The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-23
Session Held at Manti Is Filled
With Discussions Of Gen
eraI Interest.
IMPORTANT REPORTS ARE
SUBMITTED AT SESSION
Tuberculosis i'm the House.
Subject of Interesting
Paper.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
MANTI, Oct. 22.-The State FEEDER.
alton of Woman's Clubs resumed It's
session this morning by singing, "Co-
lumbia, the Gem Of the Ocean Mrs.
Talmage read the minutes of the ses.
sion Of Wednesday afternoon and re-
ports of standing committees occupied
the larger part OF the forenoon session.
The travelling library report by Mrs
c. W. Watson showed that $500 had
been received during the year, with
balance in the treasury of S12.75.
President Mrs. Cummings Of the legis-
latIve committee reported in regard t6
the efforts of the committee to get an
appropriation from the legislature TO as.
sist the work of the free travelling Ii
brary. and also to have appointed
free travelling library commission. On
motion the committee were empowered
to have bill to that effect presented
to the next legislature
Miss Ethel Paul Of the educational
committee discussed the work Of that
committee.
Mrs. Powers OF the industrial COM
mlttee read the report of that commit
tee, setting forth the nature of work in
regard to the juvenile court and reform
sCnOoss ana inc establishment or deten-
ton homes IN various parts of the state.
Mrs, Hancock g report Of the forestry
and civic committee showed that the
matter of forestry was veing taken up
by some Of the clubs throughout the
state,
Mrs. Beliso read the report of the
Canyon Crest Manual Training school,
which has been made possible through
the efforts Of the clubwomen Of the
state.
Savings Banks in Schools.
Savings banks in public schools were
discussed by Mrs. Allen. She stated
that the best bankers Of the state were
in favor OF such a move. She reported
that the project had been in force in
the, public schools in Park City and
had been made grand success. Pro.
fessor Stewart of the State Normal
school, she added, had become interest.
ed in this matter, and that the system
would be installed in that school.
The reports were adopted as a whole
and Miss Larsen of Gunuison enter
tanned the convention by solo.
The open parliament was conducted
by Mrs. l.. NJ. Bailey. The first ques-
tion taken up was "Juvenile Court
Problems, - which was discussed at
some length.
"The Abuse of Our National Holi-
day. was discussed, and the point was
Hdue tndL not until the llqnor tTafIlc
was ended would the abuse of the day
in that line be stopped The abuse in
regard to the use of explosives was also
discussed. A motion prevailed to ap.
point committee to present this mat.
ter to the next legislature.
The subject. "The Overworked Tele-
phone" was taken up and discussed
out by Mrs. Allen and others. in which
the newspapers habit of calling peo-
pie over the phone at night for informa.
tion purposes was gone into.
1.-The College Woman VS.. the Wom-
ans Club, ''Housework Idcalizcd,' -
Fighting tuberculosis in the Home"
and "The Submerged Christmas Spirit"
were ably discussed by the club mem |
bers.
Afternoon Session.
The federation resumed its session |
at o'clock in the afternoon and (,
the reports of the clubs of the state, as |
to their membership, the work they were
doing and other data, were given.
HThe Great Philantbropist OF Our !
Natlon,' the subject on which Mrs. ,
McMahon read paper, was interesting ,
and contained many noteworthy points. /
The work In New York toward relev- |
ing the poor and destitute was men
toned. Facts and figures in regard to
the great white plague were given.
Mrs Mcmahon said that the cause of /
those conditions could be summed up in |
one word, greed and showed that !
some one bent on money making was
the cause. report of the Crittenden
home and Canyon Crest Ranch was read |
by Mrs. Mcmahon, showing the finan.
cial condition Of these institutions and
the work that was being carried on at
these places.
A violin solo by Miss Esther Allen of
Salt Lake was treat 10 all lovers Of
music. NJ. j. Brines of Salt Lake CITY
entertained his listeners for forty
minutes. The Rev. Elmer l. Goshen OF
Salt Lake delivered an address at the
evening session on the "Cost of