Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-11-28
The AID SOCIETY.
Help the Little Ones Who Cannot
Help Themselves This
Thanksgiving.

The Boys and Cir s. Aid So
ciety of Oregon is an organization
which cares for homeless, neglect
ed or abused children through
out the entire State of Oregon.
It's motto is, cit is wiser and
less expensive to save children
than to punish criminals" and
will show that if the children are
taken in there would be many
less criminals to punish,
The officers of the institution
have among its number some of
the best people in the state of
Oregon. The Hon. George H.
Williams, ex-United States At
torney-General and ex-Mayor of
Portland, is its president. F.
E. Beach, a we'll known business
man in the wholesale and retail
paint and oil trade, is its secre-
tary. Col. L. L. Hawkins is its
treasurer. The other directors
are Robert S. Farrell, commission
man; Judge w. B. Gilbert Of the
United States Circuit Court; DR..
Thos. L. Eliot; Mrs. w. A.
Buchanan; Mrs. Levi White and
Miss Helen F. Spau1ding. Such
names as the foregoing should be
sufficient guarantee for the integ-
ritv and honesty of purpose OF the
organization.
For samples of the work of
this benevolent institution, the
public have only to look around.
In nearly every city and hamlet
in the state OF Oregon can be
found some of the wards OF this
institution placed out in family
homes, where they are visited at
intervals and everything done to
insure their receiving the proper
treatment at the hands of their
foster parents. These children
are for. the most part picked up,
abandoned by their parents, or
taken from vicious surroundings.
Many stories can be told of cases
taken charge of. Among these
is that of little Harry who was
picked up as a little wait, de-
serted by parents, but now the
pride of one of the best hoHes in
Oregon. This little fellow was
but three years of age when be
was brought to the superintend.
ent's Office by an old colored
woman, who stated that his
mother had placed the boy in he,
charge to board sometime age
but had failed to pay any thing
for him and she did not know o1
her whereabouts. In order te
bring the matter before the
Court, Supt. Gardner took the
little fellow before County Judge
Lionel R. Webster, who made
the order turning the little one
over to the care of the Society and
said to him: "You poor little
abandoned child, here is fifty
cents for you, perhaps the mos
you ever had in your life. Mr.
Gardner, buy him some cakes.
After the little fellow had been ii
the Receiving Home for month
or two he was taken by couple
who had no child, and is nov
the pride and sunshine of thei
home.
The Superintendent's last an
'uual report shows that they hav'
cared for during the past yea,
4o8 children. Out of this mum
ber $50 were entirely new cases
the balance were children return
ed or recalled from family home
for cause. The 259 new case
were from the following counties
Baker I, Benton 10, Clackama
4, Clatsop S, Columbia 4, Coo
6, Crook 2, Josephine I, Ian
"a, Linn 2, Marion Z, Multnomal
I8I, Polk 2, Umati1la 6, Wal
Iowa I, Wasco 2, Washington
and Yamhill a.
The question now arises
should such a society be support
ed? Should it not be the prid
of the State of Oregon? Let th
answer to this question be a sub
stantia1 one, for the children G
the Receiving Home, need man
things this Thanksgiving
money, fruit, vegetables, came
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