The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-07
War Mothers Hold
Three Conventions
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orial service for all departed war
mothers and ex-service men was
conducted by the state war mother.
They have gone to that bourne from
which no traveller ever returns,
where there is no more sorrow, no
more weeping. The response to the
address of welcome was made by
Mrs. Tully, Of Idaho Falls,
after which the following papers
were read: ''The Soldiers
Bonus Bill and Why 1t Should
Be Passed." by Mrs. Emigh, of Sal
mon; why Germany Should Be
Made To Pay Her Reparations," by
Mrs. LaRocque, of Blackfoot;
Round Table, including reports of
county chapter activities, by Mrs.
Hall, of Salmon, resume Of state
chapter and national activities
and instructions to local chap
tiers, by the stare war mother,
Mrs. DeKay. Hospitals and the
need of more elastic hospitaliza-
ton laws was the keynote of the
state war mothers address. Mrs.
DeKay has urged all local chapters
in each district this year to club
together and buy radio receiving
set to be used by the patients of
our government hospital No. 81,
located at Boise. BY this modern
invention the outside world can be
brought to the bedside Of the 155
disabled patients and ex-service men
confined at Boise. By this device
concerts, music and sermons can be
brought to their bedside. This con-
vention adopted resolutions favoring
the soldier bonus bill and unanim-
ously voted to wire Senator Borah to
support and vote for it and cease op-
posing it. Il &
In the evening a splendid musical
entertainment concluded the pro.
gram and ended the district session
The hostess chapter served all the
meals to delegates at their historic
"Tea House" named after Sacajewea
the Indian maid, who guided the
Lewis and Clark expedition across
the rockies on their exploring
journey in 1904. She was born on
the Lemhi reservation near the site
of the Lemhi agency and old Milley,
a centanarian squaw located the
spot for the Lemhi War Mothers,
who have erected rock cairn on
the site. One of the enjoyable fea-
lures rendered by the local chapter
was drive over the city and up the
Salmon river canyon. The scenery
is beyond description and in any d.
rection one looked could be seen
snow clad peaks in August. "See
American First" is Lemhi county's
slogan and their is no scenery
abroad that can excel it, The War
Mothers "Tea House" has passed
the pioneer stage and is now an as
sured success. Last month it netted
them about $3.50. All the money
they raise goes to the hospital fund
to pay for the hospital they are
erecting. They raised $4,000 in
various ways last year and up to the
present convention have increased II
to $4,000 plus the interest which has
been paid. When completed the
War Mothers of Salmon will have
one of the most modern and thoroly
equipped hospitals in the inter-
mountain region. The site is ideal,
being located high up on the Salmon
bar with view of SURPRISING beauty
of the entire Lemhi Galley with its
regal, majestic, pine clad mountains
flanking both sides of the Lemhi and
Salmon rivers. Hundreds of grain
fields and enormous hay fields speak
volumes for the fertility of the soil.
Mr.. DeKay made the drive of 215
miles up in ten hours, but it re-
quired twenty hours returning as
they ran into the wake of the ter
rife cloud burst and plowed thru
miles of water on the desert between
Birch creek and Mud Lake. Aside
from this the trip was ideal and the
convention success in every way.
The district chapter voted to accept
Idaho Falls invitation as hostess for
next year.
On August "a and 25 the War
Mothers of the second district,
which includes Bannock, Bear Lake
Caribou, Oneida and Power counties,
ueiu IHclI duAudl ScoSlOu dL Mdldu
with sixteen delegates present from
Montpelier, Soda Springs, Pocatello
and Blackfoot. The report Of this
convention was published last week.
The questions taken up were prac-
tically the same as in others and the
guests were exceptionally we'll
treated with banquets, excursions
and entertainments. The Iconven-
finn for that district will he held at