Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-19
RGMrrrED TO PHELAN.


Will rehtH the remainder of the fund
when outstanding collections and
Forthcoming contributions are all IN,
and final shipments of supplies have
been sept out Respecting the latter,
but one car remains to be filled ana
forwarded. This viii contain supplies
bought by the citizens OF Bingham with
money contributions there, an invoice
Of substentials donated by the good peo-
pie OF Willard. the final collection OF
clothing and garments made by the
Women's Relief society and other sup
ply offerings. II may be necessary TO
complete the loading of this car by
purchase, and as scattering refugees
are still q tax upon the relief commit
tee for subsistence slight additional
drafts upon the remaining fund must
be made,
Before closing this report, permit
us TO ailnde again to the brOadness Of
the sympathy displayed in this COM
munlty or the coast sufferers, as well
as It's depth. and 10 make specific
mention uf the commendable spirit
with which all this relief work was
undertaken and Is being kept up 20
the end by the various committee
workers, IN the gathering of funds
and supplies. and In the caring for
arriving refugees, salt Lakes best and
busiest people, men and women, have
borne prominent and continuous parts.
The Women's Relief and the Red
Cross societies Of Salt Lake worked IN
dependent1y Of the combined move
ment. forwarding their first supplies
direct; but many OF their subsequent
large collections passed through the
general chipping department. thereby
greatly decreasing the volume Of the
committees consignments.
READY RESPONSES.
All collections of money made by
the Salt Lake Herald and the Deseret
Evening News We're turned over to
Treasurer Mccormick, and the fund in
the hands OF the latter was further
augmented BY the donations Of nearby
cities and towns, and their subsCrip-
ton lists, attached The latter also
show the money collections made by
several men and women here in sam
Lake, whose important services the
committee desires to acknowledge In
this way for lack OF better one.
Among these we beg to mention the
collections Of Mesdames w. $. Hen
derson and Moon. sit2.95 Mrs. j. II.
Walker. sia2. Mr.. w. Mont Ferry.
81 $3.50. so; Mrs. NJ Il. Whitney, $3.50;
Mrs. Lafayette Hanchett, s252.50; Mrs.
f, l.. Hipes s7s75, and Mesdames Tom
Pitt and Captain Reid, 81 16l. In like
manner We point out the services reh-
dered by the transportation committee
and the local relief committees, which
handled the supplies and fed and 9TH
erwise caced for arriving refugees, The
labor entailed was enormous and II ex-
clusively occupied the time of the lead
ing members for weeks; but the work
was completely. systematically and ex-
cellently dOne by Chairman T. d. Pitt,
| q. II. cleveland, G. $, PulYer. G, r.
| Hancock Thomas Homer and score
| OF co-worKers. Acknowledgment Is
| also due many others who have ren.
| dered this and other committees val
liable aid IN this work. A complete
list OF these kindly hearted people.
however. would greatly lengthen this
report ana extend II TO undesirable
bounds. IT ~ therefore withheld,
With this partial report OF the re-
lief work TO you and the generous
public, We respectfully announce that
the committee desires to close UP It's
labors neSt Wednesday. submit final
accounting and ask for a discharge for
itself and all reporting committees
Faithfully yours.
r. @. WEBER,
J. G. MCDONALD,
j. G, LEARY.
Executive Committee.
Salt LaRe. May 49, 1906,