Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-09-21 | Page 16 | Woman Mayor Reduces H. C. L

WOMAN MAYOR REDUCES H. H C. C L. L Chasing Do Domi 1 Prof Profiteers Second Nature With rith Housewives Mrs 1 Gale Calgary Alta AHa Sept Sopt Dent 20 20 Beat down the IT C. C of I 1 U b by putting housewives In in charge charo of t municipal affairs That That's s what Calgary's progressive e acting mayor Mrs firs Anne Gale atle gives cs is as as isI I the time solution on of or the problem Besides being the thc first ti wom woman n In tho time tho history of or Canada to tg hold holl tho the po position of or actIng acting act act- In ing mayor Mrs Gale finds time In and between to bo be a n city alderman to conduct crusades against high prices es as ell The Tho female of the Rp species IB fe l more deadly than tub male especially when chasing down profiteers It comes to the housewives sa says s 's Mrs rs Gale Give place thc they deserve in municipal afI affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs and they will drive the food I pirates pirates' to cover I am such an en enthusiast en- en in Jn the rights of or women that I willingly oppose a full council of or men when the time occasion arises I belong belon tono tono to tono no party part and feel that all women omen should be free Creo to party part politics If H we remain disinterested we can accomplish what wo we set out to do to do-to to better hetter civic conditions and bring tho the cost of or living down clown whore where It belongs As the champion of the tho housewives of western Canada Mrs Ira Gale has been heen heena a active the In tho the causo causa o of women's rights since first coming cominI to Calgary with her har husband and and two sons In hi 1 1012 1911 1 when limo of n nf southern r along th the route it of c t the Canadian I-di I Pacific u. g railway railway rail rail- wa way began hean attracting settlers In large numbers Finding that local merchants were char charging high prices for fruits and vegetables she organized a n. Consumers Consumer's Consumers Consumer's Con Con- sumers sumer's league among the housewives and established a market marlet bringing the housekeeper and tho the thoI farmer together and cutting out the I profits o of the tho middleman During the time I war she organized a Vacant Lot Garden Garden Gar Gar- den clen club getting legislation passed which compelled the owners of or vacant lots to plant them with vegetable and flower lower gardens g Her next blow for Cor womans woman's rights ris came when she succeeded In having laws passed in Alberta creating free Cree I hospitals hospitais putting Alberta Iberta Into tho the lead I In health legislation Next came her work nork In organizing the thc first I Women's Ratepayers Ratepayer's a association in the I I dominion In the tho midst of all these activities she found time to be treasurer treasure equal pa pay for equal work Irrespective of or the time Calgary Forum an organization pledged to to protect women In indu industry try to prevent child labor and to obtain equal pa pay nay for equal work worl irrespective c of sex As acting ma mayor or and city alderman Mrs Gale gets s no pa pay as the time positions arc are honorary in Calgary Calgar Her duties as acting mayor maor consist of oC taking the tho I place or ot Mayor Marshal when he is ill or a away wa from the ell city Lately Latel Mrs Gale Galo has been een chairman of or a fair price Inquiry committee o of the Calgary Calgar council and has been conducting conducting- an examination Into the thc prices of or clothIng clothing cloth- cloth In Ing shoes and meat determining what the local merchants shall be bo allowed to charge At the tho present time she the Is formulating a plan to have hac time the city buy foodstuffs and antl clothing and sell them to tho the people at cost