The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-24
TO SEEK FUNDS
FOR NEEDY ONES
Committee of Charity Association
Prepares for Winters Campaign.
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
SUPERINTENDENT WOODS SUB
MITs YEARS REPORT.

Care Of those who cannot care for
themselves and aid for deserving poor
win keep busy a committee of charity
workers from now on through the win
ters months. With the coming of cold
weather the Salt Lake Charity associa-
ton finds itself confronted with many
problems and much hard work. To ac-
complish this work committees will go
out for funds within the next few days
This and other matters of Importance
were discussed at yesterdays annual
meeting of the association.
The meeting was held in the office Of
Simon Bamberger. DR.. T. 3. Beatty
was reelected president; j. D. Wood,
vice president; NJ. II. Walker, treasur-
er, and j. b. Evans, secretary. The
following directors were chosen, a re-
election of the old board: Simon BAN
berger, 7. B. Beatty, f. A. Druehl and
]. b. Evans. The rest of the board, who
hold over, are: j. d. Wood, NJ. H.
Walker. Rev. Z. /. Goshen, w. Mont
Ferry. Joseph Geoghegan and W. T.
Tibbals.
1t was determined TO publish a list of
all who have subscribed to funds of the
association, together with the amounts
they give and the use to which the
money is devoted. This will be done
within a few days when the subscrip-
ton committee makes its report.
a resolution of thanks TO NJ. NJ.
Woods, superintendent of the ass0cia-
ton. was passed. The manner in which
he has administered the associations
affairs was embodied in this resolution.
The report of the superintendent show
ing the work of the past year follows:
Figures Tell Only Half.
In submitting a report of work done
during the ten months period which con-
stitutes our first fiscal year, deem II
proper to saw that statistics and financial
figures can tell only one half of the story
of the help that we have been able 10
extend to those around us VINO are IN
distress.
ciety, been instrumental in helping in
numbers of cases where only kindly ad-
vice or recommendation was needed 20
enable widowed mothers and others 10
arrange their own affairs so as to ma
terially improve their circumstances and
surroundings We have also been able.
through cooperation with other RELIEF
agencies, to better the conditions of those
who have appealed to us, but whom we
concluded, upon investigation. had
stronger claims upon someone else more
directly responsible for their care.
At this time we should again express
our hearty thanks to Mr.. p. j. Quealy Of
the Kemerer Coal company for a donation
last winter OF a carload or cOals 10 lne
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company
for the use of it's instruments free OF
charge: to the Rio Grande Western rail-
road, through Mr. Derrah for favOrs
shown; to The Salt Lake Herald for free
advertisement of our employment bureau,
and to the entire local press for kindly
treatment and liberal and generous no
tees of our work.
AS probation officer Of the juvenile
court the city council was thoughtful
enough to grant SIS 10 defray expenses
while attending the conference of the
National Association OF Charities and
Correction held at Portland during the
past summer; and through courtesies on
the part Of the Oregon Short Line and
Mr.. L. +. Calvin Of the Southern Pacific,
an opportunity was made TO visit all of
the leading institutions and agencies
throughout the Pacific coast working
along lines similar TO our own. and thus
adding a fund of information that should
prove Invaluable in our own efforts in
the same direction.
The field of opportunity in Salt Lake
City is second to none visited throughout
the Pacific coast With ampler means
and improved facilities, we should be able
30 do a grand work during the coming
winter.