The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-07

glad to help each other, and to helI
every good cause) personal letter
to the members of your club and
other friends, men and women, az
you can, to do the same, and urge
them to vote this bill? Whatever
is done must be done soon. If i'm.
possible for you to attend to this
yourself kindly ask some member
of the club to do it for you.
We ask no more than we should
be glad to reciprocate, and we think
you for whatever you may do.
MRS. MILTON S. WOODMAN,
MRS. OLIVE RAND CLARKE.
MRS. DANIEL w. HARRINGTON,
MRS. GEORGE F. SAWYER,
MRS. EDWIN F. MILLER,
MRS. JOSEPH STEINFIELD,
Forestry Committee of New Hamp-
shire Federation.
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Women Deserve the Credit.
7 T is entirely due to the efforts of
l the Woman's Federated Clubs
that the state Of Idaho has it's splcn-
did combulsory\ educational law.
This law required that every child
between the ages Of and 16 shall
attend school every day the schools
are in session, unless excused for
certain causes which the law speci-
fies, or unless the child shall have
completed the English grade before
he is 16 years of age. If child is
over IA years and his help is needed
for his own or parents support, he
may be excused from shool attend
ance. 1t was soon found in the OPP
Grafton of this law that this was a
weak point. Children were detained
by their parents and put to work
when they should have been in school
and they were often put at occupa-
lions injurious to the child.
The federated clubs of the state
again came to the rescue. At the
last meeting of the state federation
an outline was formed for bill
of Woman's clubs in October, 1905,
which was put into shape by Mrs.
l.. B. Green of Mountainhome.
This was practically reproduc-
ton of the child labor law of Cali
fornia. This bill was introduced in
to the legislature by McCracken. The
bill was much altered in it's passage
the house, but finally pass
ed as altered by the house.
Mrs. F. A. Pittinger of Boise and
Mrs. l.. B. Green each worked very
hard for the passage of this bill
through the legislature.
The Idaho schools are to be con-
graduated upon these very excel
lent laws. The first requisite of a
good school is regular attendance
and the first requisite of good citi-
senship is educated and trained men
and women. The enforcement OF
.hese laws-compulsory education
law and the child labor ,law-will
10 more for the future of Idahos
citizens than anything that has yet
been devised for the general well
are of our people-Weiser Signal.
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Up to Uncle Joe.
T o SAVE THE Appalachian Noun
tain Range for public uses-to
prevent it's forests from being de-
itroyed by private haste for gold
10 more undoubted duty lies before
,ur Congress at the present moment.
Yet what of the Hon. Joseph Cannon?
Where can he usually be found when
money is at stake? Is he seen, with
determined mien, his back against the
vail, oblivious of the moment and of |
elf, battling for his country's future?
Not Joe. No better friend vested |
maps was ever known than he. Kind
y take moment, reader dear, to
the Committee on Agricul-
ure of the Fifty-ninth Congress with
hat of the Sixtieth. 1t Is now rumor-
ID dimly that two members of last
ears committee who are missing
we're dropped by Mr.. Cannon because
# their friendiness to the bill; and
ur knowledge of the Speaker makes
IS fear these rumors may be well
ounded. We refer to Davis of Min
esota and Lafean of Pennsylvania.
fr. Cannon, is this true? New men,
ers are Cole of Ohio, Pollard of Ne
raska, Gilhams of Indiana, McLaugh-
in of Michigan, Hawley of Oregon,
ook of Colorado, and Weeks of Mas
achusetts, Republican; and Beal
Texas, Rucker of Missouri, Stan
~ of Kentuckey, and Heflin of Ala
anna, Democrats; and we have reas-