The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-20

The following statement made at
Valley City by Miss Candis Nelson Of
the state normal school faculty will
be Of interest to advocates Of suffrage
as Miss Nelson 10 an officer In the
North Dakota Votes for Women lea
que and a very active worker for the
cause:
Equal suffrage ranks are rejoicing
over four new states added to the
list, making a total Of ten states with
seventy votes in the electoral college.
The spirit Of democracy is surely
growing. Shall North Dakota join the
ranks as the eleventh state which de-
sire equal Justice and fair play? 1t
seems unnecessary to urge reasons
for asking for the ballot. these have
been so necessarily and urgently put
forward. The state teachers asso-
citation has passed resolution favor
ship and realise its value.
I'm states where women have the
suffrage 1t is putting better men into
office and cleaning up politics; it is
making life moFe livable for the
thousands Of women who must go
from home to earn a livelihood: 1t
is helping homemakers to protect
their homes from outside interests
that demoralize, and to promote out
side interests that will uplift: it is
ending the reign Of privilege and in
triotism which Is as natural to wom-
en- as men, And We are saying to our
state assembly:
"'Free women west Of us,
Free women south of us.
Free women east Of US,
Soon now the searching test
OF love and faith professed.
Make .us frestss the rest"
The. members 4 the sorosis club at
Valley City me this week with Mrs.
J: B. Meyer and the interesting pro-
gram included two papers followed by
on 1.-THE u~ndeve4ppe.. Resources in
North Dakota' and Miss Mary Deem
on conservation and Cultivation Of
Our Prairie Flowers"
The Fargo Votes for Women league
met Monday evening for their regular
meeting at the headquarters in the
library building. XThere was a good
attendance md Mrs. c. F. Amidon
presided in thessatsence Of Mrs. E. NJ.
barrow, the President. who is still i'll
her recent very serious illness. The
Feature of the evening was a talk on
1.-THE Needs Of Cleanliness by Prof.
e. F. Laid Of the A. c., state pure
food commissioner, Professor Ladd
took up briefly some Of the p%reventa-
tives: Of illness and recent investiga-
tions for pure foods and drugs. He
suggested some of the bills which will
be introduced at the coming legisla-
tive. session, especially mentioning a
cold storage bill In which he is inter-
l aokelE. TIA hfa .N~N~t tHln
east where he was, present at a con-
ference Of. food experts Inc chemists
from all over the world and Of some
Of the most recent discoveries when
have been made. One of the startling
discoveFies that was brought to light
Is the fact that the common %cockroach
is a spreader Of disease and another
that Is not quite definitely decided is
the transmission Of the germ Of in
fantile paralysis to children by the
bite Of a common horse fly. There
were a great many other interesting
things which DR.. Ladd enumerated
in the elimination Of disease.
The Fargo Fortnightly club held an
Interesting meeting Monday afternoon
at the Civic Centre and Club house
with a large number Of members pres
ent. Mrs. Sam Mcdonald gave an ex-
ceptionally good paper on "The Place
of Woman In Socialism" Mrs. Me-
Donald took up her subject from the
standpoint Of women and her relation
to society as a whole and not directly
in relation to the party. She quoted
from August Bebel's book. woman
and Socialism" and from Rheta Childe
Doors book. What Eight Million
Women Want" and a number Of other
books on woman's relation to social
ISM. She took up the question Of he
legal status of women and her early