The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-05-24
lis TRIO MEETING.
Meeting Of Woman's Clubs Closed With
Fine evening Session
AUTOMOBILE CLUB HELPED OUT
Visiting Delegates Taken on Trip
Which Lasted About
One Hour

The afternoon and evening
sessions of the district meeting
Of the delegates from Women's s
clubs in the eighth, ninth and
eleventh judicial districts, held
in this city on Thursday of last
week were very interesting and
practical. The morning ses-
sion and the list of delegates in
attendance was covered in our
last weeks issue.
The program for Thursday
afternoon included organ solos
by Mrs. Brown, several num-
bers by the ladies quartette
composed of Mesdames Cole,
Brown, Gleason and Walker
and a number of papers and
addresses.
Mrs. ]. E. Stevens of Grand
Forks gave a very able address
on the fight against tuberculos-
is. She dwelt on the spread Of
the disease, the causes which
contribute to it's danger, the
fight that is being waged for
sanitary conditions that will
minimize the danger from this
source, the remedial work that
is being done and the great
need for more general interest
in and support of the anti
tuberculosis crusade, She ex-
poets to visit Bottineau again
and will at that time have a
splendid exhibit and will
deliver an illustrated lecture.
Mrs. r. A. Sprague Of Grand
Forks spoke ons@..F Foeds sInspec-
ton" and gave avery interest
ing account of the work done
by the Woman's Civic league
of Grand Forks in this connec-
ton. She described the care
lessness and sometimes filthy
disregard for public health
with which meats and other
provisions were handled before
the food inspection ordinance
was passed and the greatly
improved conditions at the
present time.
Miss Lillian Grace Topping
of the Crittenton Home at Far
go made an eloquent plea for a
better understanding of that
institution and it's great work.
She went quite fully into the
methods employed at the home
in carrying out the work for
which the institution was
founded and told of the diff
culties often met in their efforts
to reclaim those who had gone
astray. Miss Topping was un-
sparing in her criticism of the
heartless and uncharitable at
titude of many women towards
their unfortunate sisters and
pleaded for a reform in this
direction.
Mrs. A. N. Christianson of
Towner spoke on What North
Dakota is Doing and Has Done
for Pure Food. She reviewed
the reforms secured under the
pure food laws and the pro-
press that ia beinp made a10np p
these lines. Il.
Mrs. N. F., Maakestad of
Dnemee gave an able paper on
How the Pure Food Laws
Might be Better Enforced and
gave number of very practic-
al suggestions along these
lines. /.
Mrs. W.. Reynolds Of West
hope discussed the endowment
fund project and reported the
present condition Of the fund.
Following her remarks a collec-
ton was taken for the fund.
\ AT the close of the afternoon
session the Bottineau Autonno-
bile club took the delegates
and the local club women on a
twenty mile ride throug Oh the
splendid farming country south
5.of the city They were brought
back ia time for the ine hot
dinner served by the Baptist
ladies aid.
An evening session and fecep-
tion was held in the Masonic
hall and was well attended.
The program vvae opened with
eelect ctions byS tl1e 4 ladies quart
ette. y O sf,f n Rugby
4 Sren4d g ! & desred I Y6cal g solos il y Z man 8