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Show BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB LEADERS AND CHAMPIONS AT NATION'S CAPITOL Prof, and Mrs. J. C. Ilogensen of tho Agricultural College and state potato po-tato and homo economics club wo-k champions, Merlo Hyer and liattle Holbrook, have Just returned from Washington,' D. C, where they attended at-tended the national convention of club leaders and champions. sThey report a very profitable and enjoyable, trip. Utah was tho only stato west of the Rocky Mountains represented at the convention. This a' one shows that the club work in Utah under the direction of Prof. Hogenaen has developed de-veloped to great Importance and that Utah Is In the front rank In this splendid work of developing the young farmer and the young home maker to a very high standard. Thirty states wero represented at the convention by about a hundred champions, tho sUte leaders and chaperones. There are about 200,000 bos and girls In the United States between the ages 7u tuehe and eighteen cars that are engaged In club work. Of these Utah can boast 19,000. Prof. Hogenscn spoke at the con-entlon con-entlon on Activities for Girls In Club Work. Ho recommended tho formation for-mation ot clubs among the girls for making better -bread, for a beautiful well planned flower garden on the grounds of every home, for tho canning can-ning of otherwise waste fruit and vegetables in tho home and for the, sewing of their own clothes and fancy fan-cy 'sowing by' tho g'rls. On the way to Washington the cities cit-ies ot Denver, St. Louis, hnd Cincinnati Cincin-nati were visited. Eight days were, spent at Washingtdn visiting the m&ny historic places, becoming ac quainted with the various" departments of the government;-particularly the Department ot Agriculture. The champions cham-pions wero Invited to the White House where In the splendid east room they were cordially received by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who received Instead ot the president on account of his being confined to his room with la grippe. Tho champions were also received by Secretary ot Agriculture D. V. Houston, who presented each, one with a diploma ghing an account of the' success each has achieved. The Utah club workers and champions cham-pions wero always spoken ot by the Washington datly papers and those In charge of'i the club work for the, national na-tional government, as among the most successful at the convention. Merle Hyer, Utah's champion wns acclaimed the champion potato club boy In the United States with a yield of 382 bushels on half an ncre. Ills nearest competitor was a Massachusetts Massachu-setts boy with a yield of 173 bushels on half an acre. On account ot his wonderful success young Hyer was g!VtnJthov privilege of s.ellmg his seed potatoes under the "4 H" brand label. The four H'a stand for the development develop-ment and uniting of the head, the, heart, the hand and the health In chlidre'n. The label always stands for the hlgest quality. This labe Is an effort to standardize the products ot the Bos and Girls' clubs. To obtain the labels, which aro supplied free by the state agents In charge of club work, n boy or girl must have a guaranteed guar-anteed arlety to begin with, and must Belect the seed potntoes by hand from tho hill. The hill standard is set b-a b-a committee of three appointed by tho state ugent. All seed potntoes must bo freo from disease of any kind. The club member must sign eory la bel used on seed sacks, stating the yield per acre, tho aerage number ot tubers of uniform slzo found In a hill. In this way 'Tio purchir It he does his port In caring for tho crop may know definitely what results to expect from tho seed purchased. On the returti trip a stop was made at il'hlladelphla where such relics as tho Old Independence Hall, Carpenters Carpen-ters Hall, the home of Betsy Ross, the birthplace of "Old Glory" were lslted. Lunheon was taken at tho William Penh High school where 1800 girls were servtti cafeteria style In half an hour. Individual .dishes range In price from one to five cents. Other stops were' made at New York, Buffalo, Niagara F&llgand ChlcagoCt. I'burlng their stay in Washington the paifty was royally entertained by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Representa-tive Joseph Howell of Utah. This visit to the national capltol ot the state champions was made post'-bio post'-bio by tho financial aid of President Joseph F. Smith of Salt Lake Cl'r. A. T. Wright of Ogdon, J. M. Pe arson ar-son of Rlclifleld,'' A. L. Hyer ot Lewiston, Senators Reed Smoot ind George Sutherland, the Cache County Coun-ty School Board, Ktalght Investment Company of Provo, the Utah Agricul tural Collego and the untiring effort of Prof. J. C. Hogensen, Stnto Leader Lead-er In Club Work for tho Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural College and the U. S. Department De-partment of Agriculture. |