The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-01-20
Want Meridian 6I6dned I'D.
LOCAL VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF III FORM
ORGANIZATION

will be a crOl OF remorse." We need
to get the confidence of our boys and
help them. He says the average
lance created lust and was the work
Of the devil. He gave side light
into the picture show business by
saying that he formerly resided near
the Los Angeles picture colony that
turns out half Of the pictures OF the
nation. He says the directors are a
tdamnable class of people" who have
no regard for virtue and he can fur
nish evidence to prove that this state
ment is absolutely correct One pro
1ucer has made his boast to the ef-
feet that he has eight living wives,
and says he will get another" He
says that even If this crowd gets out
some apparently good pictures, they
are all tainted by these men of evil
minds and hearts.
He said we have made mistake of
taking the Bible from the public
school, as religious teaching was the
foundation for good moral edu-
cation for the child.
Rev. Cooper said he thought it use
less to expect much from the child
these days as we did not set a good
example. He said he did not like the
word dad" but that father should
mean everything to the boy.
He thought the fathers should set
better example by respecting the
III Co kt \. al nd ff Ch iFlu
of going for hunt. Children should
be taught to respect sacred things
4 it win help their morals.
Rev Gilmore, evangelist at the
Nazarene church, thought the only,
I way to divert the young from the
/ evil path is to give them something
1 better, and that the converted per-
4 son would find no joy in such prac-
| tices. Speaking of the child he
/ thought the parent should be more
strict and that a more vigorous appli-
cation of a good switch did great
I deal of good TO the irresponsible
child He also said that the teacher
/ in the public school should be upheld
and supported, for here was usually
4 the best moral influence. Don't
talk about the teacher in the ehild's
i presence, and above all do not let the
child think that his tthe child'sl
/ devilment will be approved by his
parents. Better allow for a mistake
of the teacher than to do this.
When Meridian Was Cleaned Up.
Y j. Matt Anderson said a similar
condition existed in Meridian thirteen
years ago; that young girls were
found on the streets at late hours.
The village board, of which he was a
member, got busy, and besides en-
forcing the curfew law, with the ac-
tive help of the marshal, cleanup
was inaugurated, and several men
including some married men-were
invited to leave town.
B. j. Dunten thought the older
men of Meridian were laying down
on their oars" and that some yigor-
!. orous work on the part of the young
: er men was necessary if the older
men continue to sleep.
S. H. Grondahl then offered sci
of resolutions which were uRani
mously adopted, and as a central
council of ten was provided for, they
were selected as follows:
Ira Lane, Orley Soucie, Matt An
, derson, Ira Voorhees,, w. r. Baird
L. c. Wildman. Forest Cahill. Rolly
Howry, s. H. Grondahl, B. ]. Dunten
The signatures to the petition (ol
resolutionl were then secured, III
signing up for a better Meridian.
The petition. and those signing it, il
as follows: