Arizona republican., 1916-02-27
MARiCOPA WOMAN'S CLUB ON THE JOB
 (By a Member)


 other Women's clubs in the state of Arizona, nor do We hold any brief for the Woman's club of Mar.copa. but We are willing to push ali our chips into the center and without fear back the Woman's club of Maricopa for the most effective club in the state of Ari- zona, length of organiZa ton and size of membership considered
 If there is any aggregation of wom- en anywhere in the United States ol Arkansas who have anything on tho .S.ub at this point we would be glad to lave them come forward and receive our apoldele..
 The MaricOpa Woman's club was or eanized somewhat over year ago and Jo date they have furnished the school with one of the best libraries in the state, and through their efforts q new school house is now being built that is q credit to the community Had it not been for the club the children would still in all probability be attending school in a building which looks like a cross between North Dakota storm cave and an Indiana corn crib. Immediately on organization of the club the ladies became busy endeavor- Ing to find the needs of the com munity. BEHOLD. the school needed a new library. PRESTO. from a few | ragged, tattered volumes which looked like a collection of backleSs Nic,: Car ter dreadflls. the library has now q most up to date collection of clean books embracing books on history, ge- 1 ography, science. literature, art, fic- tion, ete.-in fact everything needful 1 for the education of the child Books of history from the year one to the 1 recall of Governor Hunt; books of ora 1 tory from Demosthenes to Bryan, 1 books on travel from Stanley in Africa i to the wonders of the Apache trail. I'm lnediately on finishing the library the 1 ladies started out for new worlds to conquer. BlNGO! new school house vas needed as an appropriate setting 1 for the magnificent library. Confer ences with school trustees. Nothing doinS-did they give up? Not in a million years. Like good old Paul Cones, they had just begun to fight Before the inhabitants of Maricopa had l.ardly had time to realize t bond election was called by the ladies to raise the funds. Bonds voted-funds 1 raised-school house started.
 | Just about this time some of the bod carriers went to Phoenix to spend Sun day with their friends. In the mean time the bridge over the Gila river 1 washed out School house at a stand still, Were the ladies dismayed? NO, q bit of 1t. Ladies promptly formed themselves into brigade of bod car riers. Everything lovely. A passenger at the station noticing a number of
 ladies limp.ng around the village was ! overheard telling a friend that we had an epidemic of smallpox hore--hence the limp. Be not deceived-the limp is not from vaccination but from carry irg mort up two flights of ladder. Just now that the school house is under way the ladies have set them selves the task of raising money for a piano for the same. Chicken suppers, 1 Leap Year bazaars and every form of tamusemant is being carried on to raise the filthy lucre. Should you happen tc 1 be in Mar:copa and happen to notice q man furtively peep around the cor 1 ner before crossing the street, don't l jump at conclusions and think that he is afraid some one is going to take a pot shot at him.
 He is merely seeing that the coast is clear Of ladies with subscription tick cts and bazaar tickets. It is now hint : ] ed ha !, ,;,,,- ! more elaborate in view than anythins lthey have yet undertaken but will not diyillge as vet what it is
 Meanwhile the men folks of MaricopG are anxiously counting their spare change and nervOuslv awaiting the Lnropcse1 announcement.
 All joking aside, however, the ladies 1 are doing wonderful work and tn iresults they have attained are so satis- factory in general that there is nc lcoubt that at the coming school cleo 1 ton in the spring that one of these progressive ladies will be elected as ont
 Of the members of the school board.
 
 The Madison Improvement club vii present program of Current Events Thursday. Mrs. Ralph Leppla and Mrs
 1T. F.. Eddy will lead the discussion. !
 The Home Economies department O
 the Woman's club, Mrs. R. NJ. Tafe
 chairman, will hold it's departmen
 meeting at two o'clock Monday in tn ! department room. Miss Mary Perkins ieXpert fireless cooker demonstrator
 will show the preparation and resul