Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-20
PROGRESS OF THE %
FEDERATION Meeting.

PROGRESS OF THE
= FEDERATION MEETING.
Much Interest Manifested BY the
Ladies In Attendance at the Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs-Mrs. VIII
'iams Delivers an. Interesting Ad-
dress on Forestry-Notes Of the
Meeting. .-.
Mrs. White in her address of well
come to the state Federation, Wednes-
day, said: ..
1T gives me great pleasure today
to be permitted to welcome you to the
city of Bismarck, on the SLOPE" upon
the banks of the Missouri. 1t is pos
sible some of you may think of Bis
marck as the jumping off place, but it
is not. Bismarck, has the distinction
of being the capital city; your capital,
therefore you should feel doubly well
come. The women Of Bismarck felt in
inviting the Federation to this city
that this fact might be drawing card.
This being the seat of several state
and government institutions may adj
to your interest in being among us.
Should you visit the city three months
hence, you would be enabled to listen
to the efforts of the members of the
house and senate and it might ell
courage the club women to note there
in that the men collected in tais SEES
sion do sometimes have trouble and
confusion with their parliamentary
law and are occasionally out of order.
Il very distinctly remember attend
ing my first club in 1878 Chat was a
good while ago) but the recollection
is clear Of room in my mothers
house where there were assembled
ten women, all Qpakers. of whom my
mother was one. Twenty years later
it was my pleasure to attend a club
| meeting of the same town Of Indian
apolis and listen to papers given by
the same club. This is now an IDEAL
club, composed to one hundred men
and women, among them many men
and women whose names. were to
mention, would be familiar to you as
men and, women of national reputa
ton. Since this club was start; IL by
ten women a great deal has Deen done
/ There are now three institutions under
the direct supervision or the women
of this club.
"What will the next twenty Yeas
bring to us? hope I may live to
know what is accomplished at the end
of the twenty years in our state OF
North Dakota. Again welcome you
on behalf of the people of Bismarck.
Mrs. Williams On Forestry.
| The ladies' of the Federation were
given a rare treat in the appearance
before them of Mrs. Lydia P. Williams
of Minneapolis, chairman of the com
mittee on forestry for the National
Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs
Williams has a deep, strong voice, and
very pleasing address. She had
thoroughly mastery of her subject anil
from the beginning to the close ct her
address gave indications of ability and
earnestness. ~
/ She said, in Lrief, that in speaking
upon the question of forestry TO the
/ clubs of North Dakota she realized
i that the phase of the question whlc!
appealed to the people of this state
4 is not preservation of forests, but the
propagation of trees. The interest IL
the matter at this time is vital, and i:
attracting the attention of Statesmen
II of the world. AS a consequence thu
club women Of America are giving i
more and more attention. 1t is tn
last question to which club vome1
t. have given their sturdy and, attention
but by no means the least. Since tn
: forests Of the east are almost thin'
: of the past, the splendid forests O
t northern Minnesota and Wisconsin
t already despoiled beyond preserve
{ ton but not beyond fostering me-
/ ] erowths of trees on the soil. The fol
! ests of the west are the hope Of tn
y nation. and to such the government i
n turning in it's hope of creating fores
i roearvas Mrs. Williams pointed on
on a map the great forest reserves
the union and urged upon the peopi
Il Of this state the necessity for interest
ing themselves and their statesmen Il
]. the question Of forestry at Washington
& She spoke interestingly OF the dis
II couraging features in connection wit
II putting through any kind Of 9 BIZ e
a garding the preservation or growth Q
u trees il the United States. BY mean an
i az statistics, maps and personal rs