The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-07
LEGISLATORS
WELL PIE AsED
4, .x;stoo State Institutions Meet
With Approval From
the Visitors

,,,ittea which is touring the north
,ounties visiting the several state
,,s,;tutions Yesterday and the public
oxnressions made by the visitors at the
,,n,uet last night confirmed the idea
.,ot the impression made on the WIS.,
;,ors WAS all that could be desired.
r,ev had spent the day in visiting the
,orua1 school and the public libraries
ond other places Of interest in the city
and expressed themselves as being
.mnlv repaid for their trip and in pos
s.ss;on of facts that would enable them
.o treat all questions OF local interest
with a fairness not possible II they had
not been made acquainted with the ac-
tual conditions.
The dav of entertainment was made
busy one by the program committee.
The morning hours were taken up with
a drive to various points of interest in
the city after which a committee from
the normal school board went with
them on a tour of inspection OF the sew
eral departments of the school showing
what had been accomplished and what
was asked Of the legislature to carry
ont the plans for future work. After
the inspection an informal meeting was
held in the normal library where Pres
ident Black and DIR. Shaft and c. A.
Foresman of the board presented the
actual and pressing needs of the insti-
tution and the committee went in de-
tail over the plans.
ha T.
torneys Babb and Mcfarland of the SUI
preme court library commission took
the visitors in charge and took them to
the supreme court building where after
an inspection in which all members ex-
pressed themselves surprised and de-
lighted with the results obtained in the
expenditure Of the appropriation grant
ed for the building they listened to Mr.
Babbs review of the needs of this in
stitution as set out in the report Of the
commission to the governor.
At the Carnegie library the next
point visited the visitors, were met by
the library committee. Mrs. c. w
shaft, Mrs. Vollmer, Mrs. Leeper and
Mrs j. B, Morris. Here after viewing
the building and equipment Mr.. Babf
on behalf Of the ladies presented thei'
ideas regarding legislative appropria'
ton for Lewis and Clark memorial te
be located near the library building ts
commemorate the visit Of the notet
party to this section in their tour of thu
continent a century ago. The defega
ton then visited the Masonic temple
e,s~r
taking trip through Vineland.
The banquet at the Bollinger in thu
evening was delightful finale to tn
success of the visit from all points o
view Mr.. w. F.. Kettenbach acted a.
POSTMASTER of the evening and thu
several speeches by members of tn
delegation and local people emphasized
the mutual pleasures that seemed t
flow out from the results Of the brie
visit of the committee here. Those re
spending to the invitation of the toast
master for brief addresses were Sena
tor Hart and Representatives AlleE
Goodnight and Belcher for the visitor
and Messrs. Black. Vollmer, Wright
Green, Foresman, Kettenbach and Bah
The delegation consisted of thre
members from the senate and four fror
the house. Senators Hart Of Fremont
Jones of Oneida and Crum of Nez Perc
represented the upper house while Rep
resentatives Allen OF Ada, Belcher G
Bannock. Jensen OF Oneida and Good
night of Nez Perce representatives g
the lower house. Mesdames Allen. Jen
sen and Goodnight accompanied the1
husbands and in honor OF the ladie
Mrs. Black for normal and Mrs. c.
Foresman and Mrs. w. F. Kettenbac
from the ladies clubs were present q
the banquet and Mrs. Babb and Mr.
Lingenfelter accompanied them o
their trip through the city. The legis
lative party left for Moscow this morn
ing where they will spend the day ir
specting the university.