The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-09
CLUB NOTES

The Women's Civic league was or
ganiZed Tuesday afternoon at Lari-
more after the members of the Tues
day club had listened to a paper and
discussion by Mrs. r. A. Sprague, mar
ket and food inspector of Grand Forks.
The new league adopted two depart
ments of work, public health and city
identifying, Mrs. o. A. Hazen being
elected chairman Of the public health
committee and Mrs. v. S. Wisner
chairman of the identifying commit
tee. Mrs, G. L. Sande will assist Mrs.
Hazen in the public health work and
they will enlarge their committee If
Their S asdemand for it. Mrs. Frank
Van Fleet was chosen a member Of
the city identifying committee and
there are to have the assistance Of
the Larimore boy scouts in the gem
eral spring clean up.
Rev. Ross Adalr, scout master, was
present at the meeting and offered the
services Of his splendid boys and the
ladies were not slow to accept such
valuable assistance. Feb. IA the league
will meet to adopt constitution and by
laws and formulate plans for the
summers activities.
The meeting was one of unusual en-
thusiasm and about sixty ladies were
present, They met in the high school
assembly ROOM, the Tuesday club hold
ing about three such open meetings
each year, and at the close dainty
refreshments were served in the do
mestic science department.
1t will be interesting to know that
the Larimore club ladies had not in
tended to effect the organization OF
a civic league at this time but were
so impressed with the great things
accomplished by the Grand Forks Wo-
mems Civic league, as exposed in Mrs.
S~prague's paper, that immediate action
was the result. A very enthusiastic
discussion follow ed the paper and Mrs.
Sprague was called upon to answer
many questions concerning organiza-
ton which proved valuable to the
club women. The Tuesday club, how
ever, was interested in civic work and
after inviting Mrs. Sprague to address
them made the gathering open so that
all Larimore women might hear what
this city had accomplished along those
lines.
Public Health and What the Grand
Forks Women's Civic League Has
Done to Promote 1t, was the subject
of Mrs. Sprague's discourse and during
it she caused much amusing interest
by relating some Of her experiences
as inspector in assisting in the
forcement of the states sanitary and
pure food laws and her Investigations
in other cities. She gave a brief re-
view Of the accomplishments of phil
anthropists toward protecting public
health, by means Of endow ments for
the prevention OF diseases, such as
tuberculosis, infantile paralysis, cam
Ger. etc, and then showed how a large
percentage of the deaths could be pre-
vented by the observance OF a few
simple Al commonplace rules OF
health. She devoted some time to a
presentation of the owen bill, now iii
congress which provides for the es-
Enlistment of a national public health
bureau and urged that ali women take
an interest in it and take action, IL
necessary, toward its passage. She
dealt with public sanitation, the puri-
hcation Of water, the supervision of the
sale of milk, meats and other foods
and the disposal OF waste and then
related the work OF the local league
in its campaign against the fly, which
resulted In grocers and confectioners
having all display windows well
screened. the doing away with the
open frwit stand, Improvement III
slaughter house conditions and scores