The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-08-21

from our books few fi-urcs. We have
| furnished at our tables the last four
years III 800 meals and during the last
tot~ years our lodging apartments have
accommodated 2I,l50 men. 1t can be
safely estimated that 10000 persons
/ have enjoyedtEc privileges of our read
Ing rooms and that 10, 900 including the
pupils of our sunday schools have at
attended our religious meetings.
Added TO the activities which have
centered III and around our Mission
House. the superintendent has assisted
III works Of philanthropy c0n.ec.ed
Win 5arious city organizations. lie
served as a member OF the Board o.
Associated Charities i'll the winter of
/ lSEj-t. The next summer destructive
fires swept through the forests of Wis
cOnsin and Minnesota and the Mission
did what it could to relieve the suffer
/ Ings OF the survivors of that awful cal,
! amity. Scarcely was the work finished
= before the city council finding that
many families were suttrrinr from Hard
( times and lack of work, appro priated
$1,000 az wages i'll cleaning up the I'M
improved streets of the CitT, appointing
the superintendent of the Mission and
the City Engineer to oversee the bust
Z IitSS anu tlSbtilSt INC itiIiS- -NtNtl
was work more eNactlng or more faith
fully performed than by the various
/ members. of this commission.
And this last mentioned task was not
vet finished when the Douglas Comfy
Humane Society was organized and the
superintendent of this Mission was
urged to become Its agent. AS no other
person could be found salts actorv to
the organizers of the society, and the
work beng very much needed instl:e
city and county, the Superintendent
reluctantly accepted the difficult posi-
ton and has filled it. without remuner-
alton, as best he could luiin- the past
two and half years, investigating more
than two hundred cases of real or sup
posed cruelty and in not Il few instances
atordlng protection to the innocent
and wronged.
From many people in Superior we
! have received encouragement, often in
commentators words, sometimes in
cash contributions We note pertrul-
arly the favors We have received from
several Of our coal companies and -four
ing mills; Thanksgiving Day collCr:!ons;
81 received at one time from the work
men OF one Of our elevators: - cords
wood and $50 appropriated for our use
by the City Council; 81 from Mr.. Jack
sons Christmas entertainment last win
ter; S.i6 dollars turned in to us from one
of our relief committees and $40 from
another benevolent organization; quite
a number of subscriptions OF from five
to ten dollars at different times from
our business men. and numerous other
gifts in cash, clothing, furniture, iitcra
turc and good will, the cash contribu
tons amounting TO. 81 100 So.
While these contributions and the
good wishes of many friends have
greatly cheercd US, it NAV not be gen
orally known that this Mission through
It's paid workers in this city. and in
supplies costing us money distributed
among orr poor, to say nothing of rent
and wages paid in running this Mission
house, has given to this city at least
5000
1t should be further borne in mind
that the coffee house and lodging de-
partment of this Mission, while helping
to paw the general expenses, cannot be
expected to replenisil the overdrawn
treasury o. an institution doing 50 mani
fold Il benevolent work as we are dong.
! The business Carefulnrss with which
this Mission is managed and the COM
paratiyel> small demands that it MAJ e.
upon the pocket books of our citizens.
should commend it in charitable circles
as money-saving institution. No
| money can be invested in benevolent
work III this cltV that Will 90 so lar as
| the money gwen 70 TINS MISSION.
But our greatest work, tNat Tor Whlch
our Mission was primarily established,
! has been the distribution OF literature
/ IN logging camps, and the holding OF re-
| liGlous meetings III camps, frontier set
! Elements and out of the way places. In
the last eight years we have had at var
| lous times thlrty evanGeilsts IN our en-
| pi0y who have visited 2,30 camps.
| holding l,200 religious meetings and
! distributing more than million papers,
| magazines, testaments and 'comtort
! bags. The religious meetings oil told,
! held by this Mission IN halls, open air
and camps have been 5000 and tt total
number of hearers who have listened
! to the gospel from oar eyan@cIlSts 2JU,-
| 600
! Had this Mission been entirely de
| pendent upon local support it could not
! have done as large and effective work
! IS 1t has. From persons noted for their
| beneS0'enCe and having Il special ac-
| quaintance with otlr city, ike Mrs. Bel
! lings OF New York, from people in the
east who have heard tavorahlv of our
| work from their friends residing in our
| city. from our own personal friends