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notify all local county and township officers of the county meetings. The 

 executive committeemen will arrange for county meetings during Sep- 

 tember, notify all officers and directors, supply those in attendance with 

 plans for directing township meetings, and confer with local represent- 

 atives on their special membership problems. 



The county bureau will be responsible for local meetings and assure 

 the presence of all officers and township directors and their wives. An 

 effort will be made to get at least one township director or officer and 

 his wife and as many more as possible to attend the county-wide meeting. 

 Township directors will arrange the meeting in their communities and in- 

 sure the attendance of as many local officers, co-operators and members 

 as possible. They will apportion the territory of each district to at least 

 three active members and supply each membership committee with a 

 list of paid and delinquent members in that district. Soliciting commit- 

 tees will report to the directors who will in turn report to the county 

 bureau. 



STATE AND NATIONAL HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT 



(From Iowa Homestead) 



A remarkable feature of growing interest is the rejuvenated interest 

 displayed in the old-fashioned game of horseshoes. A national tourna- 

 ment for both men and women with entries from 13 states, ranging from 

 New York to California and from Minnesota to Oklahoma, provided 

 thrills a-plenty for affectionate followers and ringside spectators of the 

 coming game, "barnyard golf." A state tournament was also held to 

 decide this year's state champion. In this there were 89 entries, mostly 

 champions of their counties or districts. The national tournament had 

 86 entries who could be pitchers without reputations, but most of these 

 contestants were either state or city champions. The interest shown in 

 the tournaments served in no small way to detract people from the main 

 attractions in front of the amphitheater. A throng of people filled the 

 bleachers surrounding the courts from morning until night, astonished 

 at the ease with which the contestants threw ringers and doubles time 

 after time. 



Horseshoe bids fair to become a popular universal sport, especially 

 since so many fairs and clubs have initiated tournaments with valuable 

 prizes for the winners. Small clubs similar to golf clubs are being or- 

 ganized throughout the United States. "Barnyard golf" is a game purely 

 of science and skill, a game of clean outdoor competition and a game 

 which requires wonderful nerve and muscle control. Although the 

 original game of horseshoes was confined quite largely to the farmers, 

 the new game seems to be followed extensively by their city cousins. 

 But the fact still remains that our rural horseshoe pitchers tend to make 

 the better contestors as is evidenced in the final standing of the national 

 tournament to decide the world's championship. Out of 16 players al- 

 lowed to compete in the finals, nine were Iowans First, second and 

 third places were held by Iowans, the first being Frank Lundin, a lad 

 of 22, from New London, Iowa. The new world's champion came to the 



