The Greeley tribune., 1911-06-22
GREELEY
INVITES THE
". c. 7. u.
NiNT CONVENTION MAY MEET
IN THIS CITY
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
Interesting Sessions Come to an End
at Fort Lupton-To Continue
the Battle Being Wagcd
Against Liquor

Fort Lupton, June 17.-Greeley
delegates invited the annual con
Vention next year to meet with
them Just before adjournment OF
the sixteenth annual convention OF
the fifth district w. C. 7. U. closed
here last night. At the closing ses-
sion Mrs. McClelland of Greeley
Mrs. Sampson of Berthoud, Mrs
Bedford of Platteville and others
presented the department work.
Mrs. Eva Barney of Fort Lupton
and Mrs. Adrianna Hungerford, the
state president of the organization,
gave addresses. Mrs Hungerford
spoke on "Consevation".
The following resolutions were
passed by the convention:
We, the members of the Women g
Christian Temperance Union of
Colorado assembled in the Fifth
district sixteenth annual conven-
ton, wish to express our deep ap-
probation of the Divine guidance
during this most prosperous year OF
our organization and our faith in
the ultimate triumph of our prin-
ciples which we wish to state in the
following:
greater appreciation of the ballot
and deeper sense of womeu's part
in placing temperance people in all
municipal offices, and non-tobacco
users as well as temperance people
on school boards and as teachers
that the Scientific Temperance In
struction laws may be strictly en-.
forced with the teaching of thri.,
and economy.
Purity-we believe in one stand
ard of morality for men and womer
and emphasize the need Of the worl
to overthrow the white slave traf
fic, We recommend the co-opera
tion of parents with the teachers tC
check the growing evil of impurit,
in the public schools.
Peace-we believe that war il
barbarous,, peace more Christ lill'
| and therefore, we favor the estab
lishment of an International Cour
of Arbitration for which SO many o
our good people are now working.
| Co-operation-sin we believ
that missionaries are awake to tn
importance of temperance in tn
christianization of the world, there
fore we pledge ourselves to secur
the sympathy and cooperation o
local missionaries.
| An appeal to leges-recogni5
ing the great influence of our il
lstitutions of learning, we ask on
colleges to discontinue the practiC
of serving any spirituous LIQUOR {
cider at any of their festivities.
Medication-we. as body, stan
for non-aIcoholic medication. an
against patent medicines.
Prohibition-We of the Fift
district, solemnly pledge ourselve
for the annihilation of the liquo
traffic until every saloon. brewer
and distillery are hanished from on
borders We urge all our Union
to work in all our department
| which bear on this issue, for by thi
means Colorado viii gain statewide
prohibition in 1912.
Thanks-we are most happy Il
express our heartfelt thanks to th'
w. c. T. U. of FIT. Lupton for theil
kind hospitality and the plans they
have consummated for our pleasure
Thanks are due the parties who
gave the delegates the automobile
ride. We thank those who have
opened their homes to us and whose
association we have enjoyed. To
the l.. T. L. and reception commit
tee we are grateful for the roya
reception upon arrival. We thank
the Knight Campbell company for
the use of the piano and the White
Ribbon Chorus for the beautiful
songs they have furnished, and all
others who have, in any way as
sisted in the work of this conven-
tion.
MRS. T. A. STEVENS,
MRS. DORA FOSTER,
MRS STELLA V. BEDFORD.