Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-11-16
NATIONAL FARM WONlEN'S CONGRESS
ATTENDED BY MRS. KNOLLER

City is very beautiful, being SurrCun-
ded by the Wasatch mountains. 1t has
120, appropriation, and this year will
have entertained tourists into the
hundreds of thousands. In fact it is
one of the noted places in this coun-
try. Here the fine Utah State Uni
versity and State capitol are located,
and last but not least, the wonderful
Mormon properties that attract peo-
pie even from foreign countries.
Women Work Alone
Up to recent years the farm women
were associated with the Farm Mems
congress, but as their work became
more pronuoncedly along different
lines the women each year meet at
different places in the U. S., their or
ganization being national. The Pres,
Mrs. Fannie M. Klinck, of Clarks-
vile, Iowa, is a woman of large af-
fairs, having appeared before con-
gress at different times in the inter
est of the rural communities. She
was born and raised on a farm, and
also had the privilege of a college
education. She now owns and OPP
crates a large farm on which she
conducts an experimental station,
and last year raised II varieties of
wheat. besides many other things.
Her work is allied with the Iowa Col
lege of Agriculture, at Ames, Iowa,
by which fine institution we passed
She now contributes articles to the
leading farm papers, and many other
periodicals. The object Of the meet
ings are to get the women of the diff
ferent states together to discuss the
different problems and to suggest a
way to handle them. This meeting
was largely attended by women from
the middle and western states. Near
ly all were college women, and are
now operating large farms. One
farm woman who addressed us was
Mrs. DR.. Hemer of Utah, who with her
husband owns and operates a two
hundred acre fruit farm, which up to
that time packed and shipped $4,000
boxes of fine Utah apples. Mrs. HON.
er has the distinction of being the
only actual farm woman in the U. S.
who has a Phi. Degree from Cornell
or a like degree from any other Col
lege.
Far Behind
learned we are far behind the wes-
III IL cIoCCo III uISIC1 vi SuuCd-
ton. Consolidated rural schools are
everywhere. Even out in the noun
tains where you would think no one
could live, you will see a big SPLEEN
did school building, with Old Glory
floating on the top, and automobiles
standing around, indicating a Consoli-
dated school.
Many learned men and women from
tho CIIrrnnr1din0 CT o6drnccoH
among whom were Miss Edith Lath-
rOp, director of rural schools from
Washington, d. c. Our meetings
were held in the beautiful Mormon
assembly hall, and a short distance
farther in the Mormon Tabernacle at
noon each day we heard wonderful
organ recital. This building was
built sixty years ago, by Brigham
Young, long before railroads were
that way. 1t will seat 10000 people,
and has not a nail in its construction.
1t is put together with wooden pegs
and tied with thongs. An organ
builder from England built the preat
pipe organ that for years was the
largest in the world, but now there
is one larger. The building is dome
shaped, and the acoustic prop
critics are so perfect that you
can readily hear a pin drop
in any part of the building. The
Mormon Temple can only be entered
by those of that religion in good
standing. 1t is a huge building, for
ty years under construction, as the
gray granite had to be hauled by OK
teams from Missouri. 1t cost S4,5O0-
900 when completed. During our stay
in Salt Lake City we were entertained
at the University, and in various 9TH