The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-05-20
FARM WOMEN TO MEET
WILL HOLD CONVENTION At
MITCHELL JUNE q AND ~
70 DISCUSS PROBLEMS.

Farm women of South Dakota will
gather in Mitchell on June 20 and 24,
for the state convention OF h South
Dakota Farm Women's congress. The
Mitchell meeting will be the second
annual session held by this body. pr.
Freeman Ward, professor of geology
at the-Uniyersity'o OF South Dakota anu
state geologist, will give an ILLUSTRATED
lecture on the resources Of South pa
kota as one of the features OF the con
yention. A Sane Style Show" to be
| put on under the -direction of Miss
Selma Rongstad, formerly Of Mitchell
and now state home demonstration
leader at the South Dakota State col
lege. will also be given as a part o.
the program. Miss Rongstad, in add
ton, will talk on home demon stration
work in the state. Travelling Libraries
in South Dakota which have already
proved a real boon to women 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 m is making ar,
r~angements to assist in entertaining
the convention, and the Widmann
hotel has been selected as h%eadquart.
ers. An effort is being made to Sc.
cure reduced rates to Mitchell for the
meeting, and all farm women of tn
state are invited to attend, whethef
they are members Of the congress q
not.
The campfire girls Of Lennon are
planning a camping trip to the Black
Hills about June 1. This organiza-
ton, which is probably n 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 s, has received word
from yakima" Cannutt, a famous
bucking horse rider, who o is in
Texas, that he will be in Belle Fourche
on the dates stated for the purpose oi
riding the famous bucking horse, Tip.
perary.
The report of the government
weather bureau in Pierre shows tina.
there has been an excess OF tempera
ture since the first Of the year and
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 20 cars, one from
each town on the Sunshine Highway
between Sioux City and Canadian Inc
is the plan for the official hignwa.
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 inang-
urated a campaign to rid that section
Of Rosebud country Of horse and cat
tie "rustleTs.' who nave been unusual
ly active during the past few weeks.
An offer to trade the name Of K0ose
welt to North Dakota for tina OF "Da
kota' has been made in a formal prop
osition by the board of directors oil
the Mitchell chamber Of commerce
The offer was made in connection
with the movement to have the lame
Of South Dakota changed to Roosevelt
In accordance with the result of q
recent special election when the
voters Of Brookings authorized the is
sue Of 100000 in bonds, steps will al
once be taken to remodel. enlarge and
repair the municipal light and power
plant.
The farmers gift of 431 carloads oil
shelled corn will during the next foul
months save the lives Of at least leo.
900 famished people OF Europe, says
Carl Vrooman, director OF the Ameri
can Farm Bureau federation gilt corr
; project.
A series OF club leaders training
schools will be held in a number OF
South Dakota counties beginning May
l. with the object Of i%nstructing 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
ton, the day to include a show witt
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 &C
tion taken by the city council when
committee was appointed to draft Z