Show woman s athenaeum the tha athenaeum meeting held april oth was an especially interesting one our president miss MIBS tuggle presided betty haylor and melba entertained us with clarinet and piano solos followed by mrs rs Har well prepared paper on colorado new mexico montana wyoming and yellowstone park did you know that montana ranks third in wheat production in the united states that one third of the copper of the united states is mined here did you know that NOW mew mexico has only about twenty three cloudy or rainy days daya in the year that they use yucca u or soap a good deal and some paper pa ier la ifor made de from it that there are elgh eight t national monuments ento most ot of them pre prehistoric lits to rio indian ruins did you know that wyoming Is third in the sheep raising industry in the united states and was one of the first states to grant equal suf ferage and did you know that yellowstone tone park was set apart by the government to in 1873 1872 tor for the enjoyment of the people and no lao other area of the same size 64 by 54 miles contains so many wonders that great fulls falls of tho the yellowstone tone Is or one 0 of f the great cataracts of the world and finally did you know that 42 of the I 1 64 54 main peaks in the united states are in colorado that more rivers rise here than in any other state that Leadville Is beconi highest incorporated city in the world A city in peru Is a little higher mrs hartwell told us these and many moro more interesting things about these states and the jolly discussion following will help us to remember what she gave vs Us meeting adjourned to meet again april MRS CLEMENTS acting Secre secretary |