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8. If funds are needed they may be obtained by means of enter- 

 tainments, by subscriptions or by club dues. When public senti- 

 ment IS properly educated individual effort can be largely relied 

 upon to secure these improvements. 



9. Placards for use in schools embodying the matter given on the 

 last page of this circular letter have been printed and will be sent 

 to any address upon application to the chairman of the committee. 

 They should be posted in school buildings, the consent of the 

 superintendent or other officers in charge being, of course, first 

 secured. 



10. We call attention to the forestry resolutions passed at the 

 October meeting of the federation to be found on the fourth page of 

 this letter. The committee would suggest that once each year the 

 dififerftnt clubs devote one meeting to the discussion of the question, 

 " What can we do to beautify our town?" 



Miss Margaret J. Evans, 

 State President Federated Clubs. 

 Town and Village Improvement Committee. — Mrs. Robert L. 

 Gale, Chairman, St. Cloud, Mina.; Mrs. O. N, Ohlberg, Albert Lea, 

 Minn.; Mrs. Louise F. Stone, Morris, Minn.; Mrs. L. P. Blair, 4228 

 Park Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Do. — Make j'our yard and street in front as clean and pretty as you 

 can. • 



Plant or help plant shade trees. 



Cultivate as many flowers as possible. 



Burn or bury all tin cans and other rubbish. 



Pick up and destroy all loose paper, small branches, and similar 

 things. 



Dig up and burn unsightly and harmful weeds. 



Pile wood neatly, dispose of all ash heaps, and keep a tidy back 

 3'ard. 



Don't.— Don't throw upon the sidewalk or into the street, banana 

 or orange ekine, watermelon rinds, nut shells or anything else. 



Don't scatter pieces of paper on the street. 



Don't mark sidewalks or buildings. 



Don't injure young shade trees by bending, cutting or shaking. 



Don't spit on sidewalks or floors. 



FORESTRY. 



Whereas, The meeting of the General Federation of Women's 

 Clubs, at Louisville, May 29, 1896, adopted the following resolution: 



•'Resolved, That as General Federation of Women's Clubs and as 

 individuals, as far as possible we pledge ourselves to take up the 

 study of forest conditions and resources, and to further the highest 

 interests of our several states in these respects;" and 



Whereas, The natural wealth of the state of Minnesota consists 

 largely of forests, the protection and improved management of 

 which, as well as the reforesting of denuded waste lands, is a ques- 

 tion of growing interest and importance, therefore, 



Resolved, That the study and discussion of economic forestry in 

 this state should be taken up and generally encouraged, and that 

 a committee, with power to act, be appointed to carry this resolution 

 into effect. 



