White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-31
~sUFFRAGIsTs AID CHICAGO.
Woman's City Club Appoints Com
mittee to Follow Work of
the City Council.

Many of the women of Illinois
have long been aggressive in the work
of bringing about better living con-
Especially have their efforts
been directed toward the ameliora-
ton of the conditions affecting wom-
en- and children.
Some years ago. through the eff
forts of a group of of the
Chicago Woman's club. free kinder
gartens were established in the city
schools. With the introduction OF
the kindergarten came a demand for
caring for children fnr the entire
year. Especially in the crowded
tenement districts, the problem of
the care of children during the sum-
mer became more urgent. These
same m were instrumental In es-
tablishing the summer schools. which
soon became a boon to both mothers
and children. At the present time,
each summer finds thousands clamor-
ing for admission to these vacation
schools.
The Juvenile court was a work
started by women anxious to separ-
ate the juvenile offender from the
hardened criminal. Through the
Juvenile Court committee a staff of
probation officers was developed. The
committee secured funds and gave
their time for the carrying on of this
work. The work progressed, and be-
came so we'll established that the
work was finally taken over by the
county authorities. Cooperation
was secured through the city's gov-
eminent in the erection of a child
ren's building. which houses both the
court and the detention homes. This
work is now carried oa under the
name of the Juvenile Protective as
ISOLATION. The oma largely re-
sponsibie for the inception of this
work was Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen. who
is deyoting a large share of attention
TO il.
While the work of securing suf-
frage through Legislature has been
going forward. Chicago have
been active in civic affairs. The
Woman's City club. composed Of
ome especially devoted to civic in
terests. has committees appointed
following the work of the city coun-
ell.
Chicago recently has had a
peculiar example of negligence on the
part of the mayor. The work of one of
the departments most vitality touch
ing the health of the citizens was
allowed TO reach. a dangerous point.
The Chicago Reduction company,
caring for the disposal of the city
garbage. had a contract with the city.
which was allowed to expire because
the city council would not agree to
the reduction plant at a fabu-
lous price. Conditions became so
alarming that a City Waste commits
sion was formed. Through the in
terest of the women, Miss Mary Nc
Dowell and Mrs. Lucy B. Owen were
made members of this commission.
Miss Mcdowell is probably one of the
best informed investigators of the
disposal of garbage to be found any
where. She and Mrs. Owen followed
vital situation and created
a public sentiment that aroused the
v mole city to the neglect that had
come from the mayor.
In the month of September the
with the Reduction company
expired. leaving the city without the
proper method of disposing of the
city garbage. The city council. by a
hasty action, decided to buy property
in a certain section of the city for
the purpose of making garbage
dumps. This action on the part of
the city council incensed the resi-
dents adjoining this garbage dump to
such an extent that they in turn
aroused the whole city to their sup
port. They asked that the city be
restrained from endangering their
health and deteriorating their
property.
So great was the indignation Of
the whole city over the tax treatment
of the mayor and the members of
the council who had allowed this
condition to come upon Chicago that
a great sentiment demanded the i'm
mediate change of plans. The
proprietors of the reduction plant
were made to see that a fair price