The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-17

byterian church Wednesday afternoon
but the ballot box is closed and the
tellers will not count the votes until
after the closegOf the afternoon pro-
gramme, Miss Minnie Nelson of
Valley City, however, is not in the
running, making a statement before
the convention that she was not a
candidate for the office. The senti-
ment is that Mrs. E. B. Page of this
city will receive a strong vote but this
is only conjecture among the delegates.
Informal ballot was also taken on
the other officials to be elected at
this gathering, the corresponding sec
Rotary, auditor, historian and four
members of b board of directors to
succeed Mrs. w. A. Mcintyre Of Lang
don. Mrs. o. w. McClusky of Caring
ton n Mrs. Percy Cole of Kenmare.
The formal ballot will be taken at $3.50
o'clock this morning.
The delegates voted to adopt all out
one of the recommendations made by
Mrs. N. C. Young, the retiring presi-
dent, in her annual address delivered
Tuesday evening. The accepted rec
concentration is that favoring the or
ganization of q department council to
meet every spring, probably at the
same time as the executive board
meets.
The reports of all federation officers
WSL6 pr SSCIlIGu db- the I1OEIiIlS SEES
sion and the interesting report Of
Mrs. j. H. Shepherd, the correspond
ing secretary, was heard first. The
feature of this was the remarkable
growth of the federation, the increase
by counties being from twenty-three
last year to thiTty-six this year; by
towns, from forty-one to seventy-six;
by clubs, from fifty-seven to Ill; by
members, from 1,064 to 1900.
Mrs T., r nOchterrOaOn IF Willis
ton, treasurer of the federation, re-
ported a balance on hand of $257.12
with forty clubs yet to hear from,
many of these sending dues in during
the convention. Last veal there was
a balance of but Spills and the to-
tai receipts for this veal were $301.55.
The expenditures for the year totaled
$~261.61, which included routine ex-
penses, S25 as dues to the general fed
Grafton I'M $50 to the endowment
fund of the general federation.
Mrs. w. S. Lauder, general fedora
ton secretary, made the following in
teresting report:
Comparatively few clubs in our
| state appreciate the benefits of a close
relation with the general federation as
only seven of our Ill clubs belong to
| that organization.
Il have collected S25 this year. ST.
from the clubs of the fifth district and
| So from INDIVIDUALS. ~EoTty-One dol
lars was sent to the general fedora
ton treasurer by Mrs. White, SO by
the Woman's club of Fargo and $40
from our state treasurer by order of
the board of directors, making 1902 in
all, a little more than one-fourth Of
u apportionment.
Under the direction of Mrs. Philip
N. Moore and the executive committee
of the general federation with Mrs.
Mary /. Wood, manager of the infor-
nation bureau, a splendid history of
the general federation has been pub
lished. 1t can be obtained from the
bureau of Information, Portsmouth, n.
H., for $3.50. Profits accruing from
it's sale go to swell the endowment
fund.
Committee Named.
Only two committees were appoint
ed yesterday morning by Mrs. Young,
these being the tellers for election and
the resolutions committee. The tellers
are Mrs. II. S. oliver, Lisbon; Mrs. M
A. Hildreth, Fargo and Mrs. w. H
Stutsman, Mandan. The resolutions
committee is Mrs. A. NJ. O'Connor, st
Thomas, chairman; Mrs. Lucy p. Bar
Der, Wahpeton; Miss Helen Sullivan
Langdon.
The Office of federation historian will
be created at this session as a perma,
nent official and the first historian was
elected today.
Health Resolutions.
Following the report OF Mrs. r. A