The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-17
LOCAL HISTORY
OF THE
w. c. Il. u.

Lucy A. Switzer, of Cheney, organized
the North Yakima w. c. T. U.
Mrs. Annie M. Palmer in 1888 or.
| ganized the Young Woman's Chris.
tian Temperance Union.
Mrs. Helen M. Cougar, the frs
lady lawyer admitted to practice ir
! the United States Supreme Court, was
here in the summer of 1889 in the in.
terest of franchise for women.
| Mrs. Henrietta Moore in 1889 and
ag in in 1892.
Mrs. DR.. Baldwin in 1890.
| Rev. Anna Shaw In 1891.
| Mrs. Barker, many years nationa
treasurer, and Mrs. Washington were
in attendance at the state convention
held here in the fall Of 1888.
Mrs. Leavitte, the qrst Round the
World" missionary for the w. c. T
U. in 1894, and again later.
Mrs Clara Hoffman in 1895, many
years national w. c. r. u. RECORDING
secretary.
| Mrs. Marion Baxter in 1899 and
again later. The department of pur-
ity was her work, she being urged by
Miss Willard to take up this because
of her special ability for that kind
of work
Under the auspices of the W. G. T
! U. Francis Sturphy, the originator and
great leader of the "Blue Ribbon
movement. gave weeks work lectur-
ing and getting many signers to his
pledge and organized a Blue Ribbon
club which was kept up a year OF
more and did a good work. This was
for total abstinence, not Pro. work.
Mrs. ]. c. Stone. national worker
for the /. o. g. T., also came here
under the auspices Of the W. C. T. u
in 1894. She was a forceful speaker
with fine arguments which certainly
left its Impress from the two lectures
given in Mason's Opera House.
Carlos Martin, writer Of wende
Holmes biography, q we'll known lee.
turer, here for the convention of the
Christian Endeavorers, stayed ovel
one more evening and delivered lee.
ture for the w. c. T. u. in Mason'i
Opera House on the New Woman.
Long before the doors opened a larg,
crowd stood on the streets. 1t wa.
estimated that at least 800 or 400 hat
to be, turned away.
John G. Woolley and Colonel Hol
delivered lectures here for the W. c
T. u. in 1900 and 1901. also som.
time before this date Rev. Clark Da
Wis Of Seattle lecturing in Mason.
Opera House.
Mrs. Lucy A. .switzer, 20 years stat.
president Of eastern Washington, waa
here several times during those years
giving the W. c. Il. u members /.
stimuious to greater effort by her in
spring and encouraging talks
The late Rev. Emma Page, Of Vert
Wash, after experimenting and hold
ing two medal contests, gave one O
her fine spiritual uplifting lectures il
Mason's Opera House. the house be
ing crowded to the doors.
Mrs. Dele c. H. Cox, national or
ganizer and two years president of E
w. w. c. T. u, gave lectures in tn,
opera house two different times He
), sound argumentive points were al
ways convincing and we'll received b,
the audience. She held conference
meetings with the members durin.
these visits.
and lectured at two different times
visited the schools and during one o
these visits here organized a Iowa
Temperance Legion OF one hundred
members.
!. In the first years of the North Yak
ina Woman's Christian Union,
Band of Hope was ORGANIZED
which was at that time the juvenile
department of the w. c. T. U. Mem
bers of the w. c.. r. U. also superin
tended the juvenile branch of the In
dependent Order of Good Templars
being themselves members of the sub
ordinate lodge. After about tw,
years the Loyal Temperance Legion
was organized, which then became tn
more prominent juvenile work of tn,
w. c. T. u. Later on, however, tn,
Juvenile branch of the l. o. G. Z. wa
reorganized under the conditions tina
!. it be assisted by the w. C. T. U. Th
membership in these various chill
dren's organizations was large and tn,
enthusiasm among the children wa
all that was hoped for. But the pic
neers in a work which had not ye
become popular met with more diff
!, fculties than they could overcome
Churches were too good to be used a.
meeting places. and halls too expen
sive. The endless work of movin,
about from place to place and rails
ing money to pay exorbitant hall rem
tails was more than the few work err
could carry on. And the children
work was finally dropped.
very successful state convention
was held here in the fall of 1889. A
that time women having equal fran
chise with men, this question was tn,
center of interest in the convention
Helen M. Cougar had just previousl,
spoken here and other national work
ers were in attendance. Although thi
was a state affair it was agreed by tn
visitors that the earnest efforts of tn,
local workers added not a little to tn
success of the convention. Later
. strenuous small minority opposin,
suffrage work in the w. c. T. u. ant
little was accomplished along this lin
of the Union work for time. How
ever. the extensive distribution Of tIi
department literature was continued
increasingly and no doubt counted il
the final victory.
Flower Mission Work