The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-11
WOMEN IN FIGHT
FOR PROHIBITION
Permanent Organization Is Ef-
fected, and Officers Are
Elected.
MRS. w. A. WIGHT IS
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Salt Lake Anti-Liquor League
Is the Name of AS
sOciatiOn.

At n meeting attended b. tNo hundred
women In the bishopric building We'd
nesdav afternoon the Salt Lake Anti
Liquor league WAS organized and plans
outlined for the coming special election
June 81 under the new local option law
The meeting was held for the purpose
of forming a permanent orcaniza tion fol-
lowing preliminary meeting a leW Gays
ego. According to the general plans. the
newly formed league will extend to ali
wonlens organizations in the city and
will cooperate with the mems organlza-
tions now actively engaged In various
phases of work In The city, among these
Tho Ministerial association and the Anti
Saloon league. Considerable interest and
enthusiasm was manifest in the meeting;
Among those present were members OF
the various W. {. I. u. ana protestant
church society workers.
Mrs. Wight Presides,
Mrs. w. A Wight president of the W.
G. T. L. nj Salt Lake. presided over the
meeting and Yves elected permanent
a prayer by Mrs. Emmeline r. Wells.
Following the election of officers there
was spirited discussion regarding the
name 10 be given the new organization,
A number OF suggestions were offered be-
fore selection Was made. In the dis
cussion. In selecting name. ii was point
ed out that the organization should be OF
such a nature that 1t will be open 10
membership for the various organizations
among The men OF the city that Will act
in conjunction with the new organiza-
lion.
While the orSa nizatio is new the vari-
Gus societies and associations. which are
identified with IL. have been active In
the city for some time. The meeting
was held as the result of an effort 20 get
the different societies TO work as one in
The coming campaign. as the societies be
coming identified with the new league
were planning TO take I'D active work in
the coming campaign. That more ef-
fective work might be done, was the point
emphasized In The permanent organiSa-
tion meeting Wednesday.
Officers Elected.
Officers were chosen as follows: Presl-
dent. Mrs. w. A. Wight: vice president,
Mrs Clarrisa S. Williams; secretary. Mrs
SimpkiD. The chairman appointed press
committee consisting of Mrs. Anna Wells
Cannon. Mrs. Elizabeth Cohen. Miss Jen-
mic Simons and Miss Mary Comfy.
III order 10 make the organization ef-
fective at once, the chairman OF the meet
jng appointed a delegate from each OF
the various women's organizations OF the
city These delegates will meet dele
gales from the mems organizations in
the bishopric building tonight 10 take
the first steps in the arrangements for
a big mass meeting 10 he held soon.
Delegates Named.
Among the different orsanza,io lions from
which delegates were appointed and the
". C. r. U.-Mrs w A Wight
Y. w. c. A.-Mrs. j. r.. Bowdle.
Central Christian church-Mrs. Wald-
lliff Methodist church-Mrs, Hickey.
Phillips Conversational church-Mrs. c.
a. Walker.
Monday Night club--Alrs. McCanu.
Sunday School society-Mrs Case.
First Methodist church-Mrs. Watson.
Liberty Park Methodist church--Mrs.
Roct.
Waterloo Methodist church-Mrs Bel
lis.
Westminster Presbyterian church-Mrs.
WcLease.
First Presbyterian church-Mrs. Tib-
balls.
Third Presbyterian church-Mrs. Nc
Woman's Missionary union-Mrs Free
man Mornincstar.
Salvation Armv-Mrs Pitt
National Relief society-Mrs. Z. b
Wells.
Y l.. NJ. T. AIRS Ruth NJ Fox.
Wasatch Literary socicty-Mrs. Fox
hurst
Utah Woman's Press club-Mrs Widt-
State suffrage councll-Mrs Emily L.
Richards
woman's Democratic society-Mrs
Hayward.
Authors club-.Mrs Eliza Bennion.
Daughters of Picneers-Elizabeth Right
Daughters of Mormon Batalion-Mrs.
J. NJ. Farnsworth.
Daughters OF Handcart Veterans-Mrs.
Hannah Lapish
First Congregational church-Mrs. A.
T. Moon.
Seekers club-Mrs. Bclss
Genealogical socletyMrs. Susa Y.
Gates.
Cieofan-Mrs. II. l.. a. Culmer.