The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-11-14
Southwest
Desert Life
Interests Club
Mrs. J. A. Krall Leads
Interesting Program at
Woman's Meeting.
ROOMS DECORATED
BY INDIAN WORK

Al oPite.o VI udiEp weather there was q
very good attendance at the regular
November meeting of the Iibbv
Woman's Club, Tuesday afternoon. The
club rooms were decorated with Indian
rugs, coats, baskets, pictures, pillows
etc. In keeping with the program Of the
day on the Southwest.
Preceding the program was the usual
business meeting with Mrs. Mount,
president III the chair. Mrs. Alice
Farriss, speaking for the Past Presi-
dents Council, reported on their
nomination of Mrs. e. J. Barkee AZ
second president.
In her international relations report
Mrs. W. N. Curtis spoke ON the
Ethiopian question. the appearance of
the japanese at the League of Nations
recently, and the plot to assassinate the
y. S. representative in Cuba. She
urged club women to consider the prob
lem OF impending war and said that
II the women of the nation would,pro-
test, and urge government control of
the big steel, munitions and other big
industries during war time. the threat
OF war would not be SO great.
Letter From Former Member.
Mrs, R. W. Orr, fine arts chairman.
began her report with letter received
from Mrs. Christensen, former mera-
Der. Living in Washington, .. c., Mrs.
Christensen wrote Interestingly Of the
many art institutions, symphony con-
certs and other music attractions In the
Capital. She also enclosed clipping
about the national gallery to which
Andrew Mellow donated So, 100000 in
pictures. He recently has donated
$lO,OO0,OOO, to be used in building a
suitable building. He stipulated with
the gift that the building was to be
built within the next five or six wears
and that his name was not to be con-
nected with it. Mrs. Christensen also
sent folder showing beautiful murals
and places in the library Of congress.
Mrs. Z. E Jaqueth, program chair
man, announced the Christmas play
by the Junior Womans Club
to be the next months program.
An amendment was passed making
the annual dues for the club PAYABLE
IN advance in June instead of October.
This will enable committee workers for
the new year to plan on the member
ship with their plans for the coming
year.
The highway resolution in gard to
leaving strip of timber 200 feet on
each side of our through highways
was presented by the committee an
pointed, Mrs. Krall, Mrs Rowland and
Miss Antonio Grandiean. The resolu-
ton was adopted and steps taken to
place it in proper hands. A discussion.
introduced bv Mrs. Ned Joughin about
the Junior Womans club project of
highway Identification. brought out
wavs of helping Mention was made
Of the resolution Of the Lions club con-
nerning the petition for new Great
Northern station and the improvement
81 the grounds. The club will cooperate
toward this end.
An Excellent Program.
Desert Lives" Of Arizona and New
Mexico was the topic for the program
d the day. Mrs. ]. A. Krall introduced
he appropriate music. Harold Martin,
accompanied by Gladys Rolseth, sang
. Navajo cornfield song and the
popular Mexican la Cucaracha.v
Bobby Bigelow, accompanied by joyce
Daggett, played Hopi Indian cradle
song on his violin A Hopi snake
lance tune was played by Joyce Dag
sett as piano solo. The music
created a good atmosphere for the
Mrs, krall, program chairman for the
day. explained the decorations and
exhibit which she had collected with
he help Of Miss Antonio Grandjean,
hostess chairman, for the day.
Continuing her program, Mrs. krall
-allSed most interestingly on the desert
and Indian and Mexican life. Relating
Incidents of her recent trip into that
part of the country, Mrs. Krall told
hat off the beaten track there are
many interesting places and people
who live. desert lives. A trip up
Pixies Peak proved very thrilling but
he Carlsbad caverns were most in
The caverns are huge, some
d the ceilings being $50 feet high.
There is much exquisite coloring in
he caverns and the tourists do not
wonder at it being called the eighth
wonder of the world. The process of
formation of the stalagtites is very
slow, 1t requiring 100 years to form
| cubic inch. Scientists have estimated
hey are 60,0O0,000 years old.
Our Southwest contains many places
IF beauty and interest that if they
we're abroad, their names would be
commonly known but being, up to now,
fairly isolated and unknown, their
anne has not been built up. However,
hey are beginning to get their share
If attention and will rival many OF the
'oreign places of interest Some of the
tiff dwellings and ruins are many
thousands of years old, thereby rank
ne in age. with the ancient ruins.
The Indians Of the desert are first
IN art In fact, they are the last word
In modern American art. Their pot