The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
.sP0TLEss TOWN FOLK
NOW WELL ORGANIZED.
WARD Committees CHOSEN AND
e. :. HARD AT WORK.
War on the Billboards Enlists the At
tention of the Women of the Min
: neapolis Improvement League Pure
Water, Fairgrounds and Vacant Lots
Are on the List. ~

Il 5SssiisIt HftS USStl attained by JnehsM1nneap
ms improvement. league in its efforts
I toWard thes betterment and beautifyine
sEaf the city The. work OF cleaning the
/ streets, alleys and back yards lis beina
Il prosecuted: with the greatest vigor and
Il the results are shown! on all sides. Fol
T lowing Is aEcomplete list Of the mem
: bers of the ward committees as they
have been appointed to date;%.
~ 49, - Second Ward
Mrs. Z: O. spoonerr,, chairman, Ee12 Fifteenth
I avenue Sc, SO tF=s - i.fss.-@ : -
Committee Professor Maria Il. Sanford, 14o1
Sixth street SE:s Mines. n. 3tE. Wesbrook. 82t
SCI sB 3 M 81 geus
! street Sc. .E.. z = ~. NJ, s&
/ Third Ward. W. x
chairman-Mrs. H. N. Leighton, 1909 Fremont
avenue N. %=lEa# e s. e., = I
oommittee-Mrs Hugh: J.. .Tunstead; othe,
members not yet announced. s~ssss.e
Fourth Ward.
chairman-Dr. Martha g. Ripley, 20 Tenth
1 street s. -IEs% : NJ : =
Committee-Mmes. J. 3. Truesdell, 1910 Du
pont avenue s; e. F.. Waite. 1909 Queen ave
| nue. 8; Fl. r. Ladd, 1S1|Oak Grove street
Laura Isnsley, 10 Royalston avenue
Fifth Ward. I'll
! ohairman-Mrs, Olga Won W. Haskell, ITO
| Third avenue s. 4.
Committee Mines Emanuel Cohen 2o2l
Third avenue 8: Willard R. Cray, 1904 Stevens
avenue; Henry L., Little, 1917 Vine place; d
9. Garrigues, 1921 Stevens avenue; Miss E.. r
Whitmore, 14o0 Clinton avenue. 4. 80 II i T.
| Sixth Ward.
Chairman-Miss Elizabeth Taylor, Bethel set.
| Element.
Committee-Miss Klara Michaelson, principal
of Peabody school; Mrs. Lars M. Rand 1925
Fourth street s; Mrs. Johanna Madden. eos
| Seventeenth avenue s.; Mrs. Ward; Mrs. John
| Micotek JOG Mill place.
! -. -. Seventh Ward s.2:,..>. =
chairman---Mrs. George W. Smith, 27s4 Eigh
| teenth avenue, s.
Lake street; ]. H. Arnell, S147 Longfellow ave
nue.; J. G. Gutenberg, 2955 Chicago avenue
Leslie e. Stevens, 2544 Twelfth avenue s.
Eighth Ward.
Chairman-Mrs: George H. Richards, 2sss
! Committee-Mmes. Asa Wilcox, 271s Fremont
avenue s; G. E.. Knapp 2O16 Girard avenue s;
H. G. Heidi, 1920 Lyndale avenue s.; e. W.
Gould, 2644 Humboldt avenue s.
| Observation-Disclosures. H. II. Kimball, % g
East Twenty fourth street; 3. c. Babb, 2s04
Garfield avenue; j. w. Falconer, 291O Park ave
nue.; Benjamin R. Coppage, 1911 Kenwood
boulevard. ..~- .st... e..
| Nu1Cu WGIQs
| Chairman-Mrs Frank H. :castner, 2e1e Tay.
1or street NE o. - :!
Committee-Mmes.. G. M Wade, 25s7 Polk
street NE; Snyder; S. 3. shull. 63s Fillmore
street Ne; William Bros. GIT Thirteenth ave
- : -, Yeuth ward f=@ -:
| Chairman Mrs. James Bennett, 4o4e Isndalt
avenue N. 80 *:' I -. :, ~
HGommittee-Mmes. Howard M. de Laittre
l. I,Sn do Ia lave NJ. all
fremont avenue Nj George R.. Hadden, 294;
Queen avenue NJ. E. L.. Kelly. 31o8 Fremont
avenue n. = :. 49,.
| ohairman-Mrs. N. Falk ejertsen, 2oos Tween
iity-seventh avenue s.
Il Com1ai ttee-Mmes. Lindquist; g. u, MitbX
|'2o18i Twenty-seyenth avenue s. -: -
/" Twelfth Ward. = " ::
CHaiFpan-Mrs. s. A.. stockwell, 1904 Eas
FIFTY fist street 80" a. ,, --'@'5.
i Committee A. NJ Harrison, 1896 Thir
Iibaugb, 2426 Thirty second avenue S; J. B
IsRayns, 2111 Minnehaha avenue. &C.,
sfiysea Thirteenth Ward. :; ss.as Ser
i Chaisnan-Mrs. James Gray, 1912 sherida1
II GommitteeAAImes Andreas Iceland, Calhoun
bottle yard and Richfeld avenue; Milton c." Mel
l;son, 1890 Park boulevard; H. C. Chaplin, 1922
Queen avenue s; @. W. Van TuyI, 1926 Queer
Eavenue S. - '-
4 War on Billboards. "
Is One prominent billboard advertiser
has promised the civic committee of the
Improvement league that his firm will
discontinue the greater portion OF its
billboard advertisingsas soon as the pre-
II sent. contracts expire. Encouraged by
II this promise, the women Of; the. commit
i, tee: will wait on all the large .adyertis
ers in the city and try to prevail upon
them to- assist in the movement. 49, l.,
! If they fail to secure the support
they expect, the women will go before
the legislature to ask for such legisla
bill boards not only in Minneapolis, but
in all parts Of the state. Such legisla
4 ton has been secured elsewhere with
l. signal success and the, members of the
! league can not understand why there
q should be any real difficulty in secur
I ing it in Minnesota. -.;~>.
tE?H For Pure Water.
Il. The Improvement league is not con
: fning its efforts to- securing a clear
I city. It was this Organization which
started the movement a year ago fol
i pure water, and this importants CUES
Il G1On Is SIlll urSC LII BGuo IuOuSulS u Lllt
members. A modern filtration. plant
which can be- relied upon to make every
4 drop Of water delivered from the re
Il sevoir absolutely pure and harmless i
declared by many to be the most i'm
q portant Improvement to- be aimed at
1 A modern filter as recommended by the
4 'tpure WATER commission will cost
I fully a $1,000 900, but it is argued thai
/ the money would be well spent, as il
n would insure: to the customers an I'm
failing supply Of safe water. ~;
4 Autos and Fairgrounds. >%-:
Il Automobiles have also engaged tn,
! attention Of the league. The recen
: fatal accident has convinced the womel
/ not only that some steps should b
taken to control automobile drivers
: but also that some provisions shoplt
be made to keep. children off the streets
q The accident was not due to the fac
q that children are. compelled to play ol
the streets for lack Of proper play
i grounds but it recalls the absence 8
s such places and suggests that a grea
Il deal can be done to remove the danger
Il In the thickly settled sections of tn
city the children are forced to, take, t
the streets for their games, and this
1 the women say, should be changed
/ The park board will open. playground