Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-16

Al, Salu with tears in their ewes
'nat they felt as though thew waro
giving away their baby. The propertv
WIN street improvements was we'll
worm seven thousand dollars. tbe H.
oiaFy OF eight thousand dollars at tba
insurance price of seyenty-aye cents a
,o'u'lle' ' six thousand dollars more
Add to this a thirty thousand do,Ior
carnegie building making a total Of
lorty-iye thousand dollars which oftor
e'ght years of arduous labor and great
expenditure of time, strength and man.
ey' the Salem Woman's club is glad to
give to Salem and its citizens.
Inc twelfth annual convention of
the Oregon Federation of Womor,s
Clubs convened in Portland. the first
time in six years, on Wednesday Of
this week and continued business
meetings and social affairs until five
& clock on Friday afternoon.
The eleven federated clubs of Port
land bent every effort to insure tbo
success of the convention, and when
the gavel fell on Wednesday morn
ing at the Women Of Woodcraft hall
Tenth and Taylor streets, everything
was prepared to give the visiting
club women a comfortable, pleasur-
able and profitable meeting.
While the local committees looked
after these things, the officers Of the
Federation diligently worked to pre-
pare an acceptable program in line
with endeavors of the state clubs
The delegates were called to order
at ten o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing, Then followed; Invocation.
Reverend Dora Reed Barber, Forest
Grove; America" welcome from the
city, Mayor A, G, Rushllght; greet
ings from the entertaining clubs. bv
Mrs, Allen Todd, president of the
Shakespeare Study Club; response
from the Federation, Mrs. George
Gerlinger president of the Woman's
Club, Dallas; greetings from honor
d ary presidents, Mrs, Abigail Scott
Dunniway Mrs, c. B. Wade; report
of credentials committee; presidents
d address; reports Of officers. An
, nouncements. Adjournment. Lunch
at Commercial Club.
Wednesday afternoon: Announce
ment of committees; music, by mem
bers on the Monday Musical Club;
address, Governor West; report of
General Federation convention state
delegates; illustrated address, "Civ-
les for Women's Clubs Howard
Everts Weed; address, Gam I My
Brothers Keeper?" Doctor Henry
Russell Talbot; "Some phases of In
dustrial Educational for Girls" Mrs
Helen B. Brooks, professor of domes-
tic arts, Oregon Agricultural College;
"The Mission Of the Nurse" Miss
= Margaret Tandy; adjournment,
From eight-fifteen to ten-thirtl
o'clock, the Portland Commercial
Club entertained with a reception in
their parlors for the officers, dele
gates and visitors.
Thursday morning. Call to order;
minutes; unfinished business, reports
of special committees, reports of the
standing committees; club reports;
announcements; adjournment.
Thursday afternoon: Council meet
ing, Mrs. Lee Morehouse, presiding
Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, leader; re-
port of Scholarship Loan Fund Mrs
Frederick Eggert, chairman; discus
sion; fraternal greetings, Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Mrs
Ada Wallace Unruh Consumers
League, Mrs. H. r. Talbot; Mothers
Congress, Mrs Clara Waldo; Young
Woman's Christian Association, Miss
Carrie Holbrook; Needlework Guild,
Mrs. Alex Bernstein; Visiting Nurses,
Mrs. Millie Trumbull. Address, "The
Conservation of Youth" Doctor W. T.
Foster university Extension Doc
tor George Rebec, University Of Ore
gon. Music in the Public Schools" "
Professor Chapman Adjournment.
Thursday evening at eight o'clock
in the Lincoln High School, was Civ
en-: Music, by the Monday Musical
Club Readings and Scenes from
Shakespeare. Shakesp care Study
Club; Music, Monday Musical Club;
"The Piper Paid" society comedy by
the dramatic department of the Port
land Woman's Club.
Friday morning, business meeting
was allied to order in the Peoples
tbeater. followed by the reading OF
the minutes, unfinished business re-
mort of the resolutions committee;
Music; censorship Of Motion Pic
lures Mrs Elmer B. Colwell; an IL
IIustrated talk by Mr. Melvin G. Win
stock. manager the Peoples Amuse-
rert company, "The Educational
Value Of Motion Pictures.
.s..-,,oottie epssion was held