The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-16

or moving pictures n the PUBIC
dance was also established.
Kenmare club women prepared a
rest room for. farmers wives on the
two market days held in that town,
fifth the Don with comfortable
chairs and baby cabs, and co-operated
with the commercial club in the mat
ter of a contest among farmers wives
along the lines Of cooking, preserves,
butter and fancy work. g
LidgerWood has placed waste paper
cans IN Main street and is agitating
a garbage system.
a Lisbon reports the organization of
a Civic league the outgrowth of the
Civics Commission of the Women'S
club. From the amount Of work &C
complished 1t Is a live organization.
They started with a cleanup day, had
committees to look after streets and
alleys during the summer, also vacant
lots, parks and river banks. Attention
was also given to dandelions, weeds
n other public ~nuisances. Had
flower gardens and worked towards
the determination Of the fly by the
use Of garbage cans and waste paper
donated 500, the rest of the money
being raised by a concert.
Jamestown reports the establish
ment Of a public playground. The
manual training school teacher was
hired at a salary of $85 for the first
month and $75 for the next two
months. Most of the equipment was
made by the instructor n older
boys and consisted of t~eeters, sand
vas also made for baseball, basket
ball, lawn tennis and croquet. The
| city council built a b~athhouse, a. por-
ton of the river was staked off as
being safe and a large number Of the
boys and girls learned to swim.
Daily attendance 100. Undertaking cost
$500, which the club raised in various
ways, no subscriptions being asked.
Another good suggestion comes from
i the same source: The mayor appoint
| ed a Fly cop" whose business it was
to visit the alleys twice a week and
sprinkle a solution of sulphite of iron
on all exposed garbage or any other
thing where flies would be likely to
gather. This would be a good way to
treat the n pile, the most fer
tile breeding place Of the fly.
We welcome to the federation q
new Civic and Study club, that Of
Edgeley, being organized by Mrs
Bush, once president of that district.
Their first activity was a cleanup
day which vas prepared for by a lib
| eral use Of the newspaper column.
The club also arranged a very inter-
esting and successful Memorial day
programme and furnished a rest room
for farmers wives or the Fourth Of
July.
The Forschen club of Perth reports
the maintenance of rest room. A
day established, and a picture donat-
ed to the school room. Have the larg-
est attendance throughout the year.
Wimbledon reports the painting OF
the park fence.
Pembina reports a large increase in
the membership of the Civic league,
a canvass of the town resulting in al
Had a, very successful cleanup day,
a number of garbage cans were plac-
ed where most needed and care Of
flower beds were taken care of on city
hall grounds, The Study club gave a
concert and the proceeds were given
towards a public reading room.
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Grand Forks Civic league has made
a special effort towards identifying
the city this year as the city officials
seconded by individual effort, have
taken over almost entirely the duty
| Of keeping the city clean. Very sue
| cessful school gardens were estab-
lished at the Winship school under
the care of Miss H~atherall,. or
the high school teachers. The expense
of the teacher was paid by the school
board, the other expenses to be met
by a committee of the Civic league,
commercial club n Y. M. c. A.
Ninety six children worked in the
gardens in connection with every
school building. The hotels and many
of the business houses co-operated
with the beautifying committee to
the extent of placing window boxes
and flower beds in a number of plac-
es. The league was very active In the
agitation Of a municipal slaughter
house with the result that Grand
Forks will soon have the first mum
Mrs. Rex then spoke of President
McVey's book, The Making of the
New Town.
At this meeting of the Federation
of Women's clubs, the civics commit
tee, realizing the need OF more sys-
tematie and uniform work by civics
clubs, recommended as n OF the
books for club study The Making Of a
Town by DR., F. L.. McVey, president
Of the University of North Dakota.
The aim and purpose of the plan
of work decided upon by the civic
committee is in accordance with the
recommendations of the General
Federation OF Women's clubs that
special attention be given to the needs
n problems of towns having a
population of less than $4,000 inhabi-
tants.
The cooperation of states along
this line Is matter OF national
Importance as the Genera Federation
Of Women's clubs at the present time
is concentrating it's efforts to secure
systematic and uniform study and
work along specified lines throughout
all the states of the union. -
The Book Recommended.
The Making of a Town has but
recently come from the press and has
already received very favorable press
notices in leading magazines such as
The Municipal Magazine. Survey, Chi
cago Record Herald, Town Develop
ment, and My Christian Advocate.
Although much has been written or
tie problems of large cities, this Is
the only book thus far written which
provides a broad adequate study Of
the problems Of smaller towns. In
Town Development. The Making of
Town lis recognized as a book of the
most fundamental importance for Am
erican life and one whose perusal by
citizens and officials of provincial
towns might work a great benefit In
American life.
This book has already been endors.
ed by some of the leading clubs of the
state as a book containing the essen.
tials of community building, and EN-.
bodying the authors thought alons
this line after his journeys abroad an6
study of foreign handling Of thu
problems.
Conducted by Topics.
The work will be conducted b,
topics, the arrangement of the bool