The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-17

$4,000 pages OF literature were dis.
tributed on the fair grounds. Two
different years Mrs. Della Cox, then
state president and national organizer,
spoke In the grove at the fair grounds
to good audiences on prohibit, and
equal suffrage. These lectures were
fine and well received by the pub
| lie.
Public Library
| The local union donated Miss VIII.
lard's set of books. worth $40, to the
public library. "Glimpses Of Fifty
Years and "A Great Mother" were
included in this set. A years SUBJ
scription to the Union Signal was
donated several different years
Petition Work
When it was proposed to lower the
| saloon license the W. C. r. u. circu.
lated a petition and sent it to the
council asking that the license be kept
up to one thousand dollars per year
believing that the fewer the saloons
the better. The petition gained over
the remonstrance sent in by the liquor
interests and the license was kept w
|
hibition, local option, equal suffrage
and other movements of different
kinds were circulated, usually with
greater success than was expected
These petitions were always for OF
| against some proposed legislation
either in the state or national legisla.
ture. Thousands of signers were Sc.
cured to the great polyglot" and
anti Mormon petitions, and much
work was also done by the w. C. T
y. in getting individual letters writ.
ten to the congressman in favor Of
the petitions.
Sunday Closing
In the spring of 1891 a committe,
of one was appointed from the w. C
T. U. to meet committees from all tn,
different churches and reform or.
CARNATIONS to meet and see wha,
could be done in the matter of Sun.
day closing.
| The state law was all right, but II
was matter of getting the local of
ficers to enforce it. After three year.
of effort large mass meeting wa.
held and considerable enthusiasm wa,
| aroused. The sheriff and prosecutins
| attorney were sent for. and it was de
cided that the law should be en-
| forced. This was done for a shor
| time, but as soon as the people ceased
| to demand it the officers fa'led to de
their duty and the law grew to be a
dead letter again.
School and Municipal Election Worl
| The w. c. T.. U. mem ers took III
active part to elect temperance mer
on the school board. Many of then
took rigs and took women and Older
men to the polls ITO vote, and by this
| means, elections were won several
timess They were won only by very
small vote over the two-fifths ma
jority required.si ia. .e i,
| The union also did a great deal OF
work at different, times to elect tenn.
perance men to the council. One
year headquarters was established
near the polls and lunches were
served to the voters and electioneer.
ing was done.
Scientific Temperance Instruction
AT one time 1t was said by the late
Mary II. Hunt, author Of the first leaf.
lets and pamphlets on physiology and
hygiene for instruction in our public
schools, and who was nationa
and worlds superintendent of this
department of the work for many
years before her death, that
Washington had the best laws
for scientific temperance instruction
in the Union. This work YVES sue.
cessfully urged upon the teachers OF
our schools by having local superin-
tendent visit them and give them
leaflets and other reading material for
this work and arranging for lectures
and talks before the teachers insti-
tutes and county, association meetings
Sunday School Work
Some good and lasting work was
done among the, Sunday school chill
rem at this time by the vice presidents
Of the w. c. T. U. Each represented
local church in the union. They
urged upon the teachers and superin.
! tendent of their Sunday school the
thorough teaching of the Quarterly
temperance lesson as is established by
the National Sunday School associa-
ton. They also furnished MANY O,
the very fine little temperance papers
for distribution among the children
Some mercy work was also accom-
plished in this way In the SUNDAY
schools. Miss Page of east Washing
ton and Miss Irons of west Washing
ton did considerable mercy work in
the public schools and Sunday schools
by giving talks to all grades of young
people and by distributing literaturs
among them.
Non-Alcoholic Medication
Mrs. Laurendeau of Ellensburg. fol
several years state superintendent OF
this department, made regular visits
to this city, giving talks to meetings
of the members and canvassing the
city with literature and advocating
non-alcoholic medicines.
A meeting was arranged for by the
| w. G. I. u. in Mrs. Alex Boman's
| parlors, where the audience listened
to one of her beauty lectures from
a large chart. About so special in.
vitations were sent out, with the re.
quest to bring friend. All of this
talk from the chart was so very in.
teresting and instructive that those
who attended felt well repaid for theii
effort.
Frances willard Memorial
Frances WIZARDS birthday is the
18th of February and Mel Dow's the
| J0th of la I'M