The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-04-10
ECHOES GOES COUNTING.

udJlOu. LCuOCo VI WOIudu SluU
was made the official organ of tn,
first district federation last fall. TIL,
entire district seemed delighted from
the start. 1t has continued to be re
sponsiye to it's call. In fact, Echoes
and the first district have been very
good chums from the beginning. Mrs
Buttertield, our state president, read
1t and approved heartily. She at once
consulted the state official board, and
with their unanimous consent, adopt
ed 1t as the official state organ early
in the new year. Echoes has been
taken into the heart and home of
every club in the first district, &C
cording to plan which will be told
farther on in this article. No court
ship was necessary, as long as she
remained at home where she was well
known, but when she advanced to
statehood she found herself obliged
to do little flirting to attract at
tention. The second district has
proven quite responsive to her work.
Has encouraged her advances to such
an extent that she is embolden to
institute real, sure enough court
ship.
We know an offer will come sud-
denly, they always do; but we are
not selfish and you, the second dis
trict, may have some time to consider
1t If you insist, but we hope you will
save us the pain of waiting by glad
dening our heart with your approval
at once. Echoes hereby declares fra
ternal love and friendship for you.
Will you take her into your heart and
home for the year, for better or for
worse if she will try to make it bet
ter? She has not been able to even
catch the eye of the third district.
Not one smile of encouragement has
1t sent this way and poor Echoes Is
indeed carrying heavy heart over
the continued silence of the north. |
This GOODNESS cannot be due to at
mospheric conditions for the altitude |
Is not so high as Blackfoot. While
discussing the unhappy condition of |
an axious heart with, club woman
or the second district she said, THE
women OF the third district are timid.
Your first districters speak much and
often but the third seems appalled, by
the seriousness of it ALL" OF course
the first is about to swamp the leg
tislative committee with local op-
tion, but Echoes didn't have thing
to DO with this aggression, only to
tell one club what the others were
doing, and We call that really whole
some gossip that bids fair to spread
over Idaho like purifying whirl-
wind. You see the first is sending
out local option movement that is
now gathering much needed force in
Lhe second and will move on to the
third which is now ready If thew
would only tell us about it. Then
the second district is loading up with {
all sorts of good juvenile court and {
child labor earnestness that they are 6
going to send to the third and first. /
Inc question before us is, what sort
o1 burden has the third to send e
down to the first and second. We t
have written this in a somewhat hu- a
norous vein, but with all seriousness a
'ay, we cannot do effective state work v
lntll we come In close touch with q
zach club in the district. The fol- h
owing letter, copy of which was Il
nailed to each club president of the "
econd and third districts, tells you o
he plan adopted. We hope you will W
cad 1t carefully: rt
lear President tt
we nave been earnestly seeking to W
eacn each club with the information as
nat Echoes of Womans Clubs" a pa
apartment of The Idaho Republic n
an, published at Blackfoot, has been w
nclally made the state organ of the re
ederation Of Women's Clubs. The u
urpose of this movement was to IN
ain prestige with our work and cul- er
Vate a closer fraternal feeling. as Vi
Ell as TO hasten the accomplishment pi
our united undertakings, by learn VII
g the individual opinion of each re-
cal club and blending them more or
lsliy into one united total to present ~ ~
the state. th'
Echoes' was first made the Off ~
81 organ of the first district. and SCI
IT plan of action proved so effec-
'e, IL was concluded wise to adopt alt
g same for state work. ed
Mr.. Irego is willing to accord lis NIL
use OF page for our work, but ON
could not afford to send the nan tor
10 the thirtysix clubs OF the state wo
'e or charge, neither would thew the
pect 1t. In view of this, our plan is TIM
II each club is requested to send us sta
subscription for Echoes" To Tor
point live active woman as press me-
porter, to whom the paper is to be FRO
It, She is to write up her own ing
D for Echoes" the official organ. the
also to CLEAN from its pages each sun
OK any items that may be of 90
cial interest to her own club, and by
sent 1t to the next meeting. Also TACT
Is to ask for limited space in Ine
own local town paper and present "h
her locality through it, such aga
eral news as she thinks would in VIVA
'st the readers and further the clu,
X. tins snreading Tho fna. ., ~ enri
women of Idaho are a power for una
and aggressive in self cultiva- soin
and imnrovinp c;vio no s,.; in C
here is much apprehension and NJ, Nm
udice existing in the minds of the nus nus
lie as to the purpose and scope of Tvs
work, and press committees a;nI
I'D proceed with great care to , sue
ent the club work in such form 10.
the editors will look upon it fav- b boa1
ly and the public take the trou- ness
% read and consider It. 49,