The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-06-09
WOMEN ASKED TO
ATTEND MEETING
In P 0CATELLO
Women in East andMid-
die West Influenced Ii
Decisions Against
Irrigation

/. SSfA1 LLLO, luduO.-lu0 women
of Idaho, particularly southern Idaho
are asked to attend the reclamation
meeting to be held in Pocatello on
June 13, The call to the women OF
the southern part of the state is is
sued by Ethelyn CHASER, state chair
man Of the reclamation and conser-
vation committee of the Idaho State
Federation Of Women's clubs, and
secretary to the late Fred R. Reed.
In the letter addressed to the wom-
en- OF the state, Miss CHASER brings
out the fact that it is the women of
the east and middlewest largely who
have influenced the decision against
the west in the matter of securing
waters for the irrigation of lands in
southern Idaho. ,.a g4
Thru the medium of propaganda
by newspapers and magazines Of the
east and middlewest the people Of
those sections have been led to be-
lieve that the people Of Idaho and the
west seek to ravage the Yellowstone
national park for selfish and com
mercial purposes.
The truth is not known In those
sections of the country and Miss
Glasser feels that if the women of
the west and of Idaho in particular
would take sufficient interest that
the women of the east would help
instead of seeking to interfere with
the congressional program.
In her letter to the women OF
idaho Miss CHASER says in part:
Thru the false information, the
club women Of the east have been
used to help fight the interests of
Idaho and the west. Shall the women
OF the west sit idly by and permit the
great machinery Of our various ma
tional organizations to be employed
to choke the development Of our
states? s AZ
Homes Great in Beauty
There is no beauty like the
beauty of happy homes. For that
reason 1t is inconceivable that any
person who understands the prob
lens OF the west should put few
miles OF low meadow in a national
park ahead of such scenes as greet
The traveller where the water de-
Eeiops the land, as it does at Mini
1oka, Richfield, Burley, Twin Falls
md lin the Boise valley.
Our congressional delegations in
have been working their
reads off to secure the legal privilege
u using the God given waters of Fall |
liver In the only available reservoir
lite, which happens to be in the very
'0rner of Yellowstone park. Women's |
;lubs and individual women have
,een made tools to delay or defeat
hat great development for Idaho.
II the women of the arid west
ould make the women Of the humid
asst really understand our problems,
hey would reach us q helping hand,
instead Of lending themselves to
Under this important national pro-
'ress. We do not wish to destroy
or moose or fish-such
ccusations are false. We do wish
o add to the nation an empire.
Do Not See Hindrance
Sections of the United States hav-
ng all-the-year-around rainfall do
ot realize how they are strangling
he development, not only of our
tate, but Of the nation, when they
lnder or prevent us from conserv-
ag Alright in the only possible reser-
Or sites, the only water supplies Of
his vast country.
These and other kindred ques-
IONS must receive the attention of
'estern women in order that we may
~ our cause before our national
rganizations and enlist their CO.
peration in place of the present op-
osition. ."-Times-Register. M4