The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 19, 1920, Page 7

- ¢ et & s vy ¥ 4 > " At ' the Nonpartisan league it takes time to get. The Writes Poem for Leader North Dakota Girl Is Sure That- League Will Succeed mr) DITOR Nonpartisan Leader: As I was sitting here this evening my eyes fell upon the good old Leader, which I am very much interested in, and instantly I got the idea of writing a little poem concerning it. If you find it of any value I’d be glad to see it in print. I am a very young writer, only 17, but if you would accept it, it would greatly please my dad, who is a very strong Nonpartisan. Harlow, N. D. MINNIE ERIE. DAKOTA FARMERS Dear farmers of Dakota, I’d like to shake your hands, I’ve seen how you’ve been struggling . To get your fair demands; I hope you are succeeding And have no doubt you are; Your paper I’ve been reading, It is the best, by far. Chorus Cheer, boys, cheer for all the farmers! They will get their rights at last. Down, down, down-with all the Langers! You’ll never rule as in the past. Of all the papers I've been reading, The Citizen, the News and all the rest, I can tell you squarely, without winking, The Nonpartisan Leader is the best. Let’s give three cheers for Townley, For he is brave, I know; ° He'll help you on to conquer, At least my dad says so. I wish we women could do something To help the farmer to advance, ° And I think that early in the future, We’ll surely get the chance. - Chorus From Washington Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I am an old lady, but I am much interested in what you are doing in - North Dakota. I read your paper with much inter- est and pass it on to others. I hope there will be lots more like Miss Ward, I bless her for the good ; things she is doing. Long live Governor Fra- zier, is my wish! I saw Congressman Baer’s car- toon in the Seattle Union Record. It is all right. 5 ‘Whatever way the League votes I am with them if I can get to the polls. * Wishing all of you a prosperous New - Year, 1920. MRS. MARY TROSPER. " Olympia, Wash. A GOOD BOOST ~ Editor Nonpartisan . Leader: As the icy con- dition of the roads keep us from going to town today will write instead. We can live well on the farm without reaching the grocer, for we live mostly . from our home products. The only part of this weather I dislike is the inability of our or- ganizer to have his meeting at the school- house tonight. We feel is making our conditions more livable already by giving us the social in- ‘tercourse: we need be- ‘fore they give us the economic freedom, which is said to be the best in the world. Ly o change in laws we will have a hand in, and oh, how many good times we are going to have doing that! It will give us a new zest in life, take us away from the humdrum of being just a farmer. Even a child enjoys things more when he makes them, so will we enjoy the new freedom for having taken part in bringing it about. Some of us farmer wives may .o more by forming an auxiliary, but many of us can do more by working shoulder to shoulder with the men, just as we do on the farm, Team work: counts, I think. 2 MAMIE SCHELLENBERG. Newkirk, Okla. . Country Health Topics Doctor Elizabeth Allison, a widely known lecturer on health subjects, says that the greatest health necessities for country women and girls are health education and physical examinations. - Writing in the official Y. W. C. A. journal, Doctor Allison says: “From memory’s notebook I can say that the most pronounced physical defect of the health of country girls and women has been the result of neglecting the teeth, both through lack of: cleanli- ness and by delay in having work done by the den- tist. ' : “Faulty posture, I think, ranks second. We have noted with pleasure the good carriage of our coun- try boys as they returned from war. “Probably no people have more colds than the country women and girls. They are often over- heated in the house because they wear too much clothing. Cold sponge baths are a fine preventa- tive. “Have we, as country women, permitted the pro- grams at farmers’ institutes and similar gatherings to be a discussion of animal and vegetable well- being without a section for human well-being? Let me suggest some subjects for individual study or group discussion: “What should be the height and weight of a girl or boy, each year of age? “What constitutes a balanced ration? “Clothing, its uses and abuses. “Drugs, their limited use. “Individual and community recreation. : “Social relationships; boy and girl standards. “Have demonstrations of good posture, good feet, good shoes. Write to the Bureau of Social Educa- tion, Division of Health, National Board, Y. W. C. A., 600 Lexington avenue, New York, for literature covering the above and other related subjects.” i PRODUCTS OF NORTH DAKOTA STATE-OWNED MILL | Here are some of the products of the North Dakota state-owned mill at Drake. The patent flour It is made entirely of hard North Dakota wheat, instead of be- ing a blend of northern and southern wheats, as is the flour produced at Minneapolis. bears the label, “North Dakota Patent Flour, manufactured by state-owned milis,” in black, and the great seal of the state of North Dakota in yellow. labeled, but bear the words, “Seal of North Dakota,” instead of a replica of the seal. sack in the middle contains breakfast food, also produced at Drake. Housewives outside of North Dakota - can not get much North Dakota flour now, as the mill has enough orders already for two years, but when the big mill at Grand Forks is in operation North Dakota will enter the world market, . “PAGE SEVEN The sacks of bran and shorts are similarly e e o B T £ U SRS IASONY b 0 st e g e s e B e (] Canadian Women Active Farmers’ Wives of North Have Strong Or- ganization—What They Are Doing IVES of members of the Grain Grow- ers’ association of Canada have an organization of their own, similar to the newly organized National Feder- ation of League Women’s Clubs. The Grain Growers’ association takes in the central Canadian provinces. Their women’s committees are affiliated with the farm women of British Columbia and the eastern maritime prov- inces to form an “Interprovincial Council of Farm ‘Women,” which sends representatives to sit in the Canadian Council of Agriculture. The women ofpthe Grain Growers’ association are working with four purposes in view. First is the securing of better medical care for those living remote from the towns. Visiting nurses and municipal hospitals have been promoted and _now the plan of the district physician is being tried in a federal constituency east of Winnipeg. This physician is paid $3,000 a year from the tax budget. This plan takes away any dependence upon fees and makes it possible for every prospective mother to have medical care at the time she needs it most. The women hope to do the same with the dentist. Next is the “Americanizing” of the newcemers who do not speak English. The women have de- cided that their children should be encouraged to play with the young Russians and Rumanians, that the children shall write letters to each other and that each Grain Growers local shall “adopt” the nearest school and help the teacher in showing.the immigrant child a true Canadian life. L Third is raising the standard of education in the rural schools and instructing women in the effec- tive use of the ballot now that Canadian women have the franchise. Fourth is the introduction of modern conven- iences so that every farm houskeeper shall have a rainwater cistern and a good washing machine. There is also a big movement in western Canada for “unionizing” the churches by combining two or three small, struggling churches into one that can afford to pay the minister a living salary. There are more than 100 “union churches” in western Canada now; none pays its minister less than $1,500. Plays for the Countfy Production of plays with local talent is one means of passing the long winter evenings profitably that is coming into growing favor throughout the farming district of the: Northwest. A. G. Ar- vold of the North Dakota Agricultural college and the agricultural exten- sion department of - the University of Minnesota are both encouraging the “Little Country Theater” movement, which started less than six years ago. in North Dakota, and both sources report more plays than ever being produced. Either Mr. Arvold or the University of - Minnesota extension department have several plays available suitable for amateur production which will be supplied -upon’ request. DON'T FORGET Don’t forget the new National Federation of League Women’s Clubs to which all League women are eligible. Write to “National Secretary, Federation of League Women’s Clubs, Box 495, | St. Paul,” for meémber- ship application blanks. _Full particulars in regard to the new organization may be found in the Nonpartisan Leader of January 5, Each sack The small