The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-12
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zen still asserts his liberty, but we
are charitable enough to think many
of them do not know they are break
ing law.
1t gave us great pleasure to be
able to lend helping hand to the
organization of a School of Domestic
Science in Wheeling. 1t has proved
a great success, and is now under the
control of the Board of Education.
The department of agriculture at
Washington sent the president of the
Civic club, hundreds of packages of
flower seeds that were distributed
among the school children on Arbor
Day. We would be very much de-
lighted if the citizens in general
would take a more lively interest in
Arbor Day.
The Woman's Civic club worked
untiringly, not only for the Pure Milk
Ordinance, which Is being vigorously
maintained las we now have very
efficient milk inspector), but also for
the State Pure Food Law, and our
efforts were crowned with success.
About year ago the Civic club
sent a petition to council, locating
several intersections of streets that
could be converted into little parks.
This year the city has kindly built
stone walls, placed curbing, and paw
ed the sidewalk of several of these
places. The work, however, was not
done until it was too late to do any
planting. Next year we hope to make
these places continuous object-les-
sons of what can be done with the
waste places.
The Smoke Nuisance is never
ending source of annoyance, and, al
though we have had smoke mixed
with our meat and drink ever since
we were born, we believe we would
be perfectly willing to do without
this condiment. Notwithstanding
that last year at the request of the
Civic club the board of education
placed in our public library, books
that show conclusively that large
percentage of smoke can be prevent
ed by intelligent firing, we cannot
see that conditions have improved one
iota, so at our next meeting we pro-
pose to send a petition to council
requesting it to pass an anti-smoke
ordinance, such as has been adopted
in st. Paul and many other cities.
And now, as we look backward and
contemplate our feeble efforts, we
wonder what we have accomplished.
We have at least created public sem
timent that never existed before. If
evils have not been remedied, they
have at least been exposed. The Wo-
mans club has ever kept before it
and before the public, the desire to
have cleaner and more beautiful
city. We have been ambitious to be
like other cities of our size. Never
theless, everything apepars to be
something that is being planned, and
but little done, until we feel that
John Kendrick Bangs has described
our condition perfectly in one Of his
verses:
IT love to sing of the old speckled
hen
That set on a bunch of keys,
And spite of all our hired man
Remained there at her ease.
"She set by day and set by night,
Until one morn in May
She Matched dozen keyholes bright,
And cackled the livelong day.
Despite so many discouraging con-
ditions we do. not intend to give up
the shin. What little we have done
has been through great tribulations
and trials, and this year we propose
to take for our motto the words of
the old lady who worked on card
board. This dear old woman always
kept supply of these cardboard mot
toes and gave them away as bridal
presents. So among the presents of
recent bride was suspended the old
lady's gift with these significant
words embroidered on it, Fight on,
fight ever"
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