The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-24
CAME LITERALLY To THE
RELIEF Of MRS. \. GREEN
CASH DONATIONS OF NEARLY $50 RECEIVED
And in Addition to this We're Orders and Ner.
cfandiSe Contributions Others Still Have
all Opportunity to Give

Saturday evening two lives were
lost in an accident on the new city
sewer, in process df construction
The public learns of such accidents
every day, and soon forgets them. In
this case there are many who read
OF this particular case, and have
perhaps ceased already to RENE nber
it. But there are aching hearts that
VIII long remember; there is one
humble little. home in Yakima where
toe absence of the father, the lug.
band, the protector and PROVIDE will
be long felt Unwillin 5ly, regretfully
comes from that home a pitiful plea
for little aid, for Il little needed
help: and generous men and women
ia Yakima, ever ready to respond to
The cal' o. the distressed. viii hear
the cry ana from their abundant
stores viii give to relieve the need
ot lie wiiow and the orphan.
Newton Green, one ~ the men
killed in the cave-in lett a widow,
Il woman not strong at any time, an
roN iess able than under ordinary
conditions to bear up under her ter
rite sorrow, from TIE factsthat she
Is soon to again become a mo.l'er.
She has a little child Is months old.
Tie family has had plenty to eat
and wear while they were being pro-
Flded for b. husband and father, For
New Green was good to his eamily.
But all the surplus OF his earnings
has been put into the little home they
hoped some day TO own and enjoy.
and to this end the stricfeat economy
has been observed. His death,
therefore. found them with nothing
but what was needed to provide for
the wants of the present. They have
no money, no food, little fuel and
not enough clothing with which 10
face the coming winter. Indeed, Mrs.
Green has been forced to ADMIT that
snch clothing as she has is no
such as she should have to wear 70
the funeral of her husband tDmor-
rev morning.
This statement of the famil.'s con
d;ticn is enough to appeal to al 1t
should, and it doubtless will. Tie
FIST to feel the appeal were The dead
mans former comrades and fellow
" ork men. Foreman James Leach
went among them and told tier; Of
the conditions. Every mans hand
found his pocket, and they laid treir
offerings down with cheerful, ki.id
good will. These hard earned, hon
est dollars, will be given this morn
ing to Mrs Green. But these are
few compared with what will be
needed to make her and her child
comfortable, to feed and clothe them
and to provide for the one soon tc
come into the world They need
clothing, they need fuel, they need
groceries: here is a chance to dc
good, to give where duty should
become a pleasure. Let the giving
begin this morning, and continue un-
til Their is plenty to insure comfort
for mother and child until they are
able to help themselves.
The Herald will gladly receive at
the office on Second street con-
tributions of money to be added to
the fund started by the generous fell
lows who We're with the unfortu-
nate men Saturday evening. To-
morrow morning and each day there
after as long as contributions are re-
ceived, statement of donations will
be published. Money is needed most
of all, and should be the first dona-
ton; suitable clothing will also be
needed, and will be gratefully re-
ceived. Anything in this line, or
groceries. flour, or in fact, anything
that the generous hearted may desire
IN ut hA OF a
Herald office and sent to the home
of Mrs. Green.
Following is the list of the con-
tributions to date:
Hardly had the Herald office been
opened for the day yesterday, when
Arthur Coffin came in and left an or
der on the store for IS worth of
merchandise. AS he left, the tele-
phone rang, and the first inquiry
was received concerning Mrs. Green.
and where she might be found. Be-
fore half past eight over $40 in cash
had been left with the Herald's
bookkeeper, and early in the after
noon a messenger took to Mrs.
not the end of the giving by any
means. All day and we'll into the
evening the money and checks kept
coming in. Alex Miller. in his usual
quiet way. contributed a check for
$50, and it was afterwards learned
that liberal quantity of flour and
foods had been sent from the mill
to the tent In which Mrs. Gren
lives. Sergeant L. l.. Bolles went
around among the boys of Co. +.