Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-31
GETS HOMES FOR CHILDREN
Work Of the Iowa Association in It's Western
District.
3:poaT OF SUPERINTENDENT SOLES
Fhirty-Fowr Children Rescued from
Niciuus Surroundings and Placed
Amung Christian Influences
During the Last Year.

The first annual report OF District Super
intcndent f. Il. Sala, who was given charge
of the western Iowa district of the Iowa
ChIldrens Home society a year ago, has
been made Mr. Saa has made frequent
visits to Council Bluffs during the year and
has taken a number Of children from vicious
influences here and found Christian homes
for them elsewhere BY the conditions of his
appointment Council Bluffs is made the
headquarters Of his district but his work,
covering a large field has kept him on the
move constantly and away from the city all
of the time except at brief intervals. Dur
ing the year Mr.. Sala has Travelled over
~, ,00O miles and has rescued thirty-four chill
dren from vicious homo influences. He has
organized twenty-nine local advisory boards
in his district and made l2f public ad-
dresses on the subject OF the work OF the
society. In his report Mr.. Sala calls atten-
tioE to the fact that the children of today
are the men and women OF tomorrow, ana
that the character of Tho Sc men and women
will depend upon the kind OF home innu-
cnCes by which they are now surrounded.
The Iowa society has been established for
eight years and MI. Sala In his report calls
attention to the results OF its work. More
than 50 per cent OF the children taken in
homes nave turned out we'll He also de-
Clales that such institutions as his society
must be eventually ca,ied upon TO solve
the tramp problem. large percentage OF
the :ramps of today are boys under age a
majority OF whom are homeless and friend
less. Good homes and influences in Childhood
make good men and women. The vagabonds
are not recruited from this class of boys
Of tho thirty-four children rescued in the
district six we're taken Erom Pottawattamie
county six from Harrison seven from Craw-
ford five from Shelby, four from Monona,
four from Page, one froln Fremont and one
from Taylor. Ffty-two children have been
placed in good homes by Mr.. Sala during the
same period. as follows: In Taylor county,
seventeen, Montgomery, nine; Adalr, eight;
Pottawattamie, five; Harrison, four; Fremont,
three: Shelby, two; Adams, Page and Craw-
ford one each. The fact that eighteen more
children than the number received from the
district were placed in homes in this dis
lrct Mr.. Sala points out In his report as
showing the results Of aggressive home-hnd-
ing work; and yet Mr. Sala contends that
there are enough good family homes in this
district that are childless to empty every
Childreu's Home institution in the state of
its little ones.
In the future the work of the society in
this city will be largely done through the
local advisory board, as Mr.. Sala has found
1t necessary to remove his headquarters to
Villisca to be nearer the center of his dis
trct. The local advisory board is consti-
tuted as follows: President j. M Oursler;
vice president Mrs IL. w. Binder; secretary,
w. w. Wallace; treasurer, +. G. Lougee;
solicitor, Mrs. NJ. E. Smith; members, Will
liam officer, Hon. ID. c. Bloomer, Mrs. George
Keith, Mrs, John Duquette Mrs G. w. Sny-
der O. Chrstianson, j. S. Ferguson and the
pastors of the different churches. The off,
GERS of the board constitute the executive
COMMITTEES. Should the case OF a child being
ill-treated or in need of a home be brought
to the notice of any person, if they will ad-
dress Mr.. Sala at Villsca he will give it his
immediate attention.