Show betterment BET EVENT MEET ING A HOUSER the meeting held by the betterment league of brigham Dri shain city at the tabernacle last sunday evening was full of enthusiasm and characterized by splendid talks on the objects of the organization by rov aden adam G frank and president 0 C dalby the first named discussed the ques question alln from a prohibition standpoint an I 1 declared it hla his inn firm belief that it jr is poz possible to make utah dry it if all in sympathy with the movement will work and stand back of the betterment leagues operating throughout the state rev frank pointed out the impossibility of 0 vice and righteous righteousness neA operating cooperating co fo in the general uplift ot of any community and declared that the saloon brothel or any other house of has no place whatever in our oui modern civilization president dalby outlined the tune eions ot of the league and who it wll will operate ile he also pointed out the dif faculties the officers meet with in en deavo ring to run down vice and es specially ally in running ru lining down illegal liquor joints he spoke from experience having been a judge as well as prosecuting attorney up in Ida boThe first part ot of his speech was delivered from manuscript but before closing the speaker told of an experience he had while in europe when he called at a home to deliver a tract and there them found a woman in abject poverty sitting in a cold room without fire or sufficient clothing to keep her warm watching over the body of her baby boy who had died from utter starvation and cold the father was a drunkard and took the money his wife had earned by washing to satisfy his appetite leaving the wife and child to starve the father had been gone from home several days and during the interim the child had died and the poor woman was alone with the corpse without help without friends and without a soul to whom she could go for sympathy the narration brought tears to many eyes throughout the audience and at its close the speaker declared that after he had left that place on that cold winters night the thermometer thermo metor registered 20 degrees below zero he resolved that so long as god gave him breath lie he would fight the liquor traffic lie he declared that the organization would demand of cand candidates izates tor for public office a statement of their policies respecting these evils and those statements would he be made public in order that the people might know where they stool those wio who i ill ill not declare tor for tho th elimination of the liquor traffic and the breaking up of all other disreputable institutions within the city or county can be assured of the vigorous opposition of the league at the close of president dalbys address a motion was made that the meeting go on record as favoring the organization of the betterment league and pledging support to the principles for which it stands A rising vote was called tor for and everybody in the bouw libua excepting a very few stood T the he mee meeting ting was enlivened by two from the echo male quartette a reading by mrs georgia D johnson a song by victor E madsen and a violin solo by A IV trenchard the prayers were offered by elder A bf hansen and mayor W T davis the at was a regular conference crowd nearly filling the building completely and at the close of the services membership lists were passed out so that those who desired to identity identify themselves with the organization and help in the fight tor for a pure community had the opportunity |