Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-03
TO RELIEVE WANT AND
HUNGER IN FATHERL LANO,
KANDlYOHl COUNTY CITIZENS TAKE STEPS TO INACCURATE
A GENERAL CANVASS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY.
Two PubIcSp pirited Men in each Township with Teams
Will Gather Contributions for Stricken Scandinavia.

Will Gather Contribution
The cry of distress from the north.
ern portion of the Scandinavian Pc
ninsula, Sweden and Norway, will not
be unheeded by the people of Kandi-
yohi county. The generosity of our
people for fellow-men in want of the
necessaries of life has been amply ex-
emplifed in the past. It has been felt
that the subscriptions arranged for
by various church organizations and
through the Scandinavian press would
not reach the public generally, and
so in order that an organized and sys-
tematic canvass which would reach all
the people of the county who are will
ing to contribute would be inaugu-
rated, meeting was arranged by
leading citizens of Willmar at the
courthouse last evening at five O'Clock
to consider what could be done.
The meeting organized by the elec-
tion of Hon. A. E. Rice as chairman
and County Auditor Johnson as Sec
retary. Among those present at the
meeting were the following: Hon. A.
E. Rice, Hon. L. o. Thorpe, Rev.
Gustaf Peterson, Messrs. S. S. Gla'
rum, T. q. Olson, Geo. n. Bitterness,
Lewis Johnson, W. L. Norm, Andrew
Larson, M. Jorgenson, S. B. Qvale.
Thomas Noodle and V. E. Lawson
represented the local press. All those
present were agreed that the deplor-
able conditions existing in the north
ern portions of Norway and Sweden
by reason of the failure of crops oc-
casioned by early frosts and floods
called for the substantial sympathy OF
the more fortunate people of this coun-
try. It was decided that an executive
committee of three be selected to head
the organization in the couuty. As
members of this committee the meeting
selected Hon. A. E. Rice as chair
man, Hon. L. o. Thorpe as treasurer
and Editor Victor E. Lawson as Sec
retary: The method of taking up con-
tributions was then discussed, and it
was agreed that the most practicable
plan would be to appoint some public
spirited citizens in each township to
make q 81 stematic canvass of their re-
spective districts with teams and
gather donations OF wheat and that
solicitors be appointed to gather cash
donations in the city of Willmar and
the villsg,v of Atwater, New London,
Raymond, Spicer, Pennock and Kan
diyohi. If the movement becomes q
general state or interstate affair it
was thought that free transportation
of the -four could be secured; other
wise the contributions Of our farmers
will be converted into cash. It was
decided that the contributions from
this county shall be divided equally
between the destitute in Sweden and
Norway. The following were ap-
pointed as solicitors in the various
towns and villages as suggested by
those present at this meeting:
Arctander-John Georgeson, P. J..
'Ytterboe.
Burbank-Geo. johnson, J. G. Sa-
Doe.
Colfax-Aug. Lundgren, Gilbert
Oppen.
Dovre-O. S. Kannikeberg, J. B.
Nygaard.
Edwards-Chas. johnson, John
Stoll.
CHRISTOPHER Johnson.
Fahlun-C. L. Englund, John Elm
quist. Do.o A.
. - Green G fake-Nels Olson, Erick o.
son.
Harrison-John Feig, Charles Mo-
Holland-August Anderson, Aug.
Irving-Erick Ellefson, O. B. Ben
X KKandiyohi-Chas. Berg, K. Bak-
lund. r.u
Rails0n-
Lake Elizabeth-Chas. E. johnson,
N. E. Nelson. ~
Lake Lillian John G.. Flann,> Ole
e.. Erickson.
Mamre-H. P. Lofgren, A. W. Berg
strom. H. 4 T.. -,
.v..neas az Candidates. .c,