The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-07-27

dollars worth of property under Their
| supervision. All who heard Mr.. Mil
holIan have d much clearer idea od
the importance OF the commission.
Mrs. @. y. Amidon OF Cass County
talked of the Importance of War His,
tory work. She urged that anyone
who had relics of any kind from the
late war, donate them to the state
Mrs. Harvey of Barnes County EN-,
|! phasized all that Mrs. Amidon hae
| stated.
Thursday evening the local club hae
their regular meeting and after listen.
ing to some very good talks from the
visiting ladies, S. S. Mcdonald ex.
planned some, of the benefits of the
Workmen's Compensation Bureau
which gave a good insight to that de.
partment which many of the women
had not thoroughly understood before
Friday Morning
Mrs. Fisher gave a brief report o1
work done in the state since May Is
She reported 443 clubs and "a fed.
Grated counties. Discussion in regard
to membership dues followed.
Mrs. Lingren, labor member of the
executive committee, gave several
short talks or the labor question, al
different times.
Report of the financial committee
produced plans by which the small de-
felt could easily be paid by counties
They also suggested that each club re-
tain o%ne-fourth of all money collected
for the women's organization, in the
local club treasury. (The meeting ad-
journed at this time to have a group
picture taken.)
The question of retaining head
quarters o at this time ard after
some discussion it was decided to con-
tinue keeping headquarters as in the
past, in the same building where the
men have theirs.
Lunch was served in the dining
room of the parish house with the
local club No. l as hostess.
Friday Afternoon
Amendments were made to the con-
stitution also changes in the bylaws
which took some time. Before the
we were favored by three selections
Of vocal music from four little girls
of Bismarck, under the guidance of
Mrs. hlStleWalte
There were vacancies on the eN-
ecutive committee to be filled as Mrs.
Wood president and Miss Mcdonnell
secretary have resigned.
Mrs. c.. A. Fisher was unanimous
ly elected president. Mrs. E. O.
Bailey, vice president, which office
was made vacant by Mrs. Fisher be-
ing elected president. Miss Vannie
Hall of New Rockford was chosen cor
responding. secretary and will be
secretary-treasurer and will be at
Headquarters. The above named of
fcers will serve until the bi-annual
meeting to be held in Bismarck next
February.
w. J.. Church spoke for a few
minutes on the new plan of ~organiza-
ton work which the men are consider
Jig.
B. F. Baker followed with a short,
but interesting talk which was full of
hope and victory.
Mrs. c. \. Fisher presided at all
sessions in her capable manner and
all who attended them, whether dele
gates or laymen were inspired to go
back and go into the work stronger
Than ever
Autos were furnished by friends of
the local club members to take the
@uests aobut the city.
Report of the committee on resolu-
tions as follows.
Whereas, We The Executive Board
Of the North Dakota Federation Of
j Nonparti>an Clubs in regular session
assembled at Bismarck, North Dakota
these 9Th and 7th days Of July, 1922
do hereby declare ourselves as stand
ing for certain principles and ideals