The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-02-28

out examination. This Is back
ward step. A former commissioner
of the census declares the absence Of
civil service rules made an extra
cost of 100000. Mrs. Dockery
now a member of the G. F. W. O
civil service reform committee urges
that every club petition our senators
and representatives to oppose the bill
as 1t now stands. The matter is In
your hands, Madam President, what
will your club do about it?
The portion of the Scholarship
fund to be allotted to University
students the present year is exhaust
ed, but, unfortunately, the requests
for help have increased. A number
OF club women familiar with condi-
lions are pledging $500 each, but
Mrs. Bowerman is sorrowfully re-
fecting on the letters she must write
announcing inability to help worthy
students, highly recommended, who
may be unable to complete the pre-
sent year without aid. Remember it
is loan, not gift, revolving
fund" AS long as the State Univer-
sity stands, and the federation exists,
your contribution will go on help
ing student after student, repaid
only to be loaned again, to deserv-
ing students. There are in every
community public-spirited citizens
who could well afford to help, who
would never feel the fifty dollars
they give, save by generous glow
around their hearts. If your club
has too many financiA burdens to
contribute even $500 at this time,
can you not be the means of present.
ing the subject to those who can;
awaken their interest. In your time
and mine, may this fund reach a
thousand dollars.
It is our hope to institute mu-
nicipal cleaning day for May first of
the present year If we do effective
work, the time is none too long to
plan for it. Let us not command or
direct, but counsel with our COM
mercial clubs and city councils, work
with them and under them, If neces-
sary | should advise against under
taking this work without their CO.
operation. The town should be d.
vided into districts. Ask the Mayor
(not the first time you breach the
matter) to give prize of one dollar
to the child who collects the greatest
number of old cans, while the presi-
dent of the commercial club presents
a similar prize for the largest pile of
dead weeds and paper. Consult with
the marshal as to the inoffensive dis
position of all refuse not on the out
skirts of the city, in heaps by the
roadside and If everybody else Is
contributing his share, will not the
draymen. do their part by hauling it
away free of charge? This is the first
step toward "City Beautiful" Will
Idaho Falls tell, on this page, what
she has already done, and Blackfoot
again explain her mile Of pennies
for the benefit of the many, new sub
scribers?
One of the first things the present
officers hoped to establish. was Rec
iprocity Bureau, but the interminable
correspondence necessary to put
plan into practice suggested postpon-
ing it till the federation meeting.
Now, isn't the problem simplified
with an organ? Make the Republican
can the bureau, send your papers
there for exchange For instance,
in the Outlook clubs last meeting
the educational committee joined
with the county superintendent in
presenting a program "a good plan
to awaken interest and secure atten-
dance in any community Mrs.
Alex Johnston, our ex- school clerk,
and present county probation officer,
gave succint, but comprehensive
paper on the workings of the compul-
sorry school law, and the juvenile
court law, which the audience found
most helpful. 1t was printed in the
Weiser paper and meets wider cir
culation. Let each club send in it's
strongest, most Illuminating papers,
(you find them enumerated in the
year books of some states). With a
published list - in the Republican,
clubs could secure papers which they
lack the reference books to prepare.
Five or ten cents is the usual rental
charge.
Several year-books have made |
of stamp savings. Nobody |
felt impelled to explain, though the |
greatest enthusiasm prevailed, but |
Saturday Evening Post |
arrives with full explanation, which
Is herewith enclosed, for publication
at some convenient season, If the edi-
tor of Echoes desires. 1t doesn't in
crease your club profit, but Is a
method of teaching thrift, training
the little children to save their pen
MES, work preliminary to savings
bank deposits. One Massachusetts,
town had over 100000 in stamp
savings. Will some of you discuss
in future issues, after the article ap-
pears, the feasibility of taking up the
work in our towns with librarians in
| enclose, also, clipping
rom Caldwell; a new idea of book
social, an achievement of the Cald-
we'll club, which | trust can appear
sooner or later.
This letter attempts to give con-
,rete illustration of the use we can
make of an organ" Unimportant
Is some of these matters may seem to
,ou, they are near to our hearts. The
Republican has invited me to COM
nunicate in this issue with every
hub in the state. 1t is my opportuni-
y this time 1T will be yours tomor-
ow. A communication so lengthy
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