The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-03-25
WORK FOR THE BETTER CITY
by Mrs. Edwin f. MOultOn, Chairman
Civics Department, MOulton Hall
Warren, Ohio

the clubs that are interested in civic,
that women's activities in this impor
tant reform are constantly increas
ing. States are almost vying with each
other as to which will lead in secur.
ing those things that make for the
better city.
The Tuesday club of Nowata, Ok
lahoma, have just opened a restroom
Tor rural women and children. They
pay twenty-five dollars per month for
the room. Before opening day the
club had secured sufficient funds to
meet current expenses for three
months. After that the expenses are
assured from weekly subscriptions
merchants and others subscribing
twenty-five cents per week. Not one
merchant or dealer refused to sab
scribe, but every one commended the
project.
The women of Ravenna, Ohio, re-
Gently opened pleasant rooms for rur-
al women. 1t is on sustaining
foundation; and successful in every
way.
The club women of Warren. Ohio.
are now taking the preliminary steps
to secure suitable room, that rural
women and children may have a COM
Portable place to rest and leave pack
ages during the holiday shopping sea-
son.
wherever the county seat is locat-
ed, it should be the duty of the conn
ty commissioners to provide room
for farmers wives and their families
In song and story our Indebtedness TO
the women of our agricultural dis
trlcts has been sung and recited It is
small recompense for county to
make 1t possible for this important
Glass; the farmers wives, to find a
welcome greeting them when thew
come into their city or village, Tn
truth, that city or village will soon
be reckoned back number that has
not a restroom.
Any one who is interested to know
the cost per capita of our smoke
waste will gain the desired informa-
tlon by reading the following article
taken from the Cleveland Plain Deal |
er of Nov. II, 1909.
Cleveland Smoke Assesses PeopIe
cleveland pays $12 per capita per
annum, or over $4,000. 900 each wear.
as Toll to the smoke nuisance, accord
ing to the exhaustive report presen- !
ted at last nights meeting of the .
chamber of Commerce by e. P Rob- q
erts, chairman of the committee on II
Smoke Prevention. u
The total loss to the city each wear o
equals almost as much as is paid in
axes which totals s6.375.24S. This
'efers to the districts within the CITY o
limits, and does not include the fer.
tory known as Greater Cleveland.
Six hundred and thirty tons of
ulphurlc acid are released daily from
ne smoke emitted by Cleveland chin pc
leys. This destroys entirely or at III
east stunts vegetation, not to speak "a
II wrecking the health and tempers u
the people who have to endure the po
uisance ma
Inc committee in presenting the vi
eport urged that the State legisla- ia
IRE De asked to amend the law CIV "a
lg cities wider power in the regu-
ltion of smoke and enforcing suit-
Die penalties against those who are
erslstent violators of the smoke or
nances. 1t recommends that the VII
generation of all the cities of the PIC
ate be secured in effecting the pas ee'
ge OF a suitable law eei
The report stated that considerable 'ui
lprovement was noted in the ennis -:
IN OF smoke from Cleveland Chin
US during the past year, but that
ere was still vast room for improve
ent Much heat now going to waste
'uld be saved, coal bills would be
eatly reduced, the health of the
immunity would be wonderfully i'm
'ved, vegetation would spring anew
o life, and the city would be great
benefited if the smoke law was
re generally observed.
That smoke is detriment to
18th is no longer a question: it is
a"t. What are we going to do
nut it? When it was known that
ny thousand pounds of SCOT to the
2 fell in the railroad districts of
of our largest cities, the rail-
] companies were compelled to
trify their engines. Our govern
It experts not long since clearly