The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-05-25
Fargo w. G. T. US
Among Five Banner
Unions of District

Both the Fargo w. C. T. u. and the
| Scandinavian w. C. It. II. of Fargo
are included in the Ave banner unions
of the Fifteenth district w. C. r. u,
which concluded its annual conven-
ton at Buxton Thursday afternoon.
All Of the Fargo delegates arrived
home Thursday night. Armenia led
with 2S4 points. and the other two
banner unions are those of Buxton and
GaIesburg.
Mrs. +. H. Wilder Fargo, was re-
elected president of the district, the
other officers chosen yesterday being
Mrs. Iver Jondahi Galesburg, vice
president: Mrs. Matte Hines, Fargo,
corresponding secretary; Miss Millie
Bowman, Prosper, recording secre-
ary; Mrs. Walter Reed. Amenia. treas
urer: Mrs. Julia Nelson, Fargo, vice
president for Cass county; Mrs. Julia
Egan. Hope. vice president for Steele
| county; Mrs. Lizzie Schlosser, May
vile, vice president for Trail county,
tary OF the Young Peoples branch
and Mrs. Roy e. Afford of Mapleton,
secretary of the Loyal Temperance
Legion.
The district organization adopted
/ resolutions commencing the efforts of
Attorney General William LANCER and
the Enforcement league; praising Mr..
/ Divet for his work against the cigaret
and for the bone-dry law; petitioning
President Wilson to prohibit sale and
manufacture of liquor as war meas
, ure; asking the state legislature to
make Saturday afternoon a legal hol-
] iday, as Sunday observance measure;
promising aid to Y. M. c.. A. in its
special war camp work: endorsing Dr.
Ladd's pure food legislation: endors-
ing the county nurse idea: expressing
Ie,xry
passed by last legislature: and thank
ing the people of Buxton for their fine
hospitality.
Mrs. Henrietta Haagenson, in a fine
talk on Health, stated that all diseas-
es are infectious, as an argument for
the school nurse.
A pageant that was a very inter-
esting feature Thursday represented
Alaska as the child among the prohi
ton states, as owing to it being ter
itory Alaska's vote for prohibition had
to be ratified by the United States
government.
Mrs. o. r, N. Anderson, Fargo, gave
fine report of the last national con-
vention and was applauded when she
spoke of the $5 she had brought the
Scandinavian union of Fargo from
there. awarded it for being the largest
foreign speaking union in the United
States. Mrs. Black, national superin-
tendent of foreign work, gave that
union SO in addition.
Mrs. Schlosser, Mayvilie, spoke very
enthusiastically of. the w. c. T. U. as
a world power, citing that it now has
half a million membership. Mrs. r.
M. Pollock. Fargo, told of the Munic-
ipal and Presidential Suffrage law and
the Bone Dry law, and Mrs. B. H.
Wylie, Bowesmont, spoke on the Leg
islative work. During one session
Mrs. H. H. Porter conducted a me-
mortal service for Ave members who
died during the year George Gavin of
Absaraka, Mrs. H. l.. Dumert of
Fargo, Mrs. H. A. Hathaway Of
Fargo, Mrs. J. s. Boyd of Fargo and
Mrs. Nellie Curtis of Moorhead. Mrs
Walter Reed of Armenia, sang at this
service One-half the delegates at
Buxton were either foreign-born or of
foreign parentage. Two babies were
made white ribbon recruits by Mrs.
Wylie, Ellen Erickson of Fargo and
DeLoris Luverne Evans OF Buxton.
The sessions were held in the United
Lutheran church, which was taxed to
capacity at the evening meetings.
There was an average attendance of
| fifty in the afternoons, Several fine
twenty-mile auto rides were greatly
enjoyed by the delegates and they
were accorded most hospitable treat
mcnt throughout,