Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-28
FARM DIRECTORS TO
AID LEGION WITH
BOULDER EFF ORTS
Directors in Monthly Meet
Outline Programs of
Farm Campaign


Outline Programs of
Farm Campaign
The Farm Bureau of Imperial County
will cooperate with the American
Legion in Ii campaign of education in
the interest Of the Swing Boulder Dam
land All.American Canal bill. Attor
Iney Il. w. Heald appeared before the
board of directors yesterday and re
quested that a committee of three rep
resentating the Farm Bureau be ap-
pointed to serve on the general commit
tee, with like number representing
the American Legion.
Mr.. Heald stated that he believed
that interest was dying ont and that
propaganda was going around that will
be disastrous to the bill if something
is not done to cOunteract it. He said
that Washington is not opposed to the
bill but that the members of the con
! gressiOnal committee and other con
gressmen must be convinced that we
are in earnest.
A motion was carried asking that
three of the board of directors of the
| Farm Bureau be appointed AZ request-
he'd and ts.e ,sresidcnS, G.. r.. West,
named r. ~. LSelh,r, x n finiieis AMI
n. y. Mccall FOR the committee, B D.
irvine being named 70 serve in the
! absence of any one of the three when
the committee holds its meetings.
f.. L. Garthwaite, farm advisor, pre-
! sented a suggestive program for cen
ter meetings which had been worked
out by the members of the extension
service in the valley. He said that
the small attendance at some of the
meetings were due, in his opinion, to
the lack of general interest in sub
iects discussed. Often the subject given
prominent place on the program was of
interest to {, very small percentage of
those present. He said that subjects of
interest to all in the neighbOrhood
would bring out larger attendance
and so extend the benefits of the Farm
Bureau to more people.
Outline Program
The following outline was unanimous
ly endorsed as suggestive plan to be
used in all centers:
]. Make up dates for each center
| covering the entire year.
2. Choose topics for all of the meet
ings.
3. Appoint committee to take
charge Of each meeting, the chairman
to give the main address or secure some
one else to do it,
4. Have debates on live agricultural
subjects.
5. Show lantern slides of interest
on agricultural or miscellaneous ques-
tions.
Mr.. Garthwaite discussed the out
line at length and gave many interest
ing suggestions for the center programs.
He also presented n tentative program
for the travelling conference and named
locations for the demonstrations.
Mrs. Austin, for the home depart
ment, reported that the school trustees
had failed to make provision for rural
nurses in their budgets, so that it ap-
pcared no school funds were available
for the purpose at this time. In lieu
of the plan adopted at the trustee S
convention in May, another plan is
to be worked out independent of the
schools insofar as paying the salary OF
Il nurse is concerned.
1t is now proposed for the rural wom-
en- to promote the sale Of Christmas
seals in the county, and raise money to
pay nurse to be located centrally,
subject to call for service in any see
ti0n or district of the county interested
in nutrition and health among school
children. The nurse will be regularly
qualified for service in the public
schools so that no question can be
raised as to that. The work will be
committee, of which Mrs. Bailies G.
Walker is chairman.
Can't Dust Sheriff
A resolution was adopted at pre-
vious meeting of the board demanding
that the office Of sheriff be declared
vacant by the board of supervisors be
cause of his removal from the country.
The committee reported that the sher-
iff still claims residence in the valley
and that the supervisors held that they
could not comply with the request. Tn,
close of the term is so close at hand
! that a recall would be inadvisablc.
B. d. Irvine will represent the I'm
perial County Farm Bureau at the
regional meeting to be held in Bcrkelc,
next Tuesday.
Many matters of routine and ad
ministration were discussed at the meet
ing of yesterday.