The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-10-03
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

Amphictonic court, Parma-Mrs A. J Mitchell,
Mrs, George Turner, Mrs: J. c; Blackwell
Sub Rosa club, Mountain Home-Mrs L. L.
Epring Mrs. L. B. Green.
ADMINISTRATORS. E. C. Helfrich, Mrs. Dora Hall.
Portia club, Payette-Mrs. Susan Stroup Mrs.
Driscol Mrs. Erwin, Miss Shaumberger. Mrs. Red
dington, Mrs. Brundage Mrs Williams and Mrs.
McGlinchy
The first business of the morning of the second
day of the federation meeting the reports OF the
committees which had not been given the day be-
fore Mrs. Reddington of Payette presented report
of the work done by the clubs along the line of educa
ton 1t included the placing OF pictures IN the
schools and special interest taken in library work
The report of the village Improvement committee
was read by the secretary, Mrs. Cowen, and showed
that clubs of the district were still working to inn
prove the appearance of their towns. Caldwell had
offered two prizes for the most Improvement in
back yards during the summer which decided
by before and after kodak picture. This town
had also set out 40 trees around the school house
and had raised 81 900 for permanent Improvement in
the cemetery The three Mountain Home clubs had
purchased three lots at cost of $625 which were
decided to the city for the Carnegie library site The
Entire Nous club furnished new books every month
for the library and the Artemesa has kept the school
ground clean and has planted bulbs for spring bloom
ing. Shoshone is agitating graded road to its Gem
etery Parma is maintaining a library in a modest
way which is supplemented by the travelling library.
Weser had cleaning day when prizes were Of
fered for the biggest load of tin to be hauled
away by any boy. More trees have been set out
in the park and SIS prize offered for the best kept
back yard.
The subject of the Girl Offender" which was
discussed at the Wednesday session, again in
PRODUCED by Mrs. Butterfeld and upon motion it
decided indorse this subject for consideration by
the legislative committee of 1911.
Miss Chamberlain followed with instructive talk
the state industrial school,
The subject of reindorSing the official paper OF
the federation Club Echoes, published at B1ackfoot
and edited by Mrs Byrd Trego, was unanimously
adopted
itOrc he nv Mrs F.
the Good Citizenship club of Boise After stating the
objects Of the club and what its members had already
derived from their study the speaker made plea for
the suppression OF the social evil
Mrs. C. Todd Moffett, of Chicago, spoke on MUM
cipal Art" mo country spends much on its pub
lie improvements she said, and gets little.
Municipal art suffers while graft gains" Some of
the special subjects treated by Mrs Moffett were
parks, school gardens play grounds, the naming of
streets and the educational we'll the artistic
value of mural decorations.
The report of the c. F. w. c. meeting at Boston
was written by Mrs Wilbur, delegate to that con-
vention from Mountain Home This was followed
by discussion of the Biennial by Mrs Kurtz of
Nampa, who never missed session of the entire
10 days.
The following officers were elected:
President-Mrs Fred Pittinger, Boise.
Secretary.,Mrs Frank Knyon, Boise
Vice Presdent-Mrs John McGlinchy, Payette.
Treasurer-Mrs. Herman Haas Weser
The invitation from the Porta club of Payette to
be the guest of Payette at the next annual meeting
was accepted
The exhibition of sketches by Miss He'll of Gin
cinnat in the rooms of the Caldwell Commercial club
attracted much attention during the sessions.
Two important resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the federation The first embodied the
made by Mrs. Butterield One resolution
asked that the district federation recommend to the
state federation that the chairman of the several
standing committees from the three districts be made
members of the same committee of the state the
president to select the fourth member who should
lct as chairman This arrangement would of neces-
ity make the term of the district president two years