent, all
members of the council, with President
j. NJ. Hamilton and Professor Alfred
Atkinson of the state Agricultural col
lege at Bohemian.
Condition Is Serious.
The condition is considered by the
council to be serious at the present
time. There is no shortage of acreage,
statistics show, but a serious short
age OF seed. power and men, Il short
age that can be overcome by deter
mination and unity of effort,
Since the department of agriculture
at Washington is asking for $25,OOO,-
600 to assist in causing crop increases
by direct action this spring, and since
Montana is one of the important areas
of national crop production, it is prob
able that the federal government will
call upon the Montana Council of De-
Tense to assist in utilizing part of this
25,o0o,ooo fund.
Committee Sub. Divided,
An important feature of the meet
ing "Wednesday evening, was the sub
dividing of the council, each member
heading q work committee to be Sc
lected by himself. Senator Edwards
was made chairman of the committee
on finance and credit, with Charles
Kelly and three others. Charles Green
field and Alfred Atkinson are in
charge of seed information and dis
tribntion; Mrs. Tylar b. Thompson is
chairman Of the committee on econ
omy and utilization of foods; B. c.
White heads the committee on farm
organization; Norman i. Hotter, a
member of the board of federal reserve
bank at Minneapolis, is in charge Of
federal aid and relations with power
to select other members of his COM
mittee; Chancellor f. c. Elliott is
chairman of the committee on mobili-
cation of youth with power to call a
council of high school authorities to
get the boys and girls into line. Chan
rcllOr Elliott is also chairman of the
committee upon home gardens, with
state Superintendent of Schools May
Trumpcr and Professor Abbott of
Bozeman, members.
These committees will begin work