The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-20
FARM WON EN- TO MEET
WILL HOLD CONVENTION AT
MITCHELL JUNE % AND "a
TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS.

Farm women of South Dakota will
gather in Mitchell on June 20 and q,
Tor the state convention of the South
Dakota Farm Women's congress-. The
Mitchell meeting will be the second
annual session held by this body. DR..
Freeman Ward, professor Of geology
at the University of South Dakota and
state geologist, will give an illustrated
lecture IN the resources Of South Da.
kota as one Of the features of the con-
vention. A Sane Style Show" to be
put on under the direction Of Miss
Selma Rongstad, formerly Of Mitchell
and now state home demonstration
lege, will also be given as a part OF
the program. Miss Rongstad, in addi-
ton, will talk on home demonstration
work in the state. Travelling Libraries
in South Dakota which have already
proved a real boon to m Of the
state who live in more isolated com
munities, will be discussed by Miss
Leora j. Lewis, state field librarian
Numerous other speakers, including
prominent farm women from all parts
of the state, will appear on the pro-
gram. Several attractive musical fea-
lures will also be given. The Mitchell
chamber of commerce is making ar.
engagements to assist in entertaining
the convention, and the Widmann
hotel has been selected as headquart-
nrs I'm effort ic hninU made m ca.
cure reduced rates to Mitchell for the
meeting, and all farm women Of the
state are invited to attend, whether
they are members of the congress or
not.
The campfire girls Of Lennon are
planning a camping trip to the Black
Hills about June l.. This ~organiza-
ton, which is probably one OF the
largest of it's kind in the state, is
composed of about 80 girls. There
are two divisions and, under the
leadership Of their guardians will tour
the Black Hills in a large truck.
The committee in charge Of the
roundup celebration and frontier day
festivities to be held in Belle Fourche
on July 4, 5 and 6, has received word
from Yakima" Cannutt, a famous
bucking horse rider, who now is In
Texas, that he will be in Belle Fourche
on the dates stated for the purpose of
riding the famous bucking horse, Tip
perary.
The report Of the government
weather bureau in Pierre shows that
there has been an excess of tempera-
ture since the first of the year and a
deficiency in precipitation. The pre-
%cipitation for March was only a little
under normal, but that for the year
to date is 2.13 inches.
A cavalcade of 70 cars, one from
each town on the Sunshine Highway
between Sioux City and Canadian line,
is the plan for the official highway
trip which will be made early in Au.
gust. This plan was adopted by the
board of governors Of the highway
at a recent meeting in Mitchell.
The vigilance committee which re.
Gently was organized by ranchers in
the vicinity of Wood and business
men Of that town, already has inaug-
urated a campaign to rid that section
Of Rosebud country Of horse and cat
tie "rustlers," who have been unusual
ly active during the past few weeks.
An offer to trade the name of Roose-
welt to North Dakota for that of "Da.
kota' has been made in a formal prop
osition by the board Of directors of
the Mitchell chamber Of commerce.
The offer was made in connection
with the movement to have the name
Of South Dakota changed to Roosevelt.
In accordance with the result Of a
recent special election when the
voters Of Brookings authorized the is.
sue of 100000 in bonds, steps will at
once be taken to remodel, enlarge and
repair the municipal light and power
plant.
The farmers gift of 431 carloads of
shelled corn will during the next four
months save the lives of at least 100,-
900 famished people of Europe, says
Carl Vrooman, director Of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau federation g~ift-corn
project.
A series of club leaders training
schools will be held in a number of
South Dakota counties beginning May
1, with the object Of instructing town.
ship and local boys and girls club
leaders in methods Of carrying on the
work.
Arrangements have just been com
pleted for the big Shorhorn day to be
held in Redfield June Is by the South
Dakota Shorthorn Breeders associa.
tion, the day to include a show with
three silver cups and trophies, a bas.
ket lunch and sale.
Employees in all municipal depart.
ments of Mitchell will probably have
their salaries cut as a result OF ac-
ton taken by the city council when a
committee was appointed to draft a
new schedule Of salaries, for city en-.
ployes.
The next government sale of Rose