The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-06
Meeting Held Yesterday and
Another One Called for
Next Wednesday.
ALL W0MEN'S SOCIETIES
INVITED TO BE PRESENT
Campaign Committee to Be Ap-
pointed at the Coming
Gathering.

Tc form a permanent organization OF
the womens clubs OF The city and other
women TO assist in the campaign for
prohibition, a meeting OF representatives
of the various women's organizations was
held yesterday In tho Bishops building.
The meeting was called By the Women $
Christian Temperance Union. the Relief
society of the Mormon church. the Young
Ladies Mutual Improvement association
and other women's organizations.
At this meeting it was decided TO call
a meeting OF representatives of women s
societies ana of all other women inter-
cstcd IN the temperance movement 70:
next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
in the Bishops building. 40 North Main
street where a permanent temperance
adopted for the campaign for prohibi-
tion in this city.
The women Of the city VIII probably
take the lead In the prohibition move
ment and at next Wednesdays meeting
VIII select campaign committee which
Will have the power to cooperate with
whatever other prohibition organizations
may be formed in the prohibition cam
paign. This committee will appoint sub
committees. secure headquarters. plan
meetings and provide speakers for the
campaign. Mrs. Lulu B. Shepard. the
wcll-known Utah temperance worker.
who is now conducting the campaign FOR
prohibition in Texas, will return TO utah
within the next ten days and will take
charge of the women's work In the pro-
hibition campaign here.
Committee in Charge.
The committee in charge of the wom-
ems clubs. allied for the purpose OF
carrying on the prohibition fight. and the
temporary officers of next Wednesdays
mesting nrsstIng, ar are I'M Mrs; IS W A Wight city
chairman. Annie Wells Cannon. tenn
porary secretary: Mrs. w. n. Williams.
Relief society; Elizabeth Cohen, Won,
Graded sunday School union; Mrs. T.
a. Pitt. Salvation Army; Zins Y. Card
Primary association, Elizabeth S Wright
Fox. Young Ladies Mutual Improvement
association.
The mems part in the prohibition
Is stu underlined. Some time
mon church held a meeting and named
a committee TO take charge of the pre-
limnaries incident to the prohibition
famPaigg: Iinrrs On this conn Sommittes are Nephi
Cannon. Nephi l.. Morris is president of
the Salt Lake stake Of the Mormon
church and has been prominent in Re-
prominent as a temperance worker. B
F Grant has conducted a prohibition
campaign on his own account for several
Der OF the lower house OF the state leg
Stature OF 1909 who fathered the Cannon
state wide prohibition bill which passed
the house, but was killed in the senate.
Morris in East.
Mr.. Morris is now In the east and will
not be back before the first of next week. |
Pending the return Of Mr.. Morris IL is
probable that no steps Will be taken 10
'orm a prohibition organization among !
he men, Immediately upon his return |
1owever. il Is likely that public meet |
ng will be called and a permanent or
effected
In the meantime, prohibition is being |
made the subject of Sunday addresses |
n many OF the Mormon meeting houses |
3. F. Grant will speak on prohibition
Sunday at the Miller ward meeting |
house at Fourteenth South and State |
streets.