The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-01-02
SUPPORT MEASURES
THE OREGON FEDERATION OF
w0MEN's CLUB.
Active Interest Taken in Measures to
be Presented Before Next
Legislature.

The following letter to be sent by the
state federation legislative committee to
every club 10 the state, contains matter
of the greatest interest to every club
woman, and every one, it is hoped, will
do her utmost to give it publicity:
Madam President and Members OF the
Clnb
The legislative committee OF the State
Federation would like to call yonr at
tention to the following measures that
will be presented to the legislature at its
next session:
No. IA bill to provide that when
patients are to be transported to the in
sane asylum an employe of that institu-
ton must be sent to accompany them,
and when the patient is a woman,
female attendant must also be provided.
No. Q. Several measures will be in
troduced to better the condition OF de-
fective children.
No. 3. "A bill making wife's sigma
ture necessary to any endorsement or
security whereby property may be taken
to liquidate the obligation.
No. Am amendment to the library
law, striking out the l-5 mill limitation
No. ban appropriation bill for the
ran,;o ard GIarlf fair
No. 6.e-Anappropriation for the St
Louis fair. M
Nos. and 2,afe in charge Of the exc
eutiye boasdof the state conference o
charities, but need our moral and active
support. Mrs. 1, s. Calbraith, Of Salen
has been appointed from this COMMITTEES
60 give the bill for the transportation 0
the insane her special attention. Th
gross abuse OF the present system ant
the need Of legislation may be learne'
from her.
No. 3 is a bill which will come di
rectly through this committee, AM
needs no comment, as few women hav
not suffered from the impossibility 0
business men to refuse when their name
are solicited on a note. The wife
signature being necessary would Civ
many men the excuse they desire, an
above all, wife could not be deprive
of her home through transaction sh
was ignorant Of
No. A, since the passage Of the librar
bill, which was secured by this organ
zation, but two towns have availed then
3 selves of ii for the reason that the tf
1-5 mill limitation has made it prohibi
i've in small towns.
No. s should need no urging, as ever
loyal woman feels that Oregon must fl
tipgly celebrate the great historic even
which had its contamination in Oregon
No. 6 may need more explanation |
the significance between this and IL
Lewis and Clark and the bearing it wi
have upon our success is little though
Of. Millions OF dollars worth Of Q,
hibits may be diverted to Oregon fro
st. Louis; thousands of dollars sci
hither to make us richer in treasure an
more populous, and make the Lewis an
Clark fair the grand climax Of the grea
est exposition the world has ever seel
provided Oregon does her part towal
making the Louisiana Purchase Expos
ton success. The reverse will be Il
case il we are ungenerous and incv
i'll, rather than good will. This appr
priation should be large enough to Q
able the commissioners to erect a bull
ing where Oregon hospitality could
extended. The want of this was gre
detriment to the work OF our comm
sioners at Omaha, Buffalo and Char
ton. State pride demands it Was
ington has pledged 100000 and W
put up building. Something like
other states have done likewise. OregC
has already been honored by having
Oregon woman put on the nation
board of lady managers to represe
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mo
tana. When the state allotments we
made there was no one to answer to t
roll call for Oregon, Through the
Huence OF Mrs. Montgomery, the grou
was reserved for certain time for O
gon. 1t now remains for the state
what they will do with it, and to I
club women to insist upon the rig
thing being done.
Respectfully,
Sarah A, Evans,