Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-11-07
WHAT THE CLUBS
ARE DOING.
Extracts From Address Delivered At
Meeting of the Federation
AT WeiSer.

Mrs. A. Loveridge of the Arteme-
STA Mothers Club of Mountain
Home. repor that they have had
for their village Improvement work
the care of the school grounds.
trees, shrubs, vines, flowers and
grass, have al been planted and
seeded in past years by the club.
them and has had the trees trim
med and flowtr5 planted and the
lawn water ed aud moved
The Subrosa Club of Mountain
Home reports that they have given
their time and means toward inn
proving one block of ground dona-
ted to them by Mr.. Carrot OF
Mountain Home. They have had
the grounds plowed, leveled and
seeded, much of the work being
donated and the park ENCLOSED by
net mesh wire fence and a double
row of trees, elms and naples
planted around the outside of the
park They have also paid man
to keep it clean and to irrigate it.
The Entire Nous Club has had for
its village improvement work
the past in the founding and main
tanning of library and free readirg
room and when they turned it over
to the city and it was maintained
by the city, they began accumulat-
ing books to be donated to public
library, when we have a building
The number of books in the Entire
Nous Club library at the present
time is thirty-three.
The club has added no new
books for sometime, having de-
cided TO use all money which could
be raised to increase the Library
building fund. Five dollars at least
must be set aside every three
months for this purpose. The
members of the Book Committee
have used graet care in the selec-
ton of the library books and every
volumn is either an excellent work
of ficion or else standard refer
cncc work.
The three clubs of Mountain
Home associated themselves to-
gethc- for the purpose of forming
corporation. The name of the cor
poration to be known as the Lii
brary and Gymnasium association.
The purpose for which the corpor-
alton was formed was to build and
equip one or more buildings in
Noun tain Home to be used for
the public library and gymnasium.
The clubs paid into the associa-
ton treasurer the following
amounts: Entire Nous, $245.25;
Artemesia Mothers Club, Si5f.O0;
and the Sub Rosa, $222.25, this
making total of $6fo.O5. The as
ISOLATION was able to secure three
very desirable lots for 5000 and
now the efforts will be for build
ling The directors OF the associa-
ton secured the Midland Lyceum
Course for the coming season the
proceeds to go to the Library Gym
nasium fund.
The association received gener-
odo mop iiOll MT. 0dtfCtt-
Mrs. John Caldwell, clerk of Liz
brary Board. reports that the
Mountain Home library has $500
per year or one mill on the assessed
valuation allowed for its support by
the City Council. With this the
library board has secured a splen-
did room at the nominal rent of $40
per month in the new Bailey-Sif-
fert- Garrett block Mr.. Garrett
donated the linoleum for the floor,
the chairs and library table. They
have several book cases, 5O4 books,
900 of which were purchased this
year They also have the State
Travelling Library, with popular
magazines and daily papers for the
transient patron. There is Ii
brarian in charge three afternoons
and every evening of each week
and a great number avail them
selves of the ready matter SO pro-
yidcd
MRS. JOHN PENCE,
Chairman of Village Improvement
Committee Of 2nd District FEEDER
alton