The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-15
IN. D. STATE FEDERATION
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Lauder. . =
s. Auxiliary to Lidgerwood wo.
mans club. L~idgerwood. Moved by
Mrs. k1nney; seconded by MRS. Dinnie
MRS. Fl. A. Presler OF Valley City,
corresponding secretary, then made the
following report:
The duties incumbent on the Of
nee Of corresponding secretary are
largely routine. At the beginning of
the club yea / mailed a supply Of sta
tionery to each officer and committee
chairman, collected material for the
year book and when these were re-
cetved from the printer, they were
properly distributed. The. c~orrespond :
ence Of the past year has been heavy,
consisting Of sol letters and 105 post
cards. making a total Of 696 communi-
cations, an average Of nearly two a
day. 49,. -" -.
Cur club growth this year has been
great in numbers as well as in spirit
ana interest. We have taken in three
ing a membership Of sixty. At the
board meeting in March. clubs from the
following towns were admitted: Dick
1nson, Berthold, Ffngal, Fullerton, Bal
-FOUR. Edgeley, Crosby, Valley City No.
/, Leith, Flaxton and LaMoure. These
clubs have a total membership of 144.
The following clubs were admitted at
the board meeting. last evening: Ellen
Gale, Minot, Mohall, Oberon, Mercer,
Lidgerwood, Courtenay, Wimbledon,
F~essenden, Bathgate and Cathay, with
a total membership Of $50,
1T has been interesting to note that
the club movement is extending into
h newer portions of the state. In the
corresponding secretary's report of last
year, thirteen counties Of our state
were reported as having no federated
clubs. This number has been reduced
to eight. We have increased our men,
bership this year in clubs from 105 to
1877, and in members from 2,271 to g.
GIL. The largest growth has been in
the third, fifth and sixth districts, six
clubs from the fifth district, and five
clubs each from the third and sixth
districts having applied for member
ship.
1T has been a pleasure, to me to re-
ceive your communications and year
books, and I trust that every club in
the state will not fail to send copies
of their year book to their district vice
president, to the historian and, to my
self in order that we may be able to
conduct a medium of exchange of top
les and outlines of work for study.
Prompt replies greatly facilitate
the work Of the officers and committee
chairmen and while the majority of
clubs do not err in this respect, in
some instances it has been necessary
to send a second, letter before a reply
is received. When you elect new off,
GERS, kindly notify your corresponding
secretary in order that mail may be
to the proper person.
e. ""hiln tho wnrlF IF Shic 5nDo rf ~ ant
been heavy, it has never seemed a
burden. It has been a pleasure to serve
you and I feel that the work I have
has greatly broadened my ideas
of club work, and through having. be-
come familiar with my duties, I shall
hope next year to give O more ef-
and efficient service.
Mrs. L. B. Dochterman of Williston
gave the treasurer's report in which
she stated the figures of the indebted
of the club and explained the
need Of the endowment fund. Miss
then gave out the programme
for the afternoon which will be held In
Grand theatre. A splendid music
al programme will be given after
Arts club will present a sketch entit-
led, When American Go to Oxford.
The proceeds of this entertainment
will go towards the endowment fund
$4,000 which is needed.
Mrs. T. A. Boyden of jamestown
was not present to give the auditors
address but will give her report at
business meeting tomorrow. Mrs.
M. c. Budlong, historian, then con
the mornings programme with
following report:
THE office of historian has been so
recently created there is little to re-
port at this meeting. The register
Of state declarations for 1911 shows
only Minnesota as having an historian.
North Dakota is evidently the second
state to elect such an officer. although
Mississippi and North Carolina have
'custodians" whose duties may be
The duties of the office &C
cording to the bylaws are ito pre-
serve all records, documents and pa
pers of interest to the f~ederations and
from time to time prepare a history
Of the work of the federation" Papers
which have been reposing in desks and
drawers of ex~-officials because there
was nc central and safe place for
keeping have been collected and
are now housed in a vault at the
There Is a miscellaneous col
of these documents. They
have been examined and tentatively
by the historian under such
ASooo GO - SA1 OSn l. AK 1
Programmes Of the State
Yearbooks Of the General
Federation, Yearbooks From Other
Newspaper Accounts Of
Meetings.. Greetings From
Other ,F'ederations, Original Copies of
and Bylaws, Invita-
ions From Cities to- the State
Federation. 49,
: There are a few other valuable
papers such as the correspondence
'elating to the Crunelle copyright on
taken of the Sakakawea statue.
n short. the historians collection
contains any papers concerning
interests. whose care does
,ot. properly pertain to the duties Of
my other officer.
TN attempting to make = complete
lie Of y~earbooks, it was found that
different ~yearbooks bore the same
late-1905-06. Perhaps the committee
prepared the second one discov-
red a previous error in dates and pre-
erred to use the same ate a second
irne in order to make succeeding
'earbooks correct. At least, we know
hat from the. year 1905 to the present
ime the dates are correct. Before
hat. the mistake Is difficult to locate
IS publication may have been omitted
a year, or the issue brought out
n the early, months of the year in
Stead Of after federation as at pres
mt. 1t is requested that anyone hav-