Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-11-15

| value distinct from even the most per
feet theory it may be well to tell how
| first the women and then the men aud
women Of one town inaugurated civic
I work, says iona Gale in pamphlet on
1 town Improvement This town is one
/ Of COCO inhabitants, and the initial
step was taken by womans club,
! which gave over studying foreign
/ places and decided to study America.
1 At first one hour of each weekly
meeting was given to paper and read
ings by a club member on some phase
Of present day America and twenty
minutes to a discussion Of the present
working out Of some civic or social
problem looking to the future Of Amer
lea The latter included news about
conservation and reclamation the ma
tional tight for health. pure food, play,
peace, eugenics. equal suffrage work
mems compensation laws. children's
gardens tuberculosis prevention. mod
ern prison methods public fountains
Then something became evident
which was q Kind of revelation about
civilization It was found that as these
matters If national importance came
mp for consideration most Of them bad
distinctly local application.
"The Playground as "a Part Of the
Graded school Course of Instruction"
chilled for discussion OF the need and
expense of local playground. Con
sefvatian and Reclamation" brought
On questions about uyb tree planting
aud parking aud the local ordinances
about cutting down and replacing
"Jajis and Lockups" resulted in an in
vestigption of the local Jail and Gala
ooose bedding ANA the local mode Of
proce4gre when boy offenders are
brought before It Justice The Drama
Modern Dramatic Aims and Methods"
was made TO include THE Winters
Offerings In Small Towns and How to
Get Better Plays" and Local Nickel
Theaters." TO Women In Industry"
was added Women In Local Indus
try-H0urs Rules. Wages" Parks
suggested the possible dovelopmment
of two local vacant triangles and their
appropriation to the common use
1t was the incougruity of n small
club with limited membership con-
sfdering alone problems which directly
interested 6OOO folk which led to the
next step
The club called a general meeting of
all the women interested in town de
velopmemnt Every womans club was
invited. and a general invitation was
extended through the papers. The
meeting was held at the city hall, and
these We're asked to be present and to
speak as follows:
The city health officer, 10 explain the
vital need of sewerage and the desira-
bility Of garbage disposal system
and what practical means could be
used to get both
The school superintendent to tell of
the advantages of manual training and
domestic science in the local schools.
The art teacher in the schools. to tell
how the local school grounds could be
inexpensiyely improved and made beau
tiful
woman who loves gardens, to tell
Of the joy in gardens and In planted
spaces.
club member to tell of the work
of the American Civic association and
of the work of childrens gardens and
the penny seed packages
woman Interested in pure milk. TO
tell of the dangers of tuberculosis ex-
listing in uninspected herds and how a
town can 80 about securing the tuber-
culin test of It's cows in order to know
of the purity o. its milk supply.
Organization was effected in March.
and in three months the following had
been accomplished.
The sanitary committee had inter
viewed the milkmen at a meeting call
ed by the committee and had ascer-
tanned how to secure the tuberculin
test The milkmen were willing TO
have the test made and 10 pay for II
themselves. and the matter was pre-
cipltated 10y the owner OF large herd
engaging n veterinarian to come to
make the test. and finding in the herd
three badly infected COWS. All the
large local herds were inspected. but
Aie tHNFi 10 secure an NFUlDdnce Tt
Quirng the test semiannually. as 1t
should be administered. was postponed
in the hope that this will soon he re-
Quired by statute
The streets and alleys committee had
secured n clean mp day named by the
mayor previous TO which subcommit-
tee was named to report the sidewalks
not cleaned Of snow
The children's auxiliary c,anmlttee
had distributed 1900 penny packages
OF flower and vegetable seeds and had
offered $25 worth of prizes t. the chill
dren for flowers entered in a flower
and vegetable show announced for
| September
These were mere beginnings. but in
them the work was launched and Civ
en- an impetus that made permanence
a certainty.
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