The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-11-10
WOMENS' CLUBS IN LIVELY SEES.
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When the history of the irrigate,
tracts OF Idaho will have been writer
1t will be found that next to the wa
ter supply, perhaps the greatest asse
the rancher found for the improve
ment of the country was the womer
OF the community. Never was thi.
more forcibly brought out than in the
meeting of the First District Fedora
ton of clubs, which enjoyed the warm
hospitality of the good people of Twin
Falls for two days, November l and
2. The meeting being held in the
very center of the big irrigated tract
the majority of the delegates came
from that section, although members
were present from faraway Mackay,
st. Anthony and Montpelier, as well
as Pocatello and the other towns
along the main line.
Women as Fire Fighters
The Woman's club of Rupert prob
ably takes the palm for uniqueness in
Its reason for being. 1t was organ
lied for the sole purpose of affording
fire protection to the new town, which
after a phenomenal growth of a year
was almost wiped out by fire. No
money seemed to be forthcoming from
the citizens. who were struggling to
get on their feet again. The women
argued, If we do get on our feet we
are liable to have another fire, and
something must be done to afford ade-
quate fire protection. Money must
be raised. And so the Fortnightly
club of Rupert was organized for the
purpose of raising money for fire ap-
paratus. Public dinners were given
by the club members once a month,
where home cooking was enjoyed all
during the fall, winter and spring,
and during the hot months cooked
food sales took their place. This work
was continued for a year, when the
city thought it could afford fire 40
paratus and the city fathers refunded
to the women the money they had
raised-a good sum-which was put
by the club members into land for
park, which was equipped with
seast and planted with trees and
shrubs.
WOman's Club on the Ranch
OF an entirely different nature is
the Springfield Woman's club. This
is the one real rural club, since the
entire community is composed of
ranchers. Some of the members have
to travel nine miles to attend meet
ings, and the tents and cabins where
the members meet temporarily are so
small that one woman, explained that
when sch entertained the club, she
had to take the bed down and put it
out of doors to make room for the
members. This ambitious club is
studying domestic science. They are
taking up a scientific study of foods
and food values, and the hostess and
one other member demonstrate some
one dish at each meeting. Despite the
fact that they are unable to have gas
or electricity to cook with, or many
OF the modern utensils considered so
indispensable by trained cooks, this
club is doing wonderful work. In
giving her report the chairman of the
domestic science committee of the
club, Mrs. Arthur Snyder of Spring
field, said: IF the men only had to
keep house they would at once equip
themselves with bread mixers, va
cuum cleaners and washing machines,
and the women of today should shake
the bad habits of the old generation
out of the way and see that domestic
science is put into every public school
and that women ask for modern la
bor-saving devices
Miss Sweet of the domestic science
department of the Academy of Idaho
spoke of the necessity of teaching do
nestle science in the schools.
Favors Women Inspectors
State Sanitary Inspector J. H. Wal
lis being unable to be present, his
very able paper read before the Sec
ond District federation was read at
the Twin Falls meeting. In this ad-
dress Mr.. Willis explained the won
derful help women inspectors would
be to him in Idaho, they had proved
SO successful an innovation in other
states, but he said that with the ,
present appropriation he is only al i