The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-20

Gus counties, the state government,
the faderal government. all paid for
out of tax money. The General Elec-
trio company of Salt Lake City, the
Minidoka project, the various state
and county institutions, and private
or commercial enterprises, paying Of
course, out of their profits.
By careful study of the subjects
listed above, the reader can see who
is supplying the information, and the
benefit of years of experience and
testing. All of these matters were
presented free for the benefit of the
farmers and stockmen, and whoever
might be sufficiently interested to
attend and accept the teachings, and
regret, too few attended.
Youngsters Did the Best
In the matters of the boys and
girls clubs, experts instructed them
and led them in their work, both in
lectures and in. demonstration work,
such as they would receive in the
school room, or such as the farmer,
who understood his subject we'll,
would teach them in the barn yard,
or such as the farmers wife with a
thoro knowledge Of. her subject
would teach them in house work.
The various presidents of the boys
clubs and the girls clubs of the state
were assembled, and one class ex-
ercise for them consisted Of having
a man we'll versed in parliamentary
practice to teach them for thirty
minutes on how to conduct meet
ing. these boy and girl presidents
ranged In age from about twelve to
fifteen years, and the instructors ex-
planned to them how to call a meet
ing to order, and why to do it that
way; the proper order in which to
follow with the different subjects.
and how to classify the work under
the different subjects, how to close
meeting and adjourn it, and alto
gether gave them a better under
standing of parliamentary practice
than the average man or woman &C
quires in a lifetime by the old hit
and miss plan of education and train
ing.
Another class exercise consisted of
an experience meeting by the prize
winners, who were champions in
their respective counties. This meet
ing, however, was impromptu. No
body knew just what was coming A
representative of the club work from
Boise took charge and called on one
prize-winner after another to give
his or her experience in conducting
the work that won the championship.
Everyone, as he or she was called
upon went forward and responded
by giving short, concise statement
of how the Wark was conducted, and
how he or she won the champion
ship. Their talks were we'll worded,
we'll expressed, and they invariably
quit when they got thru without any
waste of words. There was no waste
of words in the beginning or in the
close of their talks. These people,
twelve or fifteen years of age, &C
quilted themselves better in address
ing their audience than the Success
full man or woman, and the profess
sors and managers of commercial en-
terprises did in the meeting of the
adults.
A Weeks Labor Convention
III t.-.,-.tlOH " all Illc dCtlNlllcS
that ! have spoken of relating to
agriculture and stock-raising and the
to be made in the diff
ferent divisions Of society that stand
for better civilization, there was a
state convention of the federation Of
labor that lasted thruout the week.
In later articles, we shall show
more in detail what was done by the
agricultural meetings and the labor
meetings carefully undertaking to
sho wwhat their purposes we're.