Show the lone tree betterment society one evening near the middle middie of I 1 july of the present year about forty people men women and tc children hildren met in a little two roomed log building on the bank of green river th e r purpose was not deft bitely known some thought it was to see about building a be school hool house while other thought it was to start a community organization and se sec about building a community house bouse I 1 1 the gathering represented a little scattered community some had lived on farma along one side aide of the river for many years while others othera were homesteaders some were especially interested in tile the school which was struggling for existence others felt the need of getting together learning from each ot other herland land becoming more social probably everybody was wall surprised to see so many others there you dont realize how much truck you have until you move and you dont how many there are in the neighborhood I 1 until you get them all together though it seemed about of the way nook of the world there was at least one distinguished guest there mr arthur coggeshall of the thecae car museum the man who so skillfully mounted the big dinosaurs for the museum wits was there with illig his oldest daughter as they were there visiting with the douglass family mrs geo thorne the teach er called the meeting to ordal and mr enoch lybbert was i elected temporary chairman then began a lively discus ston sion gentlemanly but showing decided differences of op opinion laton on account of the fact that green river divides the dietric tand parents did noe wish to 0 take the risk of having their heir children cross the river wice twice a day As there seemed no prospect of all agreeing on the location of a site for a school house the matter was dropped and steps were taken looking toward the establishment of a community organization sev eral expressed their opinions on the subject andthil and this was followed by a most interesting and appropriate talk coggeshall Cogg Cogges oshall ball I 1 though people i naturally differ la in many inary of their views view yet nearly hearly fill U agreed that ice cream anti an ahr otaw refreshments were excellent and that it was gout to got get to getter gether ondein ol a ahil ak it was decided that the thel hack lack of a house for meeting wait wa no be immediate objection holthe organizing gan izing of a society nearly all people enjoy gettin gout of doors in plea pleasant saRt we motherland aMerland wo we 1 have little of tha ethaw kind tu in this country A meeting an lout touting lug a picnic could be combined we hear that the groves laere I 1 were gods goda first temples and whitman saida 1 I think all heroic conceived in and now I 1 ses see the secret of making the best of persons it is to grow in the open lair and to eat and sleep with the earth I 1 the next meeting was waa at the tha same name place the so called brush Creek school house bouse on july mr enoch lybbert called the meetings mee to order aider mr earl douglass was elected chairman and 0 love secretary then fol 1 lowed a discussion of althe objects and advantages of a community organization thero there was no short hort hand reporter but ithe thoughts which were expressed or wished to be expressed were as follows follow the farm in a new newl partly wild region develops ind independence pen dence sturdy manhood rie co courage courado love ot or nature independence of opinion and many others ozithe of ithe best qualities hul tt it often lacks sociability and the b bine tits fits one gets from the thoughts and experience of others the progress of thought liko like the establishment of ithe best beat breeds of animals comes from I 1 the crossing and selection of lot the best beet or thos which are f fittest to suir survive vive then too all work sall so RO play makes us prematurely old while the iman man who plays la Is young at ninety I 1 timeshare Time sare changing rapidly so rapidly that there are two or three revolutions lot thought in affife time those of us who have lived in the east haVel ha seen the interest in the country eli firch and school addlin and in local count ry affairs fairs die out our good old families degenerated and then went to the city where ahern they could complete the pro pira continued on OB page 2 THE LONK TRUE THEE betterment HETTER MENT SOCIETY continued irom page I 1 cess under more favorable conditions I 1 it is true that the teachings in the ware were often narrow anti ana sive and things were spoken too horrible to be listened to by a civilized man or woman yet in spite of the demon of tear lear hold held over those of tender years and weak minds people were loften better than their religion and they met together and had bad go goob 0 a times and in later years there are many sweet remembrances kofl 04 the old country church and country school house in choso days there were meetings sunday schools thus king bees literary societies etc in the older andl anddore dmore an more thickly settled portions of thlu state the country church and school lare still centeio a of lively interest and sociability it is eminently preeminently pre J the land of homes farms and rural social life the only foundation on which a nation or people can stand secure but our smaller out of the way communities do not have their privileges unless they have the energy interest and perseverance to make them in many places in the united Stat states esthe the peo pie ale have bave organized and a revo alution gutlon has been produced in ili the community I 1 at this meeting mr douglass mr love and I 1 mrs athorne thorne were elected as a committee on organization the president appointed a program committee one or two names were proposed pio posed for the club I 1 but none decided upon the next meeting was on august ath at mr oakless Oak leys there was a report of the committee on organization gi gli ing suggestions etc I 1 by the chairman voted that instead of drafting a constitution and bylaws by laws rules and regulations should be made as needed this starts the society on its career without shackles and useless restrictions leaving it free to developed dev elope in the bicad est eat manner it was thought that having tile the main objects of the society in iview it would grow healthfully heath fully and na aurally tu rally these as nearly as could be stated aers tire tile following I 1 objects of the betterment society 1 to enjoy the ithe pleasure of each others society and the benefits of their best thoughts 2 to discover draw out and developed dev elope talent in old and young 3 TO discover and do wlm we can to developed dev elope the resources of the country 4 to have better farms better homes better people to enrich the mind and get imore real pleasure and satisfaction out of life |