Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-10-03
ADDRESS OF
WELCOME
Mayor Woodward Delivers Address OF
Welcome to Idaho State Feder-
alton of Womens Clubs.
Mrs. President and Ladies Of the
State Federation of Womens
Clubs.


!. AS l stand here to welcome you
who are gathered to discuss and con
slider those subjects which will ali
T you to more effectively carry on you
t grand and glorious work, l am file
: with pride and gratitude.
!, We are proud of our little city witt
: its many advantages and the man!
yet to come. We are proud Of oul
great state with its waving fields anC
: nineralized hills. We are proud o.
our schools, our universities anc
churches, our hospitals and our homes
We are proud of our material anc
commercial advantages. We are
proud of our federation of women's
clubs end we are grateful for the mes
sage you bring.
But l wish to assure you that we
are proud of our progress, our wealth,
our size and our prosperity, only in
so far as they are an indication and
measure of patriotic citizenship.
We are living in portentions times,
and l think the most important lesson
to impress upon our minds is the value
of justice and liberty. There is ten
dency to disregard these principles in
certain quarters, and a special call to
duty is made. Good citizens must
arouse themselves to action. A mega
tive citizenship is dangerous. Positive
and affirmative support of justice and
liberty is not only a desideratum at
this time but a positive necessity.
Our country is a retort into which
the Great Chemist is pouring the
varied elements OF. the. worlds civiii
zation expecting to create new civili-
zation which will recognize the rights
of man. The experiment is not yet
complete. What the result will be
no man can say. Will the bands
which unite US together be strong
enough to stand the strain. Nor is
all the corruption from without. We
have evils and abuses peculiar to our
selves.
The time has come. The opportun-
ity is great. The combined forces
of the worlds civilization are being
centered upon US. 1t will take almost
strength to receive ano
regulate these forces. 1t is truly a !
time for thoughtful men and women
to arouse themselves to patriotic
deeds.
Now, as never before, does our
country call 1t calls for your brain
and your heart, and your patriotism !
to stamp themselves upon our laws;
to abate not only the corruption from
without but the evils and abuses from
within; to establish the principles of
justice and equity between all classes.
Only through patriotism, character
and education can the blessings of
democracy be continued to humanity.
The very flower of cur manhood has
heard the call and are daily offering
their lives on the battlefields of Eu-
rope in the defense of the honor Of
America as their brethren did in the
past for its unification.
You too, have heard the call, and
as in the past we are looking to you
,or great and ever greater things.
Ladies, the foundation of your or
yanization is well and firmly laid. See
hat your work is. good and true. For
here is destined to be a great and
organization. You are but
he advance guard. Tomorrow rev.
lee will call forth an army of count
ess thousands, which shall have ar
lived in the night. Months and years
will pass and as the panorama of our
state and country's progress and de-
relopment is unrolled, it will delight II
he eye and gladden. the heart OF {
hose who have cast their lot with you
Ladies of the Federation, on behalf
If the City OF. Payette, 1 wish to ex-
end a cordial welcome to our city.
Dur hearts and our homes are open to
,ou. Our hands are outstretched in
No matter from what part =.
# our state you come, am sure that
'ere you will find others, of like de-
ire and ambition who will make your
tay pleasant one. again desire to ,
xpress our welcome and to venture {
he wish that your deliberations may /