The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-02
ALL ENJOY THE
CLOSING FEAST
SPEECHES, MUSIC AND DINNER
OF A HIGH ORDER OF
EXCELLENCE
300 GUESTS PRESENT
PATRIOTIC DEVOTION TO AMER
ICA THE DOMINANT NOTE
THROUGHOUT ALL

Success crowned the joint banquet
at the Ekls temple last evening. The
speaking, the dinner, the music, the
arrangements and the service by the
domestic science girls of the high
school were ideal and won high praise
from all present.
DR.. Lindley was especially happy as
postmaster and the addresses by Col
Clarence Ousley, DR.. E. O. Holland,
Miss Mary F. Rausch, Dean E. ]. Idd-
ings and G. w. Suppiger were all
pitched in a high key of patriotic de-
votion to American ideals. The reg
ular addresses were nicely supple
mented with extemporaneous talks by
C. L. Smith of the O.-W. R. G N, Edi-
tor Smith of the Idaho Farmer and
James Nelson, one of the public spirit
ed farmers of Latah county.
A Cordial Welcome
In opening the program after the
dinner Dr. Lindley extended a cordial
welcome ito all on behalf of the uni
versity and the citizens of Moscow
acting through the Chamber of Com
merce. Then after putting the 300
guests present in a happy frame of
mind with a well told story or two he
introduced Dean Iddings. The dean
pointed out the significance of the
banquet as expressing the cordial CO.
operation of the university, the farm
ers and housekeepers of the state and
the citizens of Moscow. He styled
it "unity in action He was gratified
with the success of the conference
week at the university. The feeling,
he said, was the best he had ever
seen there, and the good work inaug-
uratd at the conference he hoped to
see carried throughout the. entire
state.
Duties Right at Home
G. w. Suppiger, vice president OF
the Chamber of Commerce, spoke
earnestly of the special duties laid by
the war on the commercial organiza-
tion. He spoke of the myriad new
activities the war has brought and
the necessity for the vigorous support /
of all these worthy objects. He spoke
of the duty of the citizens to keep the
community clean; to keep close watch
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the dark mind; to see to it that the
tight-wad did his part for the Red
Cross and the Liberty Loan; to see to /,
it that no enemy propaganda was toll
Grated in the community.
Tolerate No Treason
This last statement of the speak
ers was roundly applauded, giving O.
clear indication of the sentiment OF |
those present.
In the absence of James O'Connor,
who was on the program, James Mel
son was called upon and delivered an
off-hand talk on behalf OF
the farmers expressing heartfelt ap-
probation for the work done by the
university in bringing the farmers,
and scientific experts in
to conference.
"BacOn and Beans"
c. L. Smith aroused the assembly
to high pitch of enthusiasm speak
ing as a Civil war veteran. He said
be went into the Civil war as boy
because he believed this the best gov
ernment in the world and that 1t was
his duty to fight for ito give up his
life if necessary He said he had
never changed his mind The blood
If patriotic ancestors, he said, was
low calling upon every citizen to be
oval to the old flag. He said he was
90 old now to fight, but he knew
hat bacon and beans would help win
he war and he could help furnish the {
,acon and beans He said he knew t
rom experience that men cannot fight I
when they are hungry; therefore 1t IS /
pressing duty to feed the men at t
he front. Wheat flour and bacon, It
e said. we're the most convenient to