CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-09-24
THE SALVATION ARMY
To Celebrate Its Annual Harvest
Festival Something About
The Army and Its Work.

Have you ever heard OF n poor, q
troubled, n sorrowful, a perplexed, a
hopeless man or woman appealing
fruitlessly TO the Salvation Army
Do you know that something like
100000 just such eople are upheld
by this wonderful organization? DO
you know that in twenty different
homes fallen women are each year re-
stored by the scores to honor and life
OF useful purity DO you know that in
three different havess little children,
all the way from nursling babes TO
sturdy boys and girls are being sue
cored, ofttimes after experiences to
sicken the soul ~ him who h,.ars OF
thems Do you know that scattered
over the country are .eventy-five Shell
ters In which nightly some 9.0Oo home-
less, often hopeless. men or women are
ca ed forg Do you know that these
INSTITUTIONS repr. sent but a mere frac-
tion of the total chari able work sue
ccssfully carried ON b5 the salvation
Army 10 the United States9
There are enlisted in this great re-
ligio"s army in this country 3.4Is off,
cers. cade and employees
IL has oil corps. outposts, slum posts
and social institutions
1t enpcnds 100000 annually upon
the poor of Amrrich. exclusive Of the
money devoted to Its farm colonies.
IL provides {. s.ooo. 600 beds year for
the poor. and supports SO industrial
homes, wood yards and stores for the
unemployed
II has an annual income from lite
work of $3.50, 900, and furnishes employ
ment to 1000 persons every year.
1t has three farm colonies, with a
total ncerage OF 2 500, upon which 400
people make living.
II sustains 81 rercue homes for fallen
girls. having total accommodation
for $50 persons.
II cares for 500 children annually,
and provides 80 900 people with Christ
mas dinners, clothing and toys.
The above is only partial enumera-
tion of the great work being carried on
by the Salvation Army. Its benevo-
lences are as broad as the demands OF
the poor and unfortunate, and the
cause 1t has espoused appeals to the
kindly instincts of mankind
No religious organization in the his
tory OF the human race has depended
more fully upon the good offices. the
charitable warmth OF the great public
than the Salvation Army, Happily we
are not an ungratcful people. nor
people slow To realize and appreciate
great deeds. That Is why we have a
right to feel a sincere interest in every
thing the Salvation Army undertakes,
and that is why We now all take an in
terest in its approaching Harvest Festi-
val.
At this season the Salvation Army
collects food and clothing for the poor,
and asks dona ions from the public to
assist in relieving the want and dis
tress which exists among the INDECENT
and the unfortunate in the great cities
OF the land.
Anything. everything of any practi-
cal utility will be thankfully received
as an offering al the Harvest Festival.
for what may not be locally useful may
be OF high practical value in less favor
ed parts OF the Army's national field.
There is, in fact, q saying. humorous,
but true, that the Salvation Army can
lind good use for both people and
things that nobody else In the world
would consider ~ Of any particular
value. The Harvest Festival is set for
October Bird TO 9Th inclusive this year
and will b celebrated throughout
the country on thoss dates.
g. L. Auntlaw and Labbie Bell, both
Of Canon City. were married BY Squire
u. A. MaDunnh lnsf Thur>xYav se<.r