Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-30
CARR|NCTON IS.
LIKELY CHOICE
That City Probably Will
Get Next w. G. T. u.
Convention.
LEGISLATION
GETS THE CALL
Executive Council, in Mid
Winter Meeting, Plans
Activity.

Al the annual meeting Of the execu-
utlve council Of the North Dakota. W.
e.. T. u. held yesterday at the head
quarters in Jamestown, Mrs. Eliza
beth Preston Anderson, state presi-
dent. presiding, plans were made for
the legislative work to be taken up
during the coming session for the 19l 5
convention for the. continuance of suf-
frage work and for State member-
ship campaign.
Darlington Is the likely city for the
next state meeting of the w. &. T. u.
and It will open the last week of next
September. Definite decision as to the
place will be made within the next
three weeks by Mrs Anderson.
Legislative Work.
Mrs. Anderson, who has had charge
Of the w. G. T. U. legislative work
for the past several years, will so to
Bismarck next week to remain for
the entire session and will be Joined
later by Mrs. Edna r. SalInons of
Cando. state treasurer, who will assist
her. The organization Is interested
in several measures that will come be-
fore the legislature this year. the
most important being the regular
amendment passed by the last session.
extending the vote to women. This
amendment must be passed by the
coming session and then submitted to
n vote of the people before it can be-
come a law.
Other measures which Mrs. Andcr-
son will work for are the equal guar
dianship bill, the amending Of the
juvenile court law and number of
laws affecting the enforcement of pro-
hibition.
Big Membership Campaign.
The council also decided to make
1918 Il membership campaign year in
North Dakota and set 900 new MEM
bers as the goal They recommended
that all unions hold membership con-
tests to this end.
The council voted to keep up the
suffrage work through the press and
1hroug gh declamatory and essay con-
tests IN the public schools and also to
keep the state w. c. T. IT, headquar-
tors at jamestown open until after
the close Of the legislative session.
Further action in that regard will be
taken up again at that time.
All general offices of the state or
Eanization were present at the meet
ing as we'll as some Of the district sup
erintendents. a general officers meet
Ing was held this morning and Mrs.
Il. Fl. Wylie of Drayton, state corre-
spending secretary, remained IN
Jamestown for a weeks visit with her
sister. Mrs. A. o. DeFrate, formerly
of this city. and to hold conference
with Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Salmons of
Cando is also remaining a few days on
business matters. All others left for
their homes today. the list being as
follows:
Mrs. Abbie w. Fl. Best of Fargo,
vice president; Mrs. Necia Buck of
Starkweather, recording secretary:
Mrs. B. II. Wylie of Drayton. CORE
spending secretary: Mrs. Edna Il. Sal
mons of Cando. treasurer: Mrs. r. NJ.
Pollock Of Fargo. editor of the White
Ribbon Bulletin; Mrs. Kate Wilder of
Fargo. president of the Fifteenth dis
trict; Mrs. F. NJ. Wanner of James,
town. president of the Twelfth Gls-
trict; Mrs. w. E. Bolton Of James,
town, state superintendent; Mrs. S. A.
Zimmerman of Valley City. state sup
erintendent, and Mrs. H. B. Bowe,
secretary of the headquarters at
Jamestown.