The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-17
AID THE CHILDREN
ON THANKSGIVING

giving donations. County School Super
intendent Neff is mailing to each teach
er in Waseo county copies of Mr.. Gard
ners letter. Mr.Neff says:
at is hoped that there will be most
generous response IN the way of money,
fresh and canned fruits, vegetables and
other useful articles.
" In order to facilitate as much as
possible the work of collecting, ETC., |
desire to ask the teachers of Wasco
county to take charge of the contribu-
tions in their respective districts, and to
attend to the receiving, packing and for
warding the same"
Edgar G.. Harrell, supervisor of the
society, was in Hood River Thursday
and arranged with City Superintendent
Wiley and his assistant, Mr.. Grouse,
whereby the school children will donate
fruits and other supplies for the Aid
society Mr. Harrell says Superintend-
ent Wiley has entered heartily into the
work, and the aid society is assured Of a
liberal donation from Hood River. The
management of the aid society feels very
grateful for the very generous donations
this city and valley have made in for
mer years.
Donations from the Hood River
schools will be taken charge of by the
Transfer Co. and forwarded to Portland
free OF charge.
For the information of those who are
not acquainted with the work of this So
ciety, it is well to state that the society
is charitable corporation Incorporated
under the laws of Oregon for the con-
troll and disposition of homeless, neg
lected or abused children of the state,
and to receive and care for juvenile Of
tenders who have made their first miss
step; to care for these children until
suitable homes or employment are
found for them, and to continue sys-
tematic attention to their condition and
treatment.
The Boys and Girls Aid society is
supported in different ways, by state
and county aid, by interest of an en-
dowment fund and by charitable con-
trbutions. The latter, however, have
not been as good of late as they should
be, the management being so much en-
gagged that regular canvass among
their friends has been neglected. But
at Thanksgiving they look for some ap-
probation of their work, and to this
end it has has been the custom in many
localities for some years past, for the
school children of the public schools to
contribute canned goods of any kind,
provisions, fruit and vegetables, and by
these donations the children at the re.
ceiVing home in Portland are provided
with these necessaries and luxuries dur
ing the winter months that we're it moi
for this generosity, they would have tc
forego. The railroads and steamboat
lines running into Portland have gener-
ously consented to dead head all pack
ages consigned to the Boys and Girls
Aid society at Portland, Oregon. These
packages should be delivered az
as freight and plainly marked with the
name of the society.
During the past year they have re-
ceived and cared for 4l2 children. These
children are sent by commitment from
all the counties in the state, those coun
ties contributing during the past yeal
were Baker, Benton, Clatsop, Clacka'
mas, Columbia, Douglas, Harney, jose
phine, Lane, Linn, Marion, Morrow
Multnomah, Sherman, Umatilla, Union
Wasco, Washington and Yamhill. Th'
average number of children on hand al
the receiving home per day during thu
entire year was 80. 1t is the effort o
the society to place the children com
mitted to them out in approved families
as speedily as possible, and after being
so placed paid agent is on the roac
during the entire year visiting thes'
children to see that they are accorded
proper treatment by their custodians
This small army of children if placed IL
an orphan asylum would be a great ex
pense to the people OF the state, and be
ing so placed would not have as good (
chance in life as being placed out IN
normal family home. The manner II
which this society cares for juvenile OF
tenders is by an outdoor system OF pa
role, and after being committed to then
by the courts, they are allowed to g
home on parole if their parents will co
operate with the management, and re
port to the superintendent weekly bring
ing letter from their school teache
and also from their parents, and it ma.
seem strange but at the present TIM
out of the large number of delinquent
cared for during the past year, ther'
are but seven such in the receiving home
the rest of the children there being o
the dependent class.
Cases of all description come to th
notice OF the society, and in numerou
cases runaway boys have been cared 10
and returned to their homes through
this channel.
1t is more than ever hoped that thi
year the Thanksgiving donations will b.
exceedingly large, as with the popula
ton of our state the number of depend
ents are correspondingly growing. Fur
ther, it must be understood that tn
Boys and Girls Aid society of Oregon
is positively the only charitable organi
cation in the state Of Oregon that re
q. ceives children from all parts of tn
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